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Richard Hynson, Music Directorpresents

Prayers for Mankindby

Alexander LevineSunday, October 21, 2012 at 3:00 PM

The Basilica of St. Josaphat

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Bel Canto Boy ChoirsEllen Mundy Shuler, Director

Thank You to Our Concert Sponsors:

Rebecca WhitneySoprano

Sandra LashAlto

Nathan WesselowskiTenor

Jonathan LaabsBass

with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts

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Prayers for MankindAlexander Levine

I. Morning Prayer Bel Canto Chorus

Vs. 1. Hymn Bel Canto Boy Choirs

II. A Prayer for Unity Bel Canto Chorus


III. A Prayer for Humility Bel Canto Chorus


IV. I Love You, Lord Bel Canto Chorus


V. A Prayer for the Gift of Wisdom and Love Bel Canto Chorus


VI. A Prayer for the Disciples of Christ Bel Canto Chorus

Featured artwork – Vignette Bei Einiges by Wassily Kandinsky:

Russian painter and graphic artist Wassily Kandinsky had a fascination with music’s emotional power. This woodcut in black and white was hand-printed in a limited edition of 300 for his 1911 Klänge (Sounds) series. The original, along with order forms for giclée reproductions, is on display courtesy of the David Barnett Gallery.


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RICHARD HYNSON, Music Director/Conductor This season marks Richard Hynson’s 25th anniversary season as Music Director of the Bel Canto Chorus and

Orchestra. In addition, Hynson has served as Music Director of the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra since 2006. In demand as a guest conductor, Hynson’s past engagements include performances with the Milwaukee Symphony, the Skylight Opera Theatre, and the Racine, Sheboygan, and Waukesha Symphony Orchestras. Hynson has conducted at Carnegie Hall in New York City, where he led a large national festival chorus and orchestra in Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Dona nobis pacem. In 2009, he guest-conducted the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra in one of the Concerts on the Square in Madison. He also served as the Music Director for Gathering on the Green, the popular outdoor music festival in Mequon, WI, in 2009, 2010, and 2012.

Hynson and members of Bel Canto Chorus have performed internationally at the acclaimed Spoleto Music Festival in Italy, the Festivals of Troyes and Rheims in France, the Llangollen Festival in Wales, and the Elora and Huntsville Festivals in Canada. In addition to its annual concert season, the chorus is often called upon to participate in national touring performances. In July 2010, Bel Canto participated in Star Wars in Concert; and in November 2010, Bel Canto sang in the Video Games Live national touring concert. Bel Canto completed another successful international tour in July 2011, performing with several orchestras in Argentina and Uruguay. In June 2012, Bel Canto will sing three performances of Brahms’s Requiem with L’Orchestre de Bordeaux in France.

In addition to his work as a conductor and educator, Hynson is a composer. He has written a substantial body of

published choral, vocal, and ensemble works, many of which he has recorded with Bel Canto Chorus singers. The U.S. Air Force Singing Sergeants have frequently performed Hynson’s In the Midst of Life, composed in response to the events of September 11. Most notably, they presented it in New York City’s Avery Fisher Hall for the national conference of the American Choral Directors Association.

Under Hynson’s direction, Bel Canto opened its 81st season on Sunday, September 11, 2011, with United We Stand in Cathedral Square Park in Milwaukee. This free concert marked the tenth anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks, and featured Mozart’s Requiem and Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” in collaboration with the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra. “The chorus sang with force and assurance, easily separating the complex vocal lines...and following Hynson’s judicious phrasing in when to hold back and when to let go.” (David Lewellen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Also during last season, Bel Canto joined the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra to inaugurate the first commemorative concert tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.

ALEXANDER LEVINE, Composer Born in Moscow in 1955, Alexander Levine studied piano and clarinet from the age of six at the Gnessin Music School, and then at the Gnessin

Music Academy from 1976-80. During his college years, he also held the position of Principal Guitar in the Orchestra of Russian National Radio and Television. In the years that followed, he established himself as a composer working in collaboration with a variety of highly acclaimed performers in Russia. His compositions won prestigious awards from the Russian National Radio and Television in 1989, 1990, and 1991. In 1993, he was awarded the Wingate Foundation Scholarship to study in the

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Postgraduate Composition course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, with Gary Carpenter and Simon Bainbridge. In the years that followed, Levine collaborated with GSMD Theatre as a composer, arranger, and music director on various productions, including War and Peace, The Beggar’s Opera, and Love’s Labour’s Lost. His other choral works include: The Drifters Trail (2001) – Orlando Consort; Kolokola (2004) – The BBC Singers; and The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (2006) – Mariinsky Opera Choir.

ELLEN M. SHULER, Bel Canto Boy Choirs Director Ellen Shuler holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Montana State University and a Master of Music

Education with Choral Emphasis from Florida State University. In September 2009, Shuler helped establish the Bel Canto Boy Choirs. The choirs, composed of more than 20 auditioned boys, perform choral repertoire from classical to modern. Their first three seasons included concerts with Bel Canto Chorus, the Vienna Boys Choir, Vocal Arts Academy, and Midwest Vocal Express. Currently in their fourth season, the choirs were praised by music critic Elaine Schmidt (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 11, 2010) as being “well-trained, nicely blended, [and] disciplined.”

Prior to leading the Bel Canto Boy Choirs, Shuler was a director of the Milwaukee Children’s Choir for seven years, directing the first level premier choir, as well as the beginning and training choirs. She worked as the assistant director and accompanist of the Bozeman Children’s Choir in Montana, as well as for Bozeman’s Mastodon Productions, singing jingles for area businesses and back-up vocals for local artists. While in Montana, she was a member of the Bozeman Intermountain Opera Company. Shuler taught choral and general music in Idaho, Colorado,

and New Hampshire, as well as pre-primary music and movement classes in Colorado and New Hampshire. She worked for several years as a choral music editor at Hal Leonard Corporation, where she was a contributing author to the Macmillan McGraw-Hill music education series, “Spotlight on Music” and “Music Express” magazine. Last season, Shuler was selected to be the Repertoire and Standards Chair for Children’s Choirs for the Wisconsin Choral Directors Association.

In addition to her position with Bel Canto Chorus, Shuler works at the University School of Milwaukee, where she directs the Upper School Concert Choir and Swing Choir, is music director of theatrical productions in both the Middle and Upper Schools, and teaches the pre-primary general music classes. She also directs the youth choirs at Mequon United Methodist Church and maintains a voice and piano studio in Mequon, WI.

JONATHAN LAABS, Baritone Jonathan Laabs is a 2008 graduate of Martin Luther College, where he studied elementary education along with secondary choral and

instrumental music. Previous solo engagements include Brahms’s Ein deutsches Requiem, Handel’s Israel in Egypt and Messiah, Richard Hynson’s Evensong, and the United States Premiere of Corrado Margutti’s Missa Lorca. Since joining Bel Canto, he has performed as bass section leader and member of the professional core, as well as guest conductor. In 2011, he toured with the group as a soloist in Argentina and Uruguay performing Mozart’s and Fauré’s Requiem. He has also sung with The Singers: Minnesota Choral Artists under the direction of Matthew Culloton. An experienced conductor, Laabs has served as Director of Choral Programs at Kettle Moraine Lutheran High School since 2008. He directs a


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department of more than 150 members organized into five different ensembles. In 2010, he was named the second Artistic Director of Canticum Novum: a WELS Chamber Choir. He served as a clinician at the 2010 WELS West Regional Choral Festival in West St. Paul, MN, and the 2011 National Festival in New Ulm, MN.

SANDRA LASH, AltoSandra Lash graduated from UW-Milwaukee’s Peck School of the Arts in December 2010 with a B.A. in music, focusing in operatic voice. She sang a number of roles

throughout college including Miss Todd (Menotti’s The Old Maid and The Thief), Aunt Sue (Floyd’s Slow Dusk), and Venus (Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld). She has also studied many roles for various opera scenes including Dorabella (Mozart’s Così fan tutte) and Mistress Quickly (Verdi’s Falstaff). She studied under soprano Tanya Kruse-Ruck throughout her collegiate career, and previously studied under Mary Galbraith. She has worked with the Milwaukee Choral Artists, Kalliope Vocal Arts, and the East Side Chamber Players. She is currently the alto section leader and soloist at Fox Point Lutheran Church.

REBECCA WHITNEY, Soprano Rebecca Whitney received her Bachelor of Music Degree in Vocal Performance and Vocal Music Education from the University of Wisconsin-

Whitewater. She has performed as a soloist with numerous groups in Southeastern Wisconsin, singing works including Handel’s Messiah and Israel in Egypt, Haydn’s The Creation, Mozart’s Vesperae solemnes de confessore and Coronation Mass, Fauré’s Requiem, Poulenc’s Gloria, Richard Hynson’s Evensong, and works by Bach, Vivaldi, Vaughan Williams, and John Rutter, among others. Whitney joined Bel Canto Chorus as

a soprano section leader in 2005, the same year she was named a finalist in the Bel Canto Regional Artists Competition. She also currently serves as Bel Canto’s Program and Outreach Manager. Whitney was honored to appear as the soprano soloist in Mozart’s Requiem for Bel Canto’s 9.11.11 commemorative concert, United We Stand, which was broadcast across the state on Wisconsin Public Television.

NATHAN WESSELOWSki, Tenor Nathan Wesselowski received his Master of Music Degree in Voice Performance from The Cleveland Institute of Music in Cleveland, OH

and his Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance from Baker University in Baldwin City, KS. He has mostly been heard and seen in stage productions in Southeastern Wisconsin. He has performed regularly with Milwaukee Opera Theatre where most recently he has been seen in the role of The Evil Headmaster in Jason Powell’s Fortuna The Time Bender vs. The Schoolgirls of Doom and as El Gorrion in the exciting production of Maria de Buenos Aires, a joint production with Danceworks and Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra. He is currently serving as Administrative Vice President on the Board of Directors with Milwaukee Opera Theatre. He has also sung with Skylight Music Theatre in 13 different productions, and performed with Florentine Opera, In Tandem Theatre, First Stage, The Fireside, Milwaukee Shakespeare, Bialystock & Bloom, Sunset Playhouse and Bunny Gumbo’s Combat Theatre. Regionally, he has performed in a wide variety of operatic roles with companies such as Cleveland Opera, Lyric Opera Cleveland, The National Opera Company, New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players, and Ash-Lawn Highland Summer Festival. He is a member of the voice faculty at The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music.

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Raised in Orthodoxy, loving the Orthodox faith, and serving Christ to his last breath, Father Alexander Men always believed that loving Christ meant loving all people. And this meant loving the whole world regardless of culture or creed: “Just as the colour white absorbs the spectrum, thus does the Gospel embrace the faith of the Prophets, the Buddhist thirst for salvation, the dynamism of Zoroaster and the humanity of Confucius. It sanctifies all that is best in the ethics of the ancient philosophers and in the mysticism of the Hindu wise men.” (Epilogue of Vol. VI of the series “In Search of the Way, the Truth, and the Life”) Contemporary in their language and in the problems they give voice to, Men’s prayers in essence express the expectations of every human being living on earth.

1st Movement: Morning PrayerMan, embarking on a new day and turning to the Lord, unites himself with the world, and in return endows it with his consciousness. This prayer is filled with light, energy, hope, and an unbounded trust in the Creator.

2nd Movement: A Prayer for UnityIn this prayer, Man expresses his at-oneness with humankind by expressing his at-oneness with God. By entering into his own depths, he opens himself up to God, and God opens up to him the world in its oneness and wholeness.

3rd Movement: A Prayer for HumilityFather Alexander Men links the concept of humility directly to Christ when, in his human hypostasis, at the moment of extreme spiritual strain, he cries out to the Father renouncing His own will: “Nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.” (Luke 22:42) The process of understanding the will of the Creator is fundamental, both to the creativity of the individual, and to all of world culture. For instance, the humility of Abraham, as he acquiesced in the will of God, led to the emergence of the people of Israel and was simultaneously both a creative act of Abraham himself, and an act of divine will. By such means, humility – as submission to the supreme will – becomes an act of theanthropic will, and thereby sanctifies any act of the personal will.

4th Movement: I Love You, LordThe chief characteristic of this prayer is its intimacy. It is as if the words are proceeding from the mouth and heart of the priest himself and is, in essence, a personal confession of faith.

The prayer speaks of the two basic commandments of the Old Testament: “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength;” and “Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.” (Mark 12:30-31) At the same time, Father Alexander Men speaks clearly of the new commandment that Christ gave to his disciples: “A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.” (John 13:34) Therein lies the grace-filled power of this prayer: the power of love which comes from God; love as a gift and an inheritance; and love which binds the hearts of men in unity, as the Lord has loved them.

5th Movement: A Prayer for the Gift of Wisdom and LoveThis prayer is very passionate and its dramaticism unfolds in the realm of human relations.Father Alexander Men always believed that people cannot overcome their numerous vices and spiritual flaws on their own, without help from above. Therefore, the basic motif here is a plea for the provision of grace-filled help.


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6th Movement: A Prayer for the Disciples of ChristThe concluding prayer of the symphony is a prayer of thanksgiving. It sums up, as it were, the experience of two millennia of Christianity. At the same time, Father Alexander unfolds its content so that it is turned towards present-day Mankind, and makes the prayer a new starting point. In his words: “Christianity, my friends, has only begun, it is a universal religion, for it a thousand years are but as one day. This is only the beginning, only the first steps.”

For Father Alexander, being a pupil of Christ meant a complete and untiring participation in the transfiguration of the world in human hearts. As he himself said: “The disciples of Christ are they who have become fully reconciled to God and have received the seal of the Holy Spirit, they who together tread His path and whose mutual relations are based on an eternal and unshakeable spiritual bond – Christ Himself.” As it has been written: “He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing.” (John 15:5)

-Alexander Levine, 2010

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PRAYERS FOR MANkINDA Symphony of Prayers of Father Alexander Menby Alexander Levine

I. Morning prayerLord, bless my prayer.Help me, without distractionIn body and mind,To appear before Thee.

Teach me to pray to Thee.Strengthen me in my belief.Grant me burning love for Thee.

Sanctify, Lord, all my thoughts,My feelings and acts.Teach me to discern Thy willIn every event and give me strength to do it.

Stop my mouth To evil and empty words,And restrain my hand from any evil deed.

Should misfortune befall me,Give me strength to accept it with steadinessAnd turn it into sacrifice to Thee.

Make me a source of good, O Lord,For everyone I meet today.

Accept my prayer for thoseWho don’t know Thee,And deliver them of their non-belief.

I thank You, Lord, for my life,For everything that surrounds me:For those who are near,And those who are not,For the sky and the earth,And above allFor Thy life-giving love.Let me, O Lord, all dayRemember and thank Thee.Amen.

Vs. 1 Let us who mystically represent the Cherubim,

II. A Prayer for UnityLord Jesus Christ!You have told us: where two or threeAre gathered in My name,There I am in their midst.

You did not desire that peopleWalk alone through life.You have gathered us,

So that we become a single family.

Grant us to fulfill Your new commandment,That we love one anotherAs You have loved us.

Grant us patience, condescension,And power over ourselves.So that we be one,As You are One with the Father and the Spirit,According to Your prayer and commandment.

So, that in this dark world, Lord Jesus Christ,Our light, which issues from You,May shine through,And that people may come to know Your loveIn the love of the Father, in the salvation of the Son,And the communion of the Holy Spirit.Amen.

Vs. 2 And who sings the thrice holy hymn to the life creating Trinity,

III. A Prayer for HumilityLord, have mercy! Christ, have mercy!Jesus, meek and humble of heart,Hear me and have mercy on me!O Heavenly Father, God, have mercy on us!O Son, Redeemer of the world, have mercy on us!O God Holy Spirit, have mercy on us!

From the desire to avoid hurt– Deliver me, Jesus!From the desire to assert my opinion– Deliver me, Jesus!From the desire that my counsels be accepted– Deliver me, Jesus!From the desire to be praised– Deliver me, Jesus!From the desire to be respected– Deliver me Jesus!From the desire to be first– Deliver me Jesus!From the desire to be loved– Deliver me, Jesus!From the fear of being forgotten– Deliver me, Jesus!From the fear of being suspected– Deliver me, Jesus!From the desire of being unknown– Deliver me, Jesus!From the fear of being misunderstood– Deliver me, Jesus!From the fear of being rejected


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– Deliver me, Jesus!From the fear of being slandered– Deliver me, Jesus!From the fear of being humiliated– Deliver me, Jesus!From the fear of being ridiculed– Deliver me, Jesus!

When others are valued more highly than I– Help me, Jesus, to bear this with love!When others are accepted, and I am ignored– Help me, Jesus, to bear this with love!When the first place is given to others– Help me, Jesus, to bear it with love!When others are esteemed to be more righteous than I– Help me, Jesus, to bear this with love!When others are loved more than I– Help me, Jesus, to bear this with love!

That I do not strive for high places– Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!That for the sake of Your Glory I willingly fulfillUnpleasant duties– Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love! That I may see God’s will in the commands ofthose who are older– Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!That I may in deed, just as in words,Forgive hurts– Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!That I may treat all with love, and especially thoseWho condemn me– Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!That I may speedily be moved to contrition– Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!That I may love poverty and humiliation– Grant me, Jesus, the grace of humility and love!

Lamb of God, Who have taken upon Yourself thesins of the world,– Forgive us, O Lord!Lamb of God, Who have taken upon Yourself thesins of the world,– Hear us, O Lord!Lamb of God, Who have taken upon Yourself thesins of the world,– Have mercy on us, O Lord!

Jesus, meek and humble of heart,Hear my petitions and grant, according to Yourmercy,That I may with joy agree to be inconspicuouson earth,And that Your Glory and Your love be my joy!

Amen.

Vs. 3 Now lay aside all earthly cares,

IV I love You, LordI love You, Lord,I love You more than anything else in the world,For You are the true joy of my soul.For Your sake I love my neighbour as myself.

Vs. 4 That we may receive the King of All, Who comes invisibly upborne by the angelic hosts.

V. A Prayer for the Gift of Wisdom and LoveFrom a sermon on the commemoration day of St Andrew of Crete.Lord!How much madness, foolishnessAnd narrow-mindedness there is in us,And wisdom and love are with You!Lord, give us at least a sparkOf Your wisdom and loveWhich are embodied in Your word.

Vs. 5 Alleluia

VI. A Prayer for the Disciples of ChristBLESSED IS OUR GODALWAYS, NOW AND EVERAND TO THE AGES AND AGES.

Blessed are You, our Father,Who have created heaven and earth,light and darkness, flowers and the stars –BLESSED ARE YOU,Who have created the fields and the hills, The seas and the plains and all that lives in them –Who have created us in Your image and likeness –Who have given us reason, and conscience, andpower to create – Who have revealed to us Your will –Who have put in our hearts Your Law –Who have taught us Your Truth –Who have granted us the Covenant and the Promise –Who have chosen Your children from all the ends of the earth –BLESSED ARE YOU!Blessed are You who have shown Yourself in Your Son –GLORY TO YOU!Born of a Virgin –

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Who have abased Yourself for our salvation –Who became incarnate for us Men –Who have undergone labours and sorrows, hunger and thirst –Who have shown us the true path of life –

You have granted us the forgiveness of sinsin the mercy of the Father –You have proclaimed to us the joy of the sons of God –You have proclaimed the New Covenant in Your blood – You have shared with the world torment and death –You have conquered hell and established Your Kingdom –

You have promised to abide with us till the end of the world – Blessed are Your righteous Judgment and Your mercy – GLORY TO YOU!

Blessed are You who have shown Yourself through the power of Your Spirit –FORSAKE US NOT!You strengthen Your Church with Your Spirit –You show Your power in our weakness –You receive us into Your bosom through Holy Baptism –You join us to Yourself in the Holy Chalice –You give grace to Your servants –You heal our infirmities, our souls and bodies –You protect our homes, our labours and our lives –FORSAKE US NOT.

Jesus Christ, Son of God,Who has revealed for us the Heavenly Father,That we may be Your disciples. Glory to You.You promised to give peace to our souls.But You do not desire slothful servants. Blessed are You.Give us strength to stand on guard and Give us strength to be wakeful.That we may be faithful to You, to You only.

Glory to You.Teach us to do everything before Your countenance.Bless us, bring us and make us Your children.Blessed are You.Grant us strength to fulfill Your will and Your covenant.Teach us to do good.Protect us from the leaven of the Pharisees

Teach us to see the main things in life,The one thing that is needed.

Help us to free ourselves of sin, of idleness, of inertia of spirit.

May everything good and beautiful in the worldRemind us of You.

May the evil of the world serve as a warning to us.That we may see in sinners a mirror of our sins.

Teach us to see brothers in thoseWho think differently from us,In those of other beliefs and unbelievers.

Grant us to be mindful of the brevity of life,So that remembrance of death be for usA strength of diligence and service.

Implant in us the ability to forgive, to love and to give away.

Teach us to live in prayer.

Grant us now to be communicants of Your Kingdom.

Teach us to hate sin, and not the sinner.

Grant us the strength to witness to You.

Do not let us be vain, petty, or empty.

May You be for us the Alpha and the OmegaIn this life and in eternity. That we may be Your disciples.

Amen.

© Alexander Men Foundation, 1995.Reprinted with kind permission of the publisher.

Translation © N.S. Matveyev.


bel canto chorus

Lindsey Adams+Vaughn AusmanKevin Bailey+Tom BarnumJonathon Bartos+Renee BartosKelly BartyczakAlison BayneCarol BayneJan BeckerDeborah BetsworthSara BitnerCarolAnne BozosiSusan BrownMarc CohenPeter CraigSarah DiMarcoElaine ErnstChristine G. FitchEmily FoxNaomi FritzJosefina Z. S. GardinierJanet GibeauAndrea S. Goetzinger+Eileen GriffithsLynn GutoskiJames U. HammondBrett HaniskoJoshua HartKeith HeidmannJoan HenkelJames HillCraig HoffmannGlenna HolsteinDan HolzmillerJeanne Houle

Sally D. HoytKatherine HughesKathleen Hughes+Michelle Hynson+Elizabeth JanicekSusi KieferKieth KlempKyle KolbergRussell Kopitzke+Steven KundaErin Laabs+Jonathan A. Laabs+Penny LaferriereLindsay LammSandra Lash+Angela LeeGary LeskoJohn W. Lettermann+Loretta Jelinek LieskeK. David LupardusBarbara L. LyonsPatrick C. LyonsCarol Lynne McKeanTJ Perlick MolinariStacey NaffahErik OlsonSarah PabbathiAndrea PelloquinMarjorie PiechowskiAlexandra PieperCatherine PirrelloScott Pullen+John ReinardyBetty ReulDavid ReulKay Richardson

Marie RomeroSusan RuggKerry SaverKathleen SchilzKate SchmittGlenn SchumannSarah SchwabJoe SkurzewskiNicolas Sluss-Rodionov+Susan Chamberlin SmithWilliam R. Smith+Binette SolomonPhilip StarrJoan StevensJames D. StoutSheila StrockLora SunderJon SzczepaniakTim SzczepaniakKen TazelaarKim TerekMary ThieleTom ThieleCarolyn TramelKristin TrautTom TrederFausta UrbonieneSarah WarranJennifer W. WatsonNathan Wesselowski+Hazel WheatonRebecca Whitney+Alyssa WildaJessica Wirth +Denotes Section Leader

bel canto boys choirs

Elias BaldinoKai BartlPeter BoylandBrody DrewsKevin EberleTeddy EstenJoshua HodgeEvan Hunter

William KenealeySam LaferriereBrodie MutschlerAhokava PaeaNathan RauschEthan ShulerPhilip ShulerTrevor Smith

Oliver StockelAidan TrederDaniel WallaceJoseph WieberschMichael WieberschJordan Yoon-Buck

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bel canto chorus organization

Board of DirectorsPresident ............................................................................................................................ Merilou GonzalesPresident-Elect ......................................................................................................................Martin TierneyTreasurer .........................................................................................................................................Jim HylandSecretary ......................................................................................................................................... Tom ThieleChorus Representative .................................................................................................................... Jim Hill

Joshua Blakely, Marc Cohen, Tyler Draheim, Patrick Foran,Todd Jones, Betty Reul, Ariana Voigt

Artistic StaffMusic Director/Conductor ............................................................................................. Richard HynsonAssistant Conductor/Accompanist ............................................................................Michelle HynsonBoy Choirs Director ............................................................................................................. Ellen M. Shuler

Administrative StaffExecutive Director ......................................................................................................................Marla HahnEducation & Outreach Manager .................................................................................Rebecca WhitneyPatron Services Manager ..........................................................................................................Jim LaBelle

Technical StaffEquipment Manager ...........................................................................................................James D. Stout

Chorus Cabinet Jan Becker, CarolAnne Bozosi, Susan Brown, Elaine Ernst, Jim Hill, Susi Kiefer, Carol Lynne

McKean, Marge Piechowski, Kerry Saver, Kate Schmitt, Jenny Watson

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Vaughn Ausman and Sally D. HoytMargaret E. HaggertyKerry SaverChris and Joanna Smocke

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Members of the Bel Canto Legacy Society have agreed to include the Chorus as part of their estate planning arrangements. You may join them by contacting the Bel Canto office (414) 481-8801.


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Patricia TeetsChristine & James HillKatherine HughesLaura & Jim HylandJ. William and Lois M. Foran

Family TrustEileen & Bud KehoeKiwanis Club of MilwaukeeAdeline & Harvey KohnSue & Gary LeskoJamy & Michael MalatestaSue Martin-Steiner &

Tony Steiner In memory of D.J. MartinPatricia & Ray MehlerLinda & Jock MutschlerMarjorie PiechowskiAlexandra & Richard PieperSuzanne & Richard PieperRamiah Investment GroupKerry SaverMary Schueller &

Michael WaltonKatherine & Don SchwerinMary & Tom ThieleJanet & Martin TierneyKay & Joseph Tierney

Kristin & Dave TrautGlen Van FossenBetsey & Earnest WilliamsonWipfli FoundationJessica WirthZeppos & Associates, Inc.

Forte ($250 - $499)Tolly & Jim ArthurCarol & Jay BayneDeborah BetsworthCarolAnne BozosiRandy CaseySally & Michael ChierSandra ChristensenKay & John CrichtonAnn FritschJosefina GardinierEileen GriffithsMarla Hahn &

David PoytingerHerbert Kohl Charities, Inc.Susan Jasan In honor of Sally Hoyt and

Vaughn AusmanBonnie & Kieth KlempMark KruegerCharmaine & James LaBelleJean & Hilton NealGwen & Jim PlunkettConnie PukaiteMargaret Robertson*Brenda Skelton-BendtsenKris SmithJudy & James StoddardHelen VettoriNicole WarnerHeather WatsonMidge Wheeler & Peter Foris

Mezzo-Forte ($100 - $249)Anonymous (2)Lynne Ausman &

David CrollBlanche BanerianEvert BosDawn & David BrightsmanSusan Brown


acknowledgements c o n t.

Don CarlsonDoris ChamberlinKasdorf CompaniesNan & Richard ConserJennifer CooleyEmily & Dean CrockerDorothy & Larry Curran+Ruth DanbyJane & Joseph Dean In honor of Peggy DeanRosemarie DeisingerPatricia DonohoeMaureen DowlingJohn R. DunnRosemary FischerEast Shore Specialty FoodsOld Fashioned FoodsMarynell ForanPatrick ForanJanet & Stanley FoxNancy Kennedy’s

Book Club Friends*Naomi FritzKarri L. Fritz-Klaus In memory of

Dr. Robert J. FritzCindy GallunJoan & Dave HenkelJeanne HouleJune Hoyt In Honor of Sally HoytInterfaith Conference of

Greater MilwaukeeSally & Kenan KerstenSusan & Donald KieferMichelle & Ed KotnarowskiLynn & Cal KozlowskiRay KruegerPenny & Bob LaferriereHelga LarsenMavis & Jeff LutherBarbara & Patrick LyonsRoy MacGregorDorothy J. MartinJayne MichelnKelsey & Theodore MolinariEdith MoravcsikMary Ann Mueller*Margaret Neis-RobertsonMaribeth & Chet NielsenHeather Parsons

Deborah & Jamshed PatelRichard PietschMary PollockLaurel & Mark PoytingerJane Quinn &

Jeff McCarthy*Carol RauschMary & James Ries*Nikki & Darin RigglemanMary & Michael RyanE. Thomas SchillingKathleen & Timothy SchilzMarcia & Jeff SchwagerFred SentmanMary Smiltneek*Mary SmithJack SpoonerJoan & Bill StevensShiela StrockEllen StrommenYvonne & John StubbsBarbara SullivanLora & Gregg Sunder+Ken TazelaarAriana & Peter VoigtJudith & Richard WagnerGail & John Ward*We Energies FoundationElizabeth & Carl WegeTina & Scott WeissMichelle LaBella Wilkins &

Brad WilkinsVirginia Wirth

Friend (to $99)AnonymousJ. Mark BakerBarb & Chris Bondioli+Daniel BooteBarbara & Neal

Borkenhagen+Debra & Michael Brophy*Sandra Burg+Robert ChristieJulie & Peter CraigJoey CrossPatricia & Phil CrumpBernadine & Bernd

Davidson+Janet Day+Peggy Dean

Julie & Vincent DeCarlo*Catherine DraegerMarcella Egges*Anne EllisonElaine ErnstSharon & William Evers+Dean Evert+Kathy & Roy Evert+Linda Evert &

Wayne Komarek+Patricia FoleyJoanne ForanDanella & Mark FridaySteve GeiermannAndrea GoetzingerVirginia HalaskaMarilyn HartmannMary HenzseyMary HorneBarbara Isgren+Marjorie JothenJohn KarkheckElaine KennedyPhyllis Kharbanda*Elizabeth & Jed

Kirchenwitz+Ronald KovachLindsay & Timothy LammAngela LeeAnnette & Michael LeRoy*Loretta & John LieskeLynne & Thomas

LindemannLisa & Bill FalconElizabeth Liu*Thelma MahoneyRaquel MaxwellCarol Lynne McKeanGrace MertenIone MinsterEleanor MoePamela Moes-Nordquist &

Jerry Nordquist*Linda MordyMary MosciskerCurt NunnErik OlsonLori Ann & Scott PannierJane PattersonJayne PeltonCarol Pitterle*

16 Bel Canto Chorus

acknowledgements c o n t.

Adrienne & John ReinardyMarian RoeglinMarie RomeroRosa Ruehl*Aida Sabulyte-GustHerb SchickMolly & Timothy SchmidtQuenten SchumacherMark SchwertfegerAnne Siebers &

Randy Stanford*Maureen SievekeArleen SjobergBarb SmithJulita Snell

Binette SolomonPatty & Brad Spaits*Margaret Ann Stack*Edwin StiegAlice & Michael Stolaski+Martha Stryker+Carolyn & Chuck TramelChristina TreiberMary & Robert Treleven+Ruth Treul*Carol Utech+Pat WarcholHazel WheatonRebecca & Steve WhitneyLinda Wilson+

Wines For HumanitySuzanne Zblewski+Marilyn & Doug Zwissler

*Donation in memory of Elaine Kennedy

+Donation in memory of Reese Griffiths

special thank you to

Christopher Berry, Steven Delisi, Christine Fitch, Sally Hoyt, Michelle Hynson, Edward Ingold, Alexander Levine, Susan Chamberlin Smith,

The Basilica of St. Josaphat & The St. Josaphat Basilica Foundation, The David Barnett Gallery

Christmas in the Basilica

Saturday, December 8 at 7:30 pmSunday, December 9 at 3:00 pm & 6:30 pm

The Basilica of St. Josaphat2333 S. 6th St., Milwaukee 53215

Featuring

Bel Canto Chorus, Bel Canto Boy Choirs, and Stained Glass Brass

Tickets $25-$50

Student, senior & group discounts availablewww.belcanto.org or 414.481.8801

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