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CHRISTMAS CONCERT

FRIDAY, DEC. 1, 2017, 7:30 P.M. SATURDAY, DEC. 2, 2017, 5 P.M.CHAPEL OF THE RESURRECTION

“Next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise. The gift of language combined with the gift of song was given to man that he should proclaim the Word of God through Music.” — Martin Luther

Welcome to Valparaiso University’s 2017 Christmas Concert.

During its nearly 100 years of existence, the Christmas Concert: A Carol Festival has become one of the most recognized and beloved Valpo traditions. This notable event brings together the community — students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends, and neighbors — to usher in Advent and prepare us to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. We are thrilled you have joined us this evening to share in the beauty and excitement of the season.

We are greatly blessed at Valparaiso University and cherish the opportunity to praise and give thanks to God through music. As we rejoice in God’s blessings, let us experience the joy, wonder, and hope that is Christmas through song and

reflect on the true meaning and significance of the season.

The concert features more than 200 talented student-musicians, along with passionate faculty and staff, from across the University, performing tonight as part of the Valparaiso University Chorale, Chamber Concert Band, Symphony Orchestra, and Men’s and Women’s Choirs. These artists have worked tirelessly to create a beautiful evening of music, traditional Christmas favorites and spiritual selections that will surely fill your hearts with good cheer.

Many of the performers you’ll hear this evening study in Valpo’s music department, while many others study in various disciplines across campus. These remarkable musicians incorporate their love for music into arduous academic schedules and, through performance, allow us to share in the power and magic of their music-making.

Thank you for joining us for this signature Valpo tradition. Take time to marvel at the musical panoply, enjoy fellowship with one another, and commence this holiday season with awe and with hope.

All of us at Valparaiso University wish you a blessed Christmas and a joyful New Year. May God’s blessings shine on you and your loved ones during this Spirit-filled season and throughout the year.

Sincerely,

Mark A. Heckler, Ph.D.President, Valparaiso University

The Valparaiso University Department of Music Presents

CHRISTMAS CONCERT 2017A Carol Festival

This concert is designed to be performed without breaks. We welcome your applause at the beginning and conclusion of the program.

Welcome!

Symphony OrchestraChristmas Overture on “From Heaven on High” Otto Nicolai (1810-1849)

ChoraleHodie Christus Natus Est

Hodie Christus natus est hodie Salvator apparuit: hodie in terra canunt Angeli, laetantur Archangeli: hodie exsultant justi, dicentes: Gloria in excelsis Deo, alleluja.

Paul Basler (b. 1963)Today is Christ born;today the Savior has appeared; today the Angels sing, the Archangels rejoice; today the righteous rejoice, saying: Glory to God in the highest. Alleluia!

Audience CarolFrom Heaven AbovePlease stand and sing:

Choir:From heav’n above to earth I cometo bear good news to ev’ry home!Glad tidings of great joy I bringto all the world, and gladly sing:

Martin Luther (1483-1546)

Audience:To you this night is born a childof Mary, chosen virgin mild;this newborn child of lowly birth shall be the joy of all the earth.

Glory to God in highest heav’n,who unto us the son has giv’n.With angels sing in pious mirtha glad new year to all the earth!

Chamber Concert BandChristmas Lullaby John Rutter (b. 1945) arr. Jay Dawson

Ericka Tyner Grodrian, hornNicole Lee, piano

Program Program

Men’s EnsembleRise Up Shepherd and Follow

There’s a star in the East on Christmas morn,Rise up, shepherd, and follow.It will lead to the place where the Christ was born,Rise up, shepherd, and follow.

Refrain:Follow, follow, rise up, shepherd, and follow.Follow the Star of Bethlehem,Rise up, shepherd, and follow.

arr. Roger Emerson (b. 1950)

Leave your flocks and leave your lambs,Rise up, shepherd, and follow.Leave your ewes and leave your rams,Rise up, shepherd, and follow.

If you take good heed to the angel’s words,Rise up, shepherd, and follow.You’ll forget your flocks, you’ll forget your herds,Rise up, shepherd, and follow.

Nicole Lee, piano

Audience CarolHark! The Herald Angels SingPlease stand and sing:

1.Hark! The herald angels sing,“Glory to the newborn King!”Peace on earth and mercy mild,God and sinners reconciled.”Joyful, all ye nations rise;Join the triumph of the skies; With the angelic host proclaim:“Christ is born in Bethlehem.”Hark! The herald angels sing,“Glory to the newborn King!” Choir: Christ by highest heav’n adored, Christ the everlasting Lord!Late in time behold Him come,Offspring of a Virgin’s womb.Veiled in flesh the Godhead see,Hail the incarnate Deity!Pleased as man with us to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel.Hark! The herald angels sing,“Glory to the newborn King!”

Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847) arr. W. H. Cummings3.Hail the heav’n-born Prince of Peace!Hail the Son of Righteousness!Light and life to all He brings,Ris’n with healing in His wings. Mild He lays His glory by,Born that we no more may die,Born to raise each child of earth, Born to give them second birth.Hark! The herald angels sing,“Glory to the newborn King!”

Symphony OrchestraGerman Carol Festival/Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming arr. James Christensen (1942-2017) Hugo Distler (1908-1942) Audience CarolLo, How a Rose E’er Blooming Michael Praetorius (1571-1621)Lo, how a rose e’er blooming from tender stem hath sprung!Of Jesse’s lineage coming as seers of old have sung,it came, a flow’r so bright, amid the cold of winter,when half-spent was the night.

OrganToccata - Gigue on the Sussex Carol George Baker (b. 1951)

Performed on the Fred and Ella Reddel Memorial Organ

Women’s ChoirSicut Erat (from Magnificat) Niccola Porpora (1686-1767)Sicut erat in principio, et nunc, et semperet in saecula saeculorum, Amen.

Gloria

Gloria in excelsis Deoet in terra pax hominibus bonae voluntatis.Laudamus te,benedicimus te,adoramus te,glorificamus te,gratias agimus tibi propter magnam gloriam tuam,Domine Deus, Rex cælestis,Deus Pater omnipotens.Domine Fili Unigenite, Jesu Christe,Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris,qui tollis peccata mundi, miserere nobis;qui tollis peccata mundi, suscipe deprecationem nostram.Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris, miserere nobis.Quoniam tu solus Sanctus, tu solus Dominus, tu solus Altissimus,Jesu Christe, cum Sancto Spiritu: in gloria Dei Patris. Amen.

John Rutter (b. 1945)

Combined Choirs, Chamber Concert Band and Organ

Isaiah had foretold it, the rose I have in mind;with Mary we behold it, the virgin mother kind.To show God’s love aright, she bore to us a Savior, when half-spent was the night.

Silent Night Choir:Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht! Alles schläft,einsam wacht nur das traute,hochheilige Paar.Holder Knabe im lokkigen Haar,schlaf in himmlischer Ruh,schlaf in himmlischer Ruh.

Audience:Silent night, holy night!All is calm, all is brightround yon virgin mother and child.Holy Infant, so tender and mild,sleep in heavenly peace,sleep in heavenly peace.

Franz Gruber (1787-1863)

Silent night, holy night!Shepherds quake at the sight;glories stream from heaven afar,heav’nly hosts sing, alleluia!Christ, the Savior, is born!Christ, the Savior, is born!

Silent night, holy night!Son of God, love’s pure lightradiant beams from your holy face,with the dawn of redeeming grace,Jesus, Lord, at your birth,Jesus, Lord, at your birth.

Audience Carol

As it was in the beginning, both now and always, and to the ages of ages. Amen.

Glory be to God on high.And in earth peace towards all of good will.We praise thee.We bless thee.We worship thee.We glorify thee.We give thanks to thee for thy great glory.O Lord God, heavenly King,God the Father almighty.O Lord, the only-begotten Son Jesus Christ.O Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father.Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us.Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer.Thou that sittest at the right of the Father, have mercy upon us.For thou only art Holy. Thou only art the Lord. Thou only art the Most High.Jesus Christ, with the Holy Ghost, art Most High in the glory of God the Father. Amen.

Program Program

Chorale“Flower into Kindness” from Into the Light Jake Runestad (b. 1986)

The soul is made of love and must ever return to love.There is nothing so wise,nor so beautiful,nor so strong as love.

(Mechthild von Magdeburg)

Above all, love.(Peter the Apostle)

I shed my words on the earthas the tree sheds its leaves.Let my thoughts unspokenflower into kindness.

(Rabindranath Tagore)

Chamber Concert BandLuminescence David Biedenbender (b. 1984)

Audience CarolO Morning Star, How Fair and Bright! Philipp Nicolai (1556-1608)

O Morning Star, how fair and bright!You shine with God’s own truth and light,aglow with grace and mercy!Of Jacob’s line, King David’s son,our Lord and Savior, you have wonour hearts to serve you only!Lowly, holy!Great and glorious, all victorious,rich in blessing!Rule and might o’er all possessing!

Oh, let the harps break forth in sound!Our joy be all with music crowned,our voices gaily blending!For Christ goes with us all the way-today, tomorrow, ev’ry day!His love is never ending!Sing out! Ring out!Jubilation! Exultation!Tell the story!Praise to Christ, who reigns in glory!

Chorale and Symphony OrchestraAmen, Lob und Ehre

Amen.Lob und Ehre und Weisheit und Dank und Preis und Kraft und Stärke sei unserm Gott von Ewigkeit zu Ewigkeit!Amen, Lob und Ehre und Weisheit und Dank und Preis und Kraft und Stärke sei unserm Gott. Amen.

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Amen.Praise and honor and wisdom and thanks and praise and power and strength be our God from eternity to eternity!Amen, praise and honor and wisdom and thanks and praise and power and strength be our God. Amen.

Come, ye children, blithe and merry,This one child your model make;Christmas holly, leaf and berry,All be prized for His dear sake;Come, ye gentle hearts, and tender,Come, ye spirit, keen and bold;All in all your homage render,Weak and mighty, young and old.

Now to the Lord sing praises,All you within this place,And with true love and brotherhoodEach other now embrace;This holy tide of ChristmasAll others doth deface.O tidings of comfort and joy.

High above a star is shining,And the Wisemen haste from far;Come, glad hearts, and spirits pining:For you all has ris’n the star.Let us bring out poor oblations,Thanks and love and faith and praise;Come, ye people, come, ye nations,All in all draw nigh to gaze.

Good Christian friends, rejoiceWith heart, and soul, and voice;Now ye need not fear the grave:Peace! Peace!Jesus Christ was born to save!Calls you one, and calls you all,To gain his everlasting hall:Christ was born to save!

Combined Choirs, Orchestra and BandChristmas Day Gustav Holst (1874-1934)Good Christian friends, rejoiceWith heart, and soul, and voice;Give ye heed to what we say:News! News!Jesus Christ is born today:Ox and ass before him bow,And he is in the manger now.Christ is born today!

God rest you merry gentlemen,Let nothing you dismay,Remember Christ our SaviorWas born on Christmas day,To save us all from woe and sin,When we were gone astray.O tidings of comfort and joy.

Come, ye lofty, come, ye lowly,Let your songs of gladness ring;In a stable lies the holy,In a manger rests the King;See, in Mary’s arms reposing,Christ by highest heav’n adored;Pious hearts that love the Lord.

Come, ye poor, no pomp of stationRobes the Child your hearts adore;He, the Lord of all salvation,Shares your want, is weak and poor:Oxen round about behold him;Rafters naked, cold and bare,See the shepherds, God has told themThat the Prince of Life lies there.

Good Christian friends, rejoiceWith heart, and soul, and voice;Now ye hear of endless bliss:Joy! Joy!Jesus Christ was born for this!He hath opened the heav’nly door,And man is blessed evermore.Christ was born for this!

In Bethlehem, in Jewry,This blessed Babe was born,And laid within a manger,Upon that holy morn;The which His Mother, Mary,Did nothing take in scorn.O tidings of comfort and joy.

Sung with verses 5 and 6:The first Noel the angels did say,Was to certain poor shepherds

in fields as they lay;In fields where they lay keeping their sheep,On a cold winter’s night that was so deep.

Noel, born is the King of Israel.

Program

Audience CarolO Come, All Ye Faithful arr. John RutterPlease stand and sing: (b. 1945)

O come, all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant!O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;Come and behold him, born the king of angels:O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him,O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord! The highest, most holy, light of light eternal,Born of a virgin, a mortal he comes;Son of the Father now in flesh appearing!O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him,O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!

Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation,Sing, all ye citizens of heaven above!Glory to God in the highest:O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him,O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord! Yea, Lord, we greet thee, born this happy morning;Jesus, to thee be glory giv’n!Word of the Father, now in flesh appearing:O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him,O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!

Maura Janton Cock is a Lecturer in Music at Valparaiso University, where she teaches voice and conducts the Women’s Choir. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Arizona (Tucson) and her Master of Arts degree at Minnesota State University-Moorhead. She previously taught on the music faculty at Concordia College (Moorhead). She has appeared as soloist with the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony, the Tucson Symphony, the Southwest Michigan Symphony and the Northwest Indiana Symphony. Ms. Cock worked extensively with Robert Shaw and the Robert Shaw Festival Singers as both soloist and chorus member, and Helmuth Rilling of the Oregon Bach Festival.

A regular performer with the Valparaiso University Symphony Orchestra, she has been soprano soloist in such works as Beethoven’s Symphony no. 9, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, Haydn’s Creation, Bach’s St. John Passion, St. Matthew Passion and Mass in B Minor (the latter two works under the direction of Maestro Rilling on Valpo’s campus). She was a soloist and chorister with the Chicago ensemble His Majesties’ Clerkes during the 2000 season. Recent engagements include performances with the Michigan Bach

Collegium, Bach Chamber Choir and Orchestra of Rockford (Ill.), Miami Bach Society, Dayton (Ohio) Bach Society and the Cuesta Master Chorale and Orchestra (Calif.).

Valparaiso UniVersity Women’s Choir

About the Conductor

Soprano I Lesley Barajas, Romeoville, Ill. (social work, sociology)Grace Biermann, Valparaiso, Ind. (English)Jessica Burns, Dowagiac, Mich. (meteorology) Rayne Deardorff, Highland, Ind. (individualized)Teshurah Lee, Westchester, Ill. (Chinese & Japanese studies)Kyley Pittman, Kouts, Ind. (music education)Grace Sherman, Grand Haven, Mich. (elementary education)Cindy Smith, Gilberts, Ill. (chemistry)Hui Zhu, China (music)

Soprano IICeairra Brodrick, Cedar Lake, Ind. (chemistry) Paola Flores, Burbank, Ill. (psychology)Kristine Hayden, North Aurora, Ill. (psychology & theatre)Kaitlyn Matthews, Oswego, Ill. (music education)Jeanette O’Brien, Prospect Heights, Ill. (psychology)Gemma Pizarek, LaPorte, Ind. (music)Alyssa Townsend, Burr Ridge, Ill. (psychology)Cassidy Wright, Round Lake, Ill. (communication)

Alto ISavannah Jorgensen, Neenah, Wis. (meteorology)Laura Muther, Glen Carbon, Ill. (marketing)Courtney Onder, Medaryville, Ind. (psychology)Rachel Sims, Brownsburg, Ind. (environmental science)Dana Winkle, Chicago (chemistry & secondary education)

Alto IIJamaica Booker, Lake Station, Ind. (music)Bridget King, Crystal Lake, Ill. (electrical engineering)Sophia Sagrestano, New Hartford, N.Y. (meteorology)Michal Scherer-Berry, Bourbon, Ind. (astronomy) Emily Thomason, Lewiston, Idaho (public health)Mengyu Wu, China (music)

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Valparaiso UniVersity Chamber ConCert bandAbout the Conductor

Jeffrey Scott Doebler has served as director of music education and bands at Valparaiso University since 1992, following ten years of teaching in the public schools of Emmetsburg, Iowa, and Shakopee, Minnesota. He is equally effective when working with younger students, older students and professional musicians. Dr. Doebler earned degrees in music education from Luther College (B.A.), Valparaiso University (M.M.) and the University of Minnesota (Ph.D.). He is a native of Palatine, Illinois.

Dr. Doebler’s 36-year career in music education has achieved a unique balance of conducting, teacher preparation, leadership and working with musicians from the beginning through professional levels, but all aspects of his vocation have had an ultimate focus on teaching. He has been recognized for teaching excellence by peers, colleagues and students, including awards from the Indiana Music Education Association (IMEA), Valparaiso University, Luther College, Sigma Alpha Iota, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and the Confucius Institute. Dr. Doebler was a quarter-finalist for the Grammy Music Educator Award in 2014. In a typical year, Dr. Doebler works with over 3,000 students. He has

appeared professionally in over 25 states, Canada, Malta, Australia, New Zealand and China. Dr. Doebler is a former president and state editor of the IMEA. He designed the All-State Future Music Educators Colloquium, a program that has been replicated in many other states. Dr. Doebler is a former president of the Indiana Bandmasters Association (IBA). For the IBA, he regularly conducts the All-Region and All-District Honor Bands. He conducted the All-State Band in 2011 and the Junior All-State Band in 2014. He is the first person to conduct at all four levels of IBA honor bands. Dr. Doebler is founder of a professional-level concert band, Windiana, which has toured China nine times, and has also toured Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii. Windiana performed for the national convention of the Association of Concert Bands in 2011 and the National Chinese Language Conference in 2009. They also toured Australia and New Zealand in 2007, and Hawaii in 2016 to honor the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack. Dr. Doebler serves as concert band conductor for Lutheran Summer Music, the national Lutheran high school music camp. He is conductor of the nearly 150-year-old Michigan City Municipal Band. Dr. Doebler will conduct the 2018 IMEA All-State Handbell Choir, which is believed to be the first of its kind in the nation.

The Chamber Concert Band (CCB) is the premier concert band of three at Valparaiso University. Membership is by audition and students of all majors are encouraged to participate. Each person in the band is considered an integral member. Although a principal player is named for each section, band members rotate parts so that everyone plays both melody and harmony parts during each performance. Repertoire includes the finest in concert band music, with a special focus on original band compositions.

The Chamber Concert Band is one of the university’s touring ensembles. Outreach performances have included schools, churches and community events throughout the USA, Canada and Malta. In 2014, CCB toured Malta for the third time. CCB’s concerts included a private performance for the President of Malta, as well as a Lenten reflection concert in the historic St. Lawrence Church that was attended by a representative of the Vatican.

On September 17 of this year, the Chamber Concert Band served as the anchor ensemble for Friendship Lasts Forever, a gala concert at Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park, the premier outdoor concert venue in Chicago. The concert was attended by nearly 10,000 people, and was a collaboration with the Confucius Institute at Valparaiso University. It featured 1,000 performers from throughout the USA, Canada and China. In 2015, CCB performed the headline concert for the national conference of the Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers. In 2006, CCB performed a feature concert in the Indianapolis Convention Center Sagamore Ballroom for the state convention of the Indiana Music Education Association (IMEA). CCB appeared again for the IMEA State Convention in 2011, performing an unprecedented two concerts (one combined with Windiana Concert Band). In these performances, they presented all 17 of the commissions of the Indiana Bandmasters Association (IBA) to date. (The commissioning project started in 1988.) These important concerts were the first time all of the commissions had ever been played on the same program. The recordings of both concerts are now part of the IBA archives.

Other recent honors have included performances—with the Valpo Chorale and Symphony Orchestra—in historic Severance Hall, Cleveland, and six times in Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center, Chicago. CCB performed a feature concert for the 1999 Music Educators National Conference North Central Division Convention in the ballroom of the Cincinnati Convention Center. The 2010 CCB tour, a collaboration with the Confucius Institute at Valparaiso University, went as far east as North Carolina and included guest soloists from China, performing on traditional Chinese instruments.

CCB’s debut CD, and they gathered on Mount Carmel, contains the first professional recording of this major work by Jesse Ayers and received rave reviews from leaders in the concert band profession throughout the country. The second and third CDs, One Nation and Yankee Doodling, were produced in 2002. In 2006, CCB’s fourth CD, a live concert in the authentic style of John Philip Sousa and his band, Spirit of the March King, was released. The Chamber Concert Band recording project seeks to create and disseminate artistic recordings of the finest in concert band literature. When possible, major works are recorded under the supervision of the composer so that the interpretation accurately reflects the composer’s intentions.

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the Valparaiso UniVersity Chamber ConCert band

Flute/PiccoloVeronica Campbell, Poplar Grove, Ill. (creative writing)Sydney Ezell, South Bend, Ind. (English)Alison Norris, Wyoming, Ohio (mechanical engineering, music)*Sarah Anne Zakowski, South Bend, Ind. (music education)

Oboe/English HornColin Coburn, Detroit, Mich. (nursing)Timothy Henderson, Valparaiso, Ind. (music, electrical engineering)*Claire Mammoser, Gaylord, Mich. (chemistry)Nathaniel Wells, Villa Park, Ill. (economics)

BassoonAnna Jones, Valparaiso, Ind. (music performance)

ClarinetMatt Barthel, Hartland, Wis. (business)Michael Bukata, Valparaiso, Ind. (mathematics)*Juliana Johnson, Durand, Ill. (music education)Brianna Walsh, Plainfield, Ill. (international business)

Bass ClarinetPhoebe Lersch, Washington, Ill. (exploratory)*Caitlyn Perry, South Bend, Ind. (music education)

Alto Saxophone*Kirsten Burden, DeMotte, Ind. (music education)Michael Eppley, Greenville, Pa. (music, meteorology)Tommy Langejans, Alto, Mich. (exploratory)

Tenor SaxophoneZachary Conner, Port St. Lucie, Fla. (music education)

Baritone SaxophoneMatthew Vargo, Highland, Ind. (business, German)

Cornet/TrumpetMoriah Carmel, LaPorte, Ind. (chemistry, music)Benjamin Ewert, Brookfield, Wis. (civil engineering)*Madison Kutch, LaPorte, Ind. (music education)Taylor Piotrowski, Freeland, Mich. (political science)Jacob Roth, St. Joseph, Mich. (mathematics, computer science)

HornCami Heinisch, Montgomery, Ill. (music education)Samantha Trier, Fort Wayne, Ind. (music education)*Janelle Wigal, Chattanooga, Tenn. (electrical engineering)

Trombone*Zach Bennett, Rockford, Mich. (biochemistry)Noelle McCord, St. Louis, Mo. (nursing)Nicholas Morrissey, Lake Villa, Ill. (electrical engineering)

EuphoniumMarie Dix, Naperville, Ill. (biology, chemistry)*Tanner Gesell, Winnipeg, Man. (mechanical engineering)Tyler Ingersoll, Rockford, Mich. (international business, German)Nathaniel Thies, Milton, Fla. (electrical engineering)

TubaJenna Johnston, Westerville, Ohio (environmental science)*Eric Mueller, Houston, Texas (civil engineering)

Percussion*Jared Coller, Jasper, Ind. (music industry)Nicholas DeHenes, Chesterton, Ind. (music education)Ryan Jobe, Shelbyville, Ind. (meteorology)Kristian Josifoski, Hebron, Ind. (music composition, English)Ryan VanDrunen, Lowell, Ind. (music)

HarpAlison Norris, Wyoming, Ohio (mechanical engineering, music)

Manager Madison Kutch

* Denotes principal

Valparaiso UniVersity symphony orChestra

About the Conductor

The Valparaiso University Symphony Orchestra is a select, all-student, symphonic orchestra dedicated to professional standards of performance of works from both the standard and contemporary repertories. In addition to music majors, the orchestra regularly has members from all of Valparaiso’s professional colleges and a wide array of disciplines. Selected string players have the opportunity to perform as Apprentices with the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra. Through the Civitas residency program, Valparaiso students have the opportunity to be coached by members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in solo and chamber music. This season, the Symphony is exploring composers’ use of the cantus firmus, melody borrowed from other works or settings, whether ecclesiastical, folk or original. Our survey begins with a double brass choir version of Gabrieli’s Canzon on the ninth, or “wandering” psalm tone, Vaughan Williams sublime Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis and Mendelssohn’s celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Lutheran Church, his Reformation Symphony with its Dresden Amen and finale on Ein veste Burg (sic). The season will include a concerto with erhu master and Visiting Scholar Zhao Huan, and choral collaborations in December and May. Last season explored Czech and Roma music, and featured soloists including alumna Megan Van Gomple with The Lark Ascending, Civitas member Kenneth Olsen, Assistant Principal Cello of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the Dvorak Cello Concerto, and erhu recording artist Zhu Changyao with the film score suite, 乔家大院, Qiao Jia Da Yuan. The previous season highlighted Spanish influence, alumni conductors and soloist. Argentine conductor Sebastiano De Filippi collaborated with faculty soloists Ericka Grodrian and Maura Janton Cock in the U.S. premiere of Argentinian Roberto Pintos’ horn concerto, and first concert performance of Peruvian composer Jimmy Lopez’ Man and Man. Schubert’s Eighth and Brahms’ Fourth Symphonies balanced Latin-flavored works by Marquez, Copland and Lin-Manuel Miranda. Other recent seasons have included collaborations with the Department of Theatre in Sweeney Todd, and with the Institute of Liturgical Studies in a performance of Ernest Bloch’s Sacred Service. The orchestra performed Piazzola with Chicago Symphony Assistant Concertmaster Yuan-Qing Yu at Orchestra Hall in Chicago’s Symphony Center, and in 2013 took a New Year’s Gala Concert Tour of China featuring Chinese and American soloists. Contributing to Valparaiso University’s global leadership focus, the University Symphony Orchestra has established itself as the leading American collegiate ensemble for collaboration with Chinese traditional musicians. Professionals, as well as faculty and students, from the Central Conservatory in Beijing, Shanghai Conservatory, the Beijing China Conservatory, Nanjing Arts University and the Zhejiang Media University have performed with the University Symphony in Valparaiso, Chicago, Milwaukee and several Chinese cities including Beijing, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Shanghai. Together with the Confucius Institute at Valparaiso University, the orchestra has hosted over two thousand high school students on campus to play Chinese music and instruments, and to be coached by University faculty. The Symphony has presented Western premieres of the famous Butterfly Lovers Concerto, guzheng version, Wang Jianyuan’s Winds of Tibet, Jiang xue, Snow on the River for chorus and chamber orchestra, and the 2014 world premiere of Confucius Music Millennium by Yu Jianfang.

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Dennis Friesen-Carper is Reddel Professor of Music at Valparaiso University, where he conducts the symphony, opera, oratorio and musical theatre and teaches composition. He is also principal guest conductor of the Wenqin Symphony Orchestra at Zhejiang University in China. He has served as music director for Indiana Opera North, the Pasadena Philharmonic and the Northwest Indiana Youth Symphony. Guest conducting appearances include the South Bend Symphony, Lake Superior Chamber Orchestra, DuP-age Symphony, the Elkhart Symphony, Jiangsu Symphony and the Zhejiang Symphony. Dr. Friesen-Carper was named the winner of the 2010 Arlin G. Meyer Prize for Musical Perfor-mance for his oratorio Innocents, to a libretto by Walter Wangerin Jr. In 2014, he was named University Composer-in-Residence, during which time he composed the operatic score to another libretto by Wangerin, I Will Sing Him Down The Years.

the Valparaiso UniVersity symphony orChestra

Violin IAngela Choi, Hoffman Estates, Ill. (nursing) Jayde Plaza, Dallas (music industry) Alyson Kneusel, Lithia, Fla. (chemistry, (biology)Emily Ehrnstrom,Hudsonville, Mich. (biology) Gabrielle Neuman, Unionville, Mich. (Spanish, elementary education) Anna-Christina Crisman, Joliet, Ill. (biology) Miranda Dodge, Wheatfield, Ind. (music education) Jennifer Perkne, Manhattan, Ill. (music education)

Violin IIVictoria Pankow, Lisle, Ill. (elementary education, music)Alyssa Perone, Arlington Heights, Ill. (music education)Sierra Swets, Schererville, Ind. (elementary (education) Carter McCullough, Ottawa, Kan. (bioengineering) Hayley Kim, Highland, Ind. (English)Margaret Schlicker, Owatonna, Minn. (health sciences) Maya Leon, Gary, Ind. (biology) Adrienne Weaver, Westville, Ind.

ViolaJennifer Damron, Chesterton, Ind. (music education)Tahirah Weems, Chesterton, Ind. (engineering)Will Levi, Valparaiso, Ind. (international business, German)Westin Stufflebean, Indianapolis, (theology)Elise Collis, Carmel, Ind. (nursing) Drew Fleming, Western Springs, Ill. (computer science) Joshua Ferguson, Zeeland, Mich. (economics)

CelloAndrew Brokaw, Cincinnati (global service)Julie Howe, Crown Point, Ind. (music)Thomas Paul, Bloomfield Hills, Mich. (biology) Nick Evans, Crown Point, Ind. (engineering) Cassie Niemeyer, Grand Rapids, Mich. (biochemistry) Maura Pauline, Naperville, Ill. (biology) Hannah Hart, Midland, Mich. (marketing, music) Craig Behnke, Valparaiso, Ind. (computer engineering) Katarina Diepholz, East Greenwich, R.I. (English, French)Benjamin Hamilton, Wheaton, Ill. (psychology) Aaron Leo, Lombard, Ill. (engineering)

BassJackson Roush, Crown Point, Ind. (music composition, computer science)Aaron Mehner, Cape Girardeau, Mo. (meteorology, geography) Alex Brewer, Council Bluffs, Iowa (computer science)

Flute Alison Norris, Cincinnati, Ohio (mechanical engineering, music) Grace Erickson, Wheaton, Ill. (psychology, art)

OboeTim Henderson, Valparaiso, Ind. (music, computer science)Kimberly Orr, Cedar Park, Texas (composition science, statistics)

ClarinetJuliana Johnson, Durand, Ill. (music education)Meggan Amour, Dewitt, Mich. (psychology)

BassoonAnna Jones, Valparaiso, Ind. (music, psychology)Ahnnabella Kolacki, Lemont, Ill. (marketing)

HornCami Heinisch, Montgomery, Ill. (music education)Luke Giovanine, Moline, Ill. (environmental science) Chris Gutschlag, Peoria, Ill. (engineering)

TrumpetNate McChesney, Valparaiso, Ind. (music, biology)Jake Roth, Saint Joseph, Mich. (composition science, math)Shea Rogers, Schererville, Ind. (nursing)

Trombone/TubaNicholas Schrombeck, Crown Point, Ind. (electrical engineering)

PercussionJared Coller, Jasper, Ind. (music) Courtney Hale, Greenfield, Ind. (actuarial science)

Christopher M. Cock, Director of Choral and Vocal Activities at Valparaiso University, holds the Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair in Lutheran Music and is Director of the Bach Institute.

Through his activities as a choral music educator and as a distinguished solo artist, Dr. Cock has forged a unique career path combining the roles of conductor and performer. He frequently brings his focus on outstanding repertoire, vocal technique and polished musicality to high school ensembles throughout the country. For six years, he served as director of choirs for Lutheran Summer Music, the national Lutheran high school music camp. In 2006, he led the International Choral Invitational in Hong Kong, and was conductor of the Spivey Hall High School Honor Choir, a festival begun by Robert Shaw. He has also conducted All-State Choirs in Minnesota, Georgia and Ohio and the Collegiate Honor Choir in Pennsylvania. He has also appeared at Carnegie Hall as guest conductor of the New England Symphonic Ensemble – he has now made appearances as both conductor and soloist at this legendary venue.

Ellis Archuleta, Deerfield, Ill. (computer engineering)Joshua Backhus, Edwardsburg, Mich. (mechanical engineering)Matthew Bremer, Milwaukee, Wis. (astronomy, secondary education)Justin Buiter, Crete, Ill. (chemistry)Keegan Carrasco, North Liberty, Ind. (chemistry)Fritz Depenthal, Orlando, Fla. (mechanical engineering)Lawrence Gaines, Merrilville, Ind. (political science)Ryan Guerrero, Chicago (computer engineering)Burns Halverson, Delafield, Wis. (actuarial science)Nicholas Kwiecinski, Leonard, Mich. (computer engineering)David Mackey, Naperville, Ill. (mechanical engineering)Samuel Macy, Hudsonville, Mich. (music)*Luke McGinnis, Alsip, Ill. (music education)Jacob Modjeski, Lowell, Ind. (music) Connor Russell, Granger, Ind. (mechanical engineering)James Ryan, Bayonne, N.J. (meterology, theatre)

*Rehearsal Assistant

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the Valparaiso UniVersity men’s ensemble

The Valparaiso University Chorale continues to earn acclaim as one of the top Lutheran collegiate choirs in the United States, upholding the highest standard of choral art through performance of the greatest choral literature of all eras and preserving the University’s rich choral tradition, which dates back to the early 20th century. The 48-mixed voice ensemble performs an eclectic repertoire that spans from traditional to significant contemporary works, all in their original languages, and to selections that express multicultural perspectives. Under the direction of Dr. Christopher M. Cock, who has sustained the University’s choral tradition for over two decades, the ensemble maintains an active annual schedule of touring, performing and recording, including appearances at the American Choral Directors Association Central Division Conference in 2005, 2008 and 2015.

By invitation from the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, the Chorale was the only international ensemble invited to perform at the celebrations of the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation on October 31, 2017. They were also invited by Thomaskantor Gottold Schwarz to join the Thomanerchor, the famous boy’s choir once led by Johann Sebastian Bach, in performance during the Reformation Day services at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Germany.

The Chorale has served six residencies at the St. Thomas Church – the only collegiate American choir to enjoy such a strong relationship with the church of J.S. Bach. In June 2012, the Chorale was invited by the Bach Archive in Leipzig to perform at the Bach Festival that celebrated the 800th anniversary of the St. Thomas Church and the Thomanerchor.In addition to the national and international appearances by Chorale, the ensemble boasts in their repertoire a number of recordings which include: Traditions: Hymns, Motets, and Folk Songs (1998); The Lutheran Chorale with Paul Manz (2000); Christ Child: Songs of the Nativity (2001); In Paradisum (2003); As it is in Heaven (2006); amazing day (2008); O My Soul (2010); and Star Still Guiding (2011).

The Valparaiso University Chorale has received significant critical acclaim. The Thuringer Allegemine reviewed the Chorale’s concert in 2007: “a first class ensemble…such a high degree of tonal unity, such sure intonation in the most complex and dissonant groups of chords, and such a precise feeling of dynamic shading…” In 2010, the Schwarzwalder Bote exclaimed, “Their heavenly and virtuosic performance enthused the audience, and the Schwabischs Tagblatt hailed their performance as “masterful.” In 2017, the Reutlinger General-Anzeiger praised the Chorale as “masters of exact intonation and an extremely fine nuanced dynamic.”

October 31, 2017 marked the 500th anniversary of one of the most significant developments in the modern world--one that resulted in the empowerment of millions to realize social, economic and spiritual reforms. This movement started in Wittenberg, Germany, at the Castle Church by Martin Luther, a Franciscan monk who desired change. As part of the worldwide celebrations of this historic anniversary, the Valparaiso University Chorale was invited by the Castle Church to lead their annual Hymn Festival. The Chorale was the only international ensemble to receive such an invitation, and they received high acclaim for their performance at this prestigious event.

In addition to the Hymn Festival, the Chorale was showcased in many other high-profile events during the 500th Anniversary Reformation celebrations. They led worship services in Wittenberg and Leipzig, presented concerts in Reutlingen and Wittenberg, and joined the world famous Thomanerchor for the Reformation festival service at the St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. They also joined in the dedication of new bell for the village of Seyda, a place where the passionate sharing of Luther’s joy continues.

To mark this historic event, Valparaiso University commissioned two new musical compositions to share the Reformation message of international alliance for the betterment of mankind. Veni Creator Spiritus was composed by retired Thomaskantor Georg Christoph Biller and connected the bells of the St. Thomas Church to a multi-lingual message of joy and praise. Into the Light was composed by Jake Runestad, an acclaimed young American composer, and draws upon thoughtful texts from reformers throughout world history to reflect our beautifully diverse cultures. This composition uses the words of many influential reformers to challenge us to think of how we can be part of the modern-day reformation.

The Chorale performed in significant historic churches, a concert hall and through the streets of a small village. In each of these venues, the audiences enthusiastically embraced the Reformation message of international cooperation to find a path of love, compassion and kindness.

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SopranoAnna Bratton, Franklin, Ind. (social work)Jenna Cartwright, Wheaton, Ill. (social work)Sarah Crowe, Wheaton, Ill. (international economics, German)Claire Ehr, London, Eng. (English)Elizabeth Hackbarth, Broomfield, Colo. (music education)Gwyneth Hoeksema, Grand Rapids, Mich. (English)Natalie Janke, Canton, Mich. (church music)Anastasia Karnezis, New Lennox, Ill. (music performance)Akira Kennedy, Naperville, Ill. (social work)Alexandria Kirch, Fifield, Wis. (music education)◆ *Hannah Koby, Kent, Ohio (church music)*Meghan LaCroix, Fort Wayne, Ind. (music education)Corinne Witt, Chicago (music, creative writing)

AltoIsabel Coffey, Phoenix (creative writing, classics)*Anneliese Depenthal, Orlando, Fla. (music)Cassandra Haas, Whitehouse, Ohio (elementary education)Elizabeth Heisler, Osceola, Ind. (nursing)Caroline Hyde, Rockford, Mich. (English)*Kelly Langevin, Columbus, Ind. (music education)Kallie Lyon, Burnsville, Minn. (electrical engineering)Ariana Moore, Duluth, Ga. (German, Spanish)Erica Poduch, Lake Zurich, Ill. (communication)Rebecca Richmond, Michigan City, Ind. (music education)Eleanor Riordan, Chicago (sociology)Hannah Schwab, Sanford, Fla. (nursing)Alyssa Serviss, DeMotte, Ind. (music performance)Sydney Stokes, Richfield, Minn. (psychology, sociology)

Tenor Joshua Backhus, Edwardsburg, Mich. (mechanical engineering)§ David Bremer, Milwaukee, Wis. (music education)Matthew Bremer, Milwaukee, Wis. (astronomy, secondary education)Landon Henry, Milwaukee, Wis. (psychology)Zachary Krampien, Normal, Ill. (mathematics, theology)*Jeffrey Langevin, Columbus, Ind. (music)David Mackey, Naperville, Ill. (mechanical engineering)Luke McGinnis, Alsip, Ill. (music education)Charlie Presar, Buckhannon, W. Va. (exploratory)Casey Terry, Munster, Ind. (history, digital media)

BassFritz Depenthal, Orlando, Fla. (mechanical engineering)Eric J. Dubinsky, Canton, Ohio (accounting)† *Andrew Flasch, Valparaiso, Ind. (actuarial science)James Kilcullen, San Mateo, Calif. (finance, economics)Nicholas Kwiecinski, Leonard, Mich. (computer engineering)*Samuel Macy, Hudsonville, Mich. (music)Connor Russell, Granger, Ind. (mechanical engineering)James Ryan, Bayonne, N.J. (meterology, theatre)Joshua Sievert, Greenfield, Wis. (computer engineering)Cody Wilson, Columbus, Ind. (theology) † President

§ Student Manager◆ Librarian* Section Leaders

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Joseph Bognar is chair of the Department of Music at Valparaiso University, where he teaches piano, and serves as Associate University Organist. He has served on the faculties of the Maud Powell Music Festival, Lutheran Summer Music and the Stamford International Music Festival. As a member of the Castillon Piano Trio, he has performed in the United Kingdom, receiving acclaim for “his superb technique … one could only marvel at this talented performer,” (Evening Telegraph, UK). His performances with the trio have aired on BBC radio. He toured China with Windiana, Northwest Indiana’s professional wind ensemble, where he appeared as piano soloist in works of Gershwin and Xian. His live performances from Symphony Center, Chicago and the Chicago Cultural Center have aired on WFMT-FM. His most recent campus performances have featured some of the most formidable 20th century works, including Rzewski’s The People United Will Never Be Defeated! and Ives’s Sonata no. 2: Concord, Mass.

Dr. Bognar completed undergraduate studies in piano and organ at Valparaiso University where he graduated summa cum laude. Awarded two university fellowships, he studied

piano with internationally renowned accompanist John Wustman at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he earned the Doctor of Musical Arts.

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mUsiC at ValPo is...

A community of musicians and mentors.

The Department of Music is intentionally collaborative, and students work closely with faculty mentors and fellow students. The weekly lessons, music

colloquia, recitals, ensemble rehearsals and other department activities help create an environment that is supportive of all musicians.

Targeted Degree Programs

Valpo’s music alumni excel in many career areas, including church music, performance, music education and arts management.

To acknowledge these diverse interests, the Department of Music offers three degree programs, each one leading to a specialized major, as well as a music minor. The many tracks within these degree programs ensure that music students cultivate their own talents and interests.

Service to the Whole Community

The department welcomes students of all majors to be involved in musical life on campus. Non-majors can participate in department ensembles, studio lessons, introductory music courses, and extracurricular music groups.

Creative Inspiration

The department’s busy concert calendar is deliberately designed to support learning, whether students listen in the audience or perform on stage. Throughout the year, a diverse group of visiting performers and scholars present recitals, lectures, workshops and seminars.

Union of Music and Faith

The Department of Music invites students to explore the biggest questions of creativity, meaning and vocation — in the classroom and beyond. Students can pursue one of two specializations in church music or join the selective and extracurricular ensembles that perform in the beautiful Chapel of the Resurrection. Valparaiso University also shares a special connection to the music of Bach and his church in Germany, which students can pursue through the Bach Institute and through the Chorale’s triennial residencies in Germany.

Rich Performance Opportunities

Valparaiso University’s music rings throughout the nation and the world. From Leipzig, Germany’s St. Thomas Church, to New York’s Carnegie Hall and even to Duffy’s Place, Valpo’s music students make their virtuosity known. The Chorale, Kantorei, Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Concert Band tour regularly in the United States and abroad, while the Jazz Ensemble and select chamber ensembles perform off-campus locally and around the region.

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Joseph Bognar, Associate University Organist; piano, music theory; B.M., Valparaiso University; M.M., D.M.A., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Jeffrey C. Brown, percussion, jazz, music industry; faculty jazz trio; B.A., Calumet College; B.M. American Conservatory of Music; M.M., Valparaiso University

Lorraine S. Brugh, Frederick J. Kruse Chair in Church Music; organ, choir; B.M., Northwestern University; M.M., Northwestern University; M.T.S., Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Northwestern University/Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary

Christopher M. Cock, Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair in Lutheran Music; director of choral/vocal activities, voice, director, Bach Institute; B.A.E., B.M. Pacific Lutheran University; M.M., D.M.A., University of Arizona

Maura Janton Cock, voice, choir; B.M.E., University of Arizona; M.A., Moorhead State University

Jeffrey Scott Doebler, music education, band, conducting; B.A., Luther College; M.M., Valparaiso University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Dennis Friesen-Carper, Reddel Professor of Music; orchestra, composition, musicianship, conducting; B.A., Bethel College; M.M., D.M.A., Rice University

Ericka Tyner Grodrian, horn, musicianship; B.A., Converse College; M.M., University of Alabama; D.M.A., Indiana University

Sunghee Kim, organ, church music, choir; B.M., Ewha Women’s University in Seoul; M.M., University of North Texas; D.M., Indiana University

Benjamin Krause, music theory, composition; B.M., Valparaiso University; M.M., University of Oregon; D.M.A., Rice University

Nicole Lee, piano, accompanying; B.M., M.M., University of Southern California

Stacy Maugans, saxophone, musicianship; B.M., B.A., Indiana University; M.M., Arizona State University; D.M., Indiana University

Katharina Uhde, violin, music history, chamber music; B.M., University of Music, Karlsruhe; M.M., D.M.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University

Alexander Austin, contrabass-jazz; faculty jazz trio; B.M., Northern Illinois University

Anne Marie Bice, voice; B.A., Luther College; M.M., Northwestern University

June DeForest, violin; B.M., M.M., Manhattan School of Music

Cynthia Fudala, flute; B.M., Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; M.M., Northwestern University

David Govertsen, voice; B.M., Music Education; M.M., Northern Illinois University

John Grodrian, trombone; B.S., Tennessee Tech. University; M.M., Indiana University

Claire Happel, harp; B.M., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; M.M., Yale University; D.M.A., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Roger Harris, jazz piano, faculty jazz trio; B.S., Roosevelt University

Jennet Ingle, oboe; B.M., Eastman School of Music

Steven Ingle, bassoon; B.M., University of Tennessee; M.M., Eastman School of Music

Denise Kirkland, clarinet; B.M.E., M.M., Indiana University

James Konsbruck, guitar, guitar methods; B.A., Columbia College; M.M., Roosevelt University

David Machavariani, cello; B.A., Tbilisi Special Music School; Artist Diploma, Indiana University at South Bend; M.M., Tbilisi State Conservatory; M.M., Indiana University South Bend

Mary Lee Riley, piano; B.M.E., B.Mch., B.S., M.A.L.S., Valparaiso University

Monica Schafer, viola; B.M., Valparaiso University; M.M., Peabody Conservatory of Music

Carey Scheck, piano; B.A., Valparaiso University; M.M., Western Illinois University

Stephen Schnurr, organ; B.A., Duke University; M.M., M.M.A., D.M.A., Yale University

Phillip Serna, contrabass, viola da gamba; B.M., San Francisco Conservatory of Music; M.M., D.M., Northwestern University

Charles Steck, trumpet; B.M.E., M.M., Valparaiso University

Richard Watson, tuba, euphonium; B.M., University of Michigan; M.M., Northwestern University

Emily Yiannias, voice; B.M. DePauw University; M.M., Northwestern University

James and Joanne AlbersAnne Marie Bice

Joseph and Jennifer BognarAlfred Born and Christelle Menth

Daniel and Diane BrandtGary and Lorraine BrughRobert and Ellen DeVries

Charles Dickey and Deborah Zudell-DickeyLynne Eifert

David and Marilynda EricksonLuther and Katherine EsalaWilliam and Christa Even

Margaret FransonFaith Memorial Lutheran Church

Fidelity Charitable Gift FundDennis and Michelle Friesen-Carper

Bennie and Judith GilmoreLois Mae G. Hannewald

Glenn and Tami JaffeBernie Konrady

Ted and Diane KrebsBenjamin E. Leonard-WhiteWesley and Marjorie Maiers

Robert and Janice MillerAlan and Carolyn Morrisson

Robert and Lenore PerryPorter County Community Foundation

Lois E. ReinerMary Lee Riley

Robert and Marilyn SchroerStephen and Marlene ValpaticHubert and Audrey Velepec

Sean J. WatlandThomas Weitzel

Joshua D. Wolfgram

the ValParaiso UniVersity DePartment of mUsiC recognizes and honors the generosity of

the following recent donors:

The Valparaiso University Department of Music extends a sincere note of thanks for the generous gifts from our donors. These gifts enable

us to enhance the educational experience for our students and underwrite distinctive programming.

These donations, no matter the size, are extremely valued.

For additional information regarding donations, please contact [email protected] or call 219.464.5454.

The commitment to excellence that characterized Valparaiso University at its founding in 1859 remains evident today as the University earns national recognition from publications such as U.S. News & World Report magazine and accolades from accrediting agencies. Central to Valpo’s academic programs is the combination of an exceptional liberal arts education integrated with strong professional preparation. Further strength is provided by dedicated and distinguished faculty members who enjoy teaching and interacting with their students. The University values its Lutheran tradition and seeks to cultivate an environment in which students grow intellectually and spiritually. Valparaiso University’s Chapel of the Resurrection, a Northwest Indiana landmark, is one of the largest collegiate chapels in the world.

With enrollment of more than 4,500 students, Valparaiso University ranks as one of the United States’ largest Lutheran universities. Students come from nearly every state and from more than 40 countries. Generous support from alumni and friends assists the University in providing financial assistance to nearly 90 percent of its full-time students.

Valparaiso University offers more than 70 fields of study in the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Nursing and Health Professions; the Law School; and Christ College – The Honors College. The Graduate School, which includes an MBA program, adds breadth to the academic offering. Excellent facilities, including well-equipped laboratories, provide many opportunities for hands-on learning in all colleges.

Valparaiso University is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music and offers a traditional liberal arts music major (B.A.) and two professional degree tracks (B.M.E. and B.M.).

The department serves approximately 80 majors, and more than 300 Valpo students enroll in music instruction and classes each year. Music graduates regularly find placement in top graduate schools and succeed nationally and internationally as performers, church musicians, business entrepreneurs, teachers, professors, scholars, and composers.

The University is located in a thriving residential city in Northwest Indiana within an hour drive of Chicago, one of the major cultural centers of the world. For more information about Valparaiso University and its arts programs, call Undergraduate Admission at 1.800.GO.VALPO or the Center for the Arts at 219.464.6950, send an email to [email protected], or visit the Valpo website at valpo.edu.

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Janice MillerAcademic AssistantDepartments of Music and Theatre

Angelica JacksonAdministrative AssistantCenter for the Arts

Jessica Moon, Taylor BundrenProgram Designers

Cortney CareyCover Designer

Nina TadicBox Office Manager

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