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American Union of Swedish Singers

2019 National ConventionHilton Vancouver Convention Center

Vancouver, Washington

July 2–6, 2019 AUSS

Välkomna to the Pacific Northwest!

The Portland Scandinavian Chorus wishes you a fantastic convention!

Congratulationsand

Thanks!Swedish Singers

of

Seattle

Portland / Vancouver


2019 National ConventionPortland / Vancouver

Hilton Vancouver Convention Center

July 2–6, 2019

Table of ContentsAUSS Officers ...............................................3

AUSS Concert Directors ...............................4

Guests from Sweden .....................................7

Schedule of Events ......................................8

Choruses of the AUSS ................................10

Grand Concert .............................................20

National Anthems ........................................23

AUSS 2019 Convention

Best Wishes for a Wonderful Convention!

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Welcome to the Northwestfrom…

Hank and Louise Granat’s Family*Jerry & Jody (Granat) Jones

*Marshall & Alana (Granat) Mapes*Ron & Ginny (Granat) Mapes

Kurt & Maurine Granat

Combined, we celebrate 250 years of AUSS singing!


AUSS Officers

National OfficersPresident – Marta Schee

Vice President – Lee-Ann Hurtubise

Secretary & Membership Directory Coordinator – Susie Winn

Treasurer – Charles Upcraft

Honorary Past PresidentsCarl-Erik Westberg

Jody Jones

Joseph O’Leary

Alana Mapes

Director-in-ChiefKen Olsson

Assistant Directors-in-ChiefVance Sele

Allan Andrews

Other OfficersLibrarian – Paul Fluegel

Librarian – Steven James

Musiktidning Editor, Webmaster – Ellen Svengalis

A.U.S.S. Member Choruses

Arpi Swedish Male Chorus, MI Scandia Women’s Chorus, MIAmerican Swedish Institute Cloudberries, MN Scandia Women’s Chorus of Rhode Island, RIAmerican Swedish Institute Male Chorus, MN Svea Male Chorus, WAChicago Swedish Glee Club, IL Sveas Söner Singing Society, ILChicago Swedish Mixed Chorus, IL Swedish Glee Club of Lake County, ILDamkören & Viking Male Chorus, NY Swedish Women’s Chorus, WANordic Harmoni, VT Vasa Drängar, GAPortland Scandinavian Chorus, OR Vasa Voices, OH


AUSS Concert Directors

Kenneth Olsson, Director-in-ChiefKenneth Olsson is a native of Connecticut and received his musical training at Ithaca College, where he received a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance. While at Ithaca College, Ken appeared in opera productions of Die Fledermaus, The Tender Land and The Mikado. Ken became Musical Director of the Cornell Savoyards, leading performances of Ruddigore, The Grand Duke and The Mystery of Edwin Drood.Ken went on to study opera at Tri-Cities Opera in Binghamton, NY. Ken performed in productions of Norma, Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Madama Butterfly, Faust, Roméo et Juliette, Così fan tutte, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Kismet and La Traviata, and had featured roles in Carmen, Die Fledermaus, and Amahl and the Night Visitors. While in Binghamton, Ken was a vocal coach and accompanist at Binghamton University. He also appeared with the Binghamton Summer Savoyards in The Pirates of Penzance, as Musical Director, The Sorcerer, as Alexis, and Yeomen of the Guard, as Assistant Musical Director.

Other associations include the St. Anthony Players, where Ken was the Musical Director of Jesus Christ Superstar, and the Endicott Performing Arts Center, where Ken played in the pit for Peter Pan and Cabaret.Ken began a 10 year association with the Elmira College Theatre Department and was pianist for many of their musical productions. Ken joined Syracuse Opera as an Assistant Conductor and was rehearsal pianist for productions there.Since moving to Vermont, Ken has performed with the Opera Theatre of Weston in Die Fledermaus and Raylynmoor Opera in Don Giovanni, the latter of which Ken was Assistant Conductor. Ken has been Music Director at Main Street Arts in Saxtons River, leading performances of H.M.S. Pinafore, The Gondoliers, High Button Shoes, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, Batboy, Little Shop of Horrors, Into the Woods, the world premiere of Charles Henry’s Final Curtain, Sweeney Todd, Jesus Christ Superstar and Chicago. Ken sang the role of Jean Valjean in Les Misérables for Main Street Arts in 2015. For the Jamaica Town Hall, Ken produced Amahl and the Night Visitors, starring his wife, Julie, as the Mother. Ken also conducted Amahl for a special production mounted at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Brattleboro, VT.

In 2008, Ken became the Music Director of both the West River Valley Chorus, in Townshend, VT, and Nordic Harmoni, in Londonderry, VT. Nordic Harmoni, a member of the American Union of Swedish Singers, nominated and elected Ken as the National Assistant Director-in-Chief. Recently, Ken also was elected the AUSS Eastern Division Director-in-Chief. Ken has also appeared in several concerts for the Friends of Music at Guilford (FOMAG). Ken conducts the Guilford Festival Orchestra on Labor Day Weekend.Ken is the Music Director for the Springfield (VT) Community Chorus. A performance on YouTube of the Mozart Requiem led to members of the Springfield Community Chorus being invited to Carnegie Hall to participate in a performance of Mozart’s Requiem, which was performance in February 2016.Ken performs with his best friend and favorite dramatic soprano, Julie Olsson, in recitals, opera and musical theater. They perform as “The Dynamic Two-O”, singing in a range of genres, including the Great American Songbook, Art songs, opera, operetta, musical theater, and adult contemporary. Together, the Olssons have co-founded Southern Vermont Lyric Theatre (SVeLT). They live in Jamaica, VT, and have three beautiful and talented children.


Allan Andrews, Assistant Director-in-ChiefA newcomer to the Pacific Northwest, Allan Andrews moved to Seattle in 2012 after retiring from a 34-year career of teaching choral music in Oklahoma and Texas. He currently serves as Artistic Director for the Swedish Singers of Seattle, a member chorus of the American Union of Swedish Singers and as Artistic Director of the Seattle Metropolitan Singers, an adult SSAA treble community choir.Allan began his career as choral director at Lawton High School (Lawton, OK). After completion of his master’s degree, he taught at both the high school and college level in Texas, retiring after serving as Head Choral Director at R. L. Turner HS in Carrollton, a suburb of Dallas, and at Northlake College, one of the colleges in the Dallas County Community Colleges. His choirs were consistent sweepstakes winners in UIL competition, as well as winning multiple choral festivals across the United States.He is a frequent clinician and adjudicator across the Southwest and has served as an adjudicator in Washington, Oregon, and Alaska as well. Allan received his BMus from Oklahoma City University, and his MMus from Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas.

In addition to his work with the Swedish choirs at the local and national levels, and the Seattle Metropolitan Singers, he also serves as Director of Music at Mt. Baker Park Presbyterian Church in Seattle and sits on the boards of both the Greater Seattle Choral Consortium and the Washington Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association where he is the Music in Worship Chair.

Vance Sele, Assistant Director-in-ChiefA lifelong Oregonian with Minnesota Norwegian (a little Swedish) and Canadian (Icelandic) roots, Vance Sele is a retired High School Choral Director. He graduated with a Music Education degree from Oregon State University in 1982, and a Masters of Music Ed. from the University of Oregon in the early 90’s. He was very fortunate to have studied with Ron Jeffers at Oregon State, and in Summer Master Classes with Rodney Eichenberger. His entire 36 year teaching career was spent as a Choral and Guitar Teacher at Glencoe High School in Hillsboro, Oregon. Vance became the director of the Scandinavian Chorus in September 2010. He was also an Assistant Director at the last AUSS Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

He lives in Hillsboro with his wife Kyle where they enjoy working around the house on endless projects, and spending time with family and friends. He is blessed with, and proud of two adult children; two adult step children and a step son in law, all of which live active, positive lives in Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Washington.


BEST WISHES FROM

FOR A GREAT CONVENTION

Damkören Nordic

Harmoni

Vasa Drängar Viking Male Chorus

Scandinavian Women’s Chorus of Rhode Island

THE EASTERN DIVISION


Guests from Sweden

Gavlekören Gävle, SwedenGavlekören (Gävle Chorus) is visiting the AUSS convention 2019 from Gävle, a town 150km north of Stockholm. The fourteen singers of Gavlekören are seniors and rehearse every Monday afternoon with Bengt Olerud directing. They usually sing traditional Swedish choral music for mixed choir, but also some contemporary music, including hymns and pop music. For the AUSS National Convention, the choir consists of Gavlekör’s members and singing friends from other choirs. Ellen Weiss is the group’s conductor.

Front row: Filippa Karlstedt, Elna Berglind, Ellen Weiss, Birgitta Liljedahl and Kristina Alm. Second row: Victoria Olerud, Lotta Engquist, Synnöve Ericsson, Sara Olerud Third row: Åke. C. Engquist, Bengt Olerud, Per-Olof Nordström, Eva Blomqvist Not pictured: Selma Weiss

Ellen Weiss is a choral conductor and voice teacher from Gävle, Sweden. She works as a church musician in the Strömsbro Church in Gävle. Between the years 2000 and 2018 she was the organist and conductor for the music program in the Hille church. Since 2014, she is also the regional conductor for “Uppsala Stifts kyrkosångsförbund,” an organization for church singers. In 2014, Ellen won a national award for her work with choirs for children and youth.Ellen has visited Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, as a guest teacher for the Augustana Choir. Earlier this year, she worked with the Jenny Lind ensemble, assisting with their Swedish diction and understanding the Swedish music. In 2015 and 2018, she was the guest teacher for a class called Choral music in context, where she taught the students about Swedish choral history.In the past, Ellen has worked on several large musical projects including Jesus Christ Superstar and The Sound of Music. Currently, Ellen is planning a tour to London with the youth choir Vox Novum, as well as a concert together with a famous Swedish hip hop artist where she will arrange his songs for choir. Ellen Weiss


Schedule of EventsTuesday: July 28:00 AM – 4:00 PM AUSS Allsång registration open Heritage Ballroom Pre-Function

area9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Cookies and coffee Portland Hospitality Room #7311:00 PM – 3:00 PM Cultural Heritage Foundation Delegates Meeting Heritage Ballroom DCAB6:30 PM – 11:30 PM Cash Bar open Heritage Ballroom DCAB7:00 PM – 8:00 Dinner Served Heritage Ballroom DCAB8:00 PM Evening Program, followed by Hospitality time

(Late snacks provided by the Western Division)Heritage Ballroom DCAB

Wednesday: July 37:30 AM – 8:30 AM Grab and Go Breakfast, hosted by Portland Chorus Hospitality Rm. #7319:00 AM – 11:00 AM Women’s rehearsal

(arrive early please)Heritage Ballroom DCAB

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Men’s rehearsal (arrive early please)

Heritage Ballroom EF

11:00 AM – 12:45 AM Peruse sales tables, and Lunch time Lunch not provided

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM combined rehearsal, (arrive early please)

Heritage Ballroom DCAB

3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Breakout sessions:Greta’s watercolor class: “Alder Room”Swedish Drinking Songs: Heritage Ballroom EF

5:00 PM to 6:00 PM Individual Chorus night rehearsals, schedules posted Pre-function areaDinner not provided

6:30 PM – 11:30 PM No host bar open (will be closed during performance times)

DCAB

8:00 PM – 9:30 PM 1st Individual Chorus Night performances Heritage Ballroom DCAB8:00 PM – 8:20 PM Nordic Harmoni8:20 PM – 8:30 PM Signe Flugel8:30 PM – 8:50 PM Eastern Division8:50 PM – 9:10 PM American Swedish Institute of Minneapolis9:10 – 9:30 Swedish Singers of Seattle

10:00 PM Late snack provided by the AUSS Heritage Ballroom DCAB11:30 PM Bar closes Heritage Ballroom DCABThursday: July 47:30 AM – 8:30 AM Free Grab and Go Breakfast Portland Hospitality Room #7319:00 AM – 11:00 AM Women’s rehearsal

(arrive early please)Heritage Ballroom DCAB

9:00 AM – 11:00 AM Men’s rehearsal (arrive early please)

Herritage Ballroom EF

11:00 AM – 12:45 PM Lunch not provided Shopping time at the Prefunction tables

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Combined rehearsal Heritage Ballroom DCAB3:30 PM – 5:00 PM Breakout sessions

*Swedish Folk Dancing: Heritage Ballroom DCAB


*Swedish Drinking songs (repeat of Wednesday’s session)

Heritage Ballroom EF

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Individual Chorus Night, rehearsals, schedules posted Pre-function area6:30 PM – 11:30 PM No host bar open

(closed during the program)Heritage Ballroom DCAB

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM American BBQ Dinner Heritage Ballroom DCAB8:00 PM – 9:30 PM 2nd Individual Chorus Night performances Ballroom DCAB

8:00 PM – 8:10 PM 2017 Tour Choir, song TBA8:10 PM – 8:20 PM Pop-up Choir, song TBA8:20 PM – 8:40 PM Vasa Drangar8:40 PM – 9:10 PM Swedish Glee Club of Lake County9:10 PM – 9:30 PM Gavlekoren

10:00 PM Late snacks provided by American Swedish Institute of Minneapolis

Heritage Ballroom DCAB

11:30 PM Bar closes Heritage Ballroom DCABFriday: July 57:30 AM – 8:30 AM Free Grab and Go Breakfast Portland Hospitality Room #7319:00 AM – 11 AM Combined rehearsal

(please arrive early)Heritage Ballroom DCAB

11:00 AM – 12:45 PM Lunch not provided Visit shopping tables in Prefunction area

1:00 PM – 3:00 PM All singers – Grand Concert run through (please arrive early)

DCAB

3:00 PM – 7:00 PM Exploring time, shop Dinner not provided Dress for Grand Concert

7:00 PM Call time, concert warm up – All singers. ARRIVE 15 MINUTES EARLY…please

DCAB

7:00 PM – 8:00 PM No host bar open for concert attendees Heritage Ballroom DCAB8:00 PM Grand Concert

(bar closed during this time)After the concert No host bar re-opens Heritage Ballroom DCAB10:00 PM Late snacks provided by the AUSS Heritage Ballroom DCAB11:00 PM No host bar closes Heritage Ballroom DCABSaturday, July 67:30 AM – 9:00 AM Free Grab and Go Breakfast Portland Hospitality Room # 731Three options:

A) 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM AUSS Delegates Meeting Heritage Ballroom DCABB) 9:30 AM – 4:00 PM Tour to Mt. Saint Helen’s: Johnson Ridge Observatory.

You can get food to take with you at the hotel snack bar, or purchase food at the site.

C) 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM For non-delegates, and those not on the tour Lunch not provided Explore the area around the hotel.

6:30 PM – 11:30 PM No host bar open Heritage Ballroom DCAB7:00 PM Dinner and Awards

(AUSS/CHF Music Scholarship Winners enterain)DCAB

10:00 PM Late snacks provided by the Eastern Division Heritage Ballroom DCAB11:00 PM No host bar closes Heritage Ballroom DCAB


Choruses of the AUSS

Arpi Swedish Male Chorus Detroit, Michigan

Front row: James Wagner, Ron Ferrari, Hilmar Howard, Clarence Myrold, Nils Nilsson, Fred Rohrback, Art Elander, Bob Erickson, Dr. Fred Nelson, Harold Benson, Charles LarsonSecond row: Bob Ferrari, Paul Rajala, Pastor William Lindholm, Glenn Bergman, Carl Bengtsson, Bengt Brogren, Merle Foss, Lewis Hoy, Cortland Book, Don RohrbachNot pictured: Thad Aardal, Jason Debandt (director), Lynn Herche, Paul Johnson, Earl Lundin, Bill Sprentall www.swedishclub.net

American Swedish Institute Cloudberries Minneapolis, Minnesota

Members: Barb Anderson, Julie Andersson, Sharon Eklund, Signe Fluegel, Linda Frolund, Dianne Kelly, Karla Leitzman, Jayne Meyer, Katherine Mohn, Frances Olson, Mary Poulsen, Cassandra Quam, Gloria Rosen, Åsa Schmit, Nancy Simoneau, Carolyn Spargo (director), Allison Spenader, JoAnn Thoreen, Britt-Marie Wood www.asimn.org


American Swedish Institute Male Chorus Minneapolis, Minnesota

Director: Jeff Wressell, Accompanist: Dan Ritter, Assistant Director: Tom Engquist; First Tenors: Tom Engquist, Jonathan Grahn, Greg Kveen, Kent Effinger, Lyn Mattson, Marvin Arvidson, Brian Wass Second Tenors: John Enstad, Philip Friedlund, Weldon Hultgren, Tim Nelson, Wally Olson, Chuck Upcraft, Barry Wallerstedt; Baritone: Matt Davis, Ted Johnson, Eric Jaakkola, Wayne Johnson, Steve Anderson, Alan Poulsen, Richard Sandeen, Joel Wiberg; Bass: Wayne Anderson, Rodger Brask, Brian Dahlgren, Bruce Falink, Paul Fluegel, Mark Holm, Jack Hoeschler, Burton Johnson, Steve Johnson, Jeff Larson, Tom Olson, Kris Erdmann, Frank Lunquist, Dave Rosedahl www.asimalechorus.org

Chicago Swedish Glee Club Chicago, Illinois

Members: Allan Anderson, Richard Archer, Robert Brown, Brian Burch, Steve Burke (Director), Walter Cadogan, Richard Englund, Claude Frey, Ed Gang, Frank Gutowsky, James Huinker, Dale Johanson, Jack Lagershausen, Donald Lamont, Walter Magnuson, Ken Michaels, Gene Pellegrini, James Ryan, David Skoglund, William Wallbruch, David Winter, Richard Young www.thechicagoswedishgleeclub.com


Chicago Swedish Mixed Chorus Chicago, Illinois

Front row: Carol Surma (at piano), Victoria Grigelaitis, Tina Nelson, Margaret Meiser, Barbara Sittler, Jennifer Debner, Mindy Pierce, Else-Britt DeLong, Jan BolligSecond row: Bryan Knipper, Barry Nelson, Paul Rimington, Dan Norman, Blaine Boogert, Ted Johnson, Steven Bruel, Ollie Eriksson, Wayne LundbergNot pictured: Jean Anderson , Dominic German (director), Donna Heeter, Julie Johnson www.facebook.com/pages/category/Musician/Chicago-Swedish-Mixed-Chorus

Damkören & Viking Male Chorus Jamestown, New York

Members: Karen Alm, Linda Carlson, Sue Carvella, Kathy Durnell, Marianna Eckholm, Sue Erickson, Darlene Gauger, Kathy Gourleoy, Ingrid Grunert, Joyce Lapham, Phyllis Lindahl, Alicia Logan, Sue Magnuson, Diane Nelson, Cindy Robinson, Shirley Sandstrom, Carolyn Thomas, Brenda Weiler, Paul Arnone, Richard Boss, Donald Comes, Ralph Derby, Dan Dove, Larry Gauger, Don Nelson, John Oberg, Chuck Painter, Paul Sandstrom, Mark Sandstrom, Micky (Michele) Sandburg, (director), Ronald Wilcox, Michael Yager


Nordic Harmoni Londonderry, Vermont

Front row: Chris Yuengling, Dale Malekoff, Gale Kuhlberg, Beda Lyon, Marijke Westberg, Heather Row, Betsey LenskoldSecond row: Ken Olsson (director), Erik Johansson, Bob Lenskold, Joel Kuhlberg, Bill St. George, Bob Yuengling, Carl-Erik WestbergNot pictured: Karna Bouton, Joan Cerussi, Jean Didrichsen, Paul Johnson, Skip Raymond, Ellen Svengalis, Ken Svengalis, Wilma Tremarco


Portland Scandinavian Chorus Portland, Oregon

Front row: Robin Jepson, Zoe Ann Dimond, Anna Fagerberg, Mary Jo Franck, Dee Carlson, Ann Grangaard, Arlene Pickard, Dianne Seymour, Joan Walker, Judy Solanki, Katariina Lehtonen, Marva Adams, Ali Shipley, Linda Nelson, Edda Sigurdar, Christopher Wilson (accompanist)Second row: Vance Sele (director), Kari Martinez, Cheryl Davis, Ingrid Thomas, Molly Beiningen, Maggi Olmon, Karen Henell, Susie Winn, Alana Mapes, Jeannine Douglas, Gretchen Bancroft, Gayle Grossen, Debra Meyer, Karen Spencer, Lila Otto, John Schilke,Third row: Gary Olmon, Michael Dimond, Eli Schwarz, Kirk Beiningen, Rick Swee, Rick Walker, Ken Dale, Dusty Adams, Greg Kaminski, Dan Damon, Bjørn Heglie, Howard Thomas, Glenn Bjorkquist, Kennert Andersson, Kelly Otto,Not pictured: Aino Bakos, Heather Christofferson, Margaret Hernandez, Jerry Jones, Jody Jones, Karl Jurisons, Hans Lundin, Jodi Miles, Hélène Mock, Kristine Roley, Darrell Winterbourne www.portlandscandinavianchorus.com


Scandia Women’s Chorus Detroit, Michigan

Front row: Margaret Retting, Maj Benson, Christine Johnson, Carole Kerstin, Ruth Anne Zimmer (director), Aura May Rohrbach, Sue Arvidson, Alice Lyda, Mary BengtssonSecond row: Kathleen Strettar, Ingrid James, Dr. Lisbeth Nordstrom-Lerner, Kristin Waites, Marjorie Elander, Velda Roffi, Ann SteffaniNot pictured: Dorothy Anderson, Ingrid Anderson-Seruga, Mary Brodzik, Marie-Louise Capote, Carole Erickson, Christina Grennan, Betty Hendrickson, Shirley Jean Long, Lena Los, Helena Nichols, Kristine Nilsson-Stegariu, Arlene Palmquist, Marge Sorensen, Joyce Wagner www.swedishclub.net

Scandia Women’s Chorus of Rhode Island West Warwick, Rhode Island

Cassandra Michael, Astrid S Drew, Lee-Ann Hurtubise, Astrid M DrewNot pictured: Rose Jermusyk, Barbara Lundgren, Stephen Moye (director), Jessica Stensrud, Corinne Wahlberg, Christin Zaikowski www.scandinavianwomenschorus.com


Svea Male Chorus & Swedish Women’s Chorus Seattle, Washington

Members: Dan White, Erika Presley, Bob Reetz, Jeff Brooks, Linnea Olson-White, Allan Andrews (director), Allison Brooks, Greta Birkby, Sonja Reetz (accompanist), Kristin Miller, Beth Chapple, accompanist Maria Mannisto, Marilyn Scott-Knutson, Ashley Hedeen, Lena Hauser, Lynn Matthews, Marta Schee, Alice Poinier, Annika Dragovich, Kristy Johnson, Kirsten Roth, Charlotte Erickson, Eva Mannisto, Claire Anderson, Lucy Garnett, Lars Eggehorn, Alex Gallo, Caroline Phan, Ben Knutson, Jim Erickson, Brita Butler-Wall www.swedishsingersofseattle.org

Sveas Söner Singing Society Rockford, Illinois

Front row: Sharon Whitlock, John Brinkman, Wayne Hoffstrom, Don Cunitz, Dave Wood, Sherry Dreyfuss (director)Second row: Wade Vance, Brad Whitlock, Bob Aden, Jim Lynch, Bob Smith, Chuck Dreyfuss, Dan Lindberg, Bill Forsen, John Monsen, Ken DamonNot pictured: Dana Bailey, Don Anderson, Jerry Metzler, Steve James, Linda Smith


Swedish Glee Club Lake County, Illinois

Front row: Vicki Cummings, Valerie Tamburrino, Nancy Borkman, Mary Shepard, Charlene Vojtko, Janet Beger, Cathy Nasenbeny, Donna Fortney, Debbie Curren, Samantha Paredes (accompanist), Jennifer Wagner (director)Second row: Allen Layburn, Nate Osborn, Gene Sanderlin, Doug Shepard, David Godbold, Bob Tamburrino, Tom BorkmanNot pictured: Fred Jeffries, Anna Persson, Evertt Schmidt, Dave Westerdahl www.swedishgleeclub.org

! Congratulations !

Portland Scandinavian Chorus

&AUSS Cultural Heritage

Foundation…

For this fantatic convention in 2019.

Marta Schee & Langdon Miller

Greetings from over 350 allumni of Vega Singing

Society / St. Paul Swedish Male Chorus. They sang

on the south rim of Swede Hollow from 1881 to 2017.

If the old guys were still singing, they would be in

Vancouver, WA this week.


The American Union of Swedish Singers (AUSS) and the AUSS Cultural Heritage Foundation (AUSS/CHF) welcome you to the Portland/

Vancouver 2019 National Convention.

Tack så mycket for attending!

Thanks to the Swedish Council of America for a grant partially funding

our Grand Concert.


Vasa Drängar Atlanta, Georgia

Magnus Edlund, Adrian Popescu, Sven Lovegren, Jay Lutz, Sten Ekberg, Erik Kind, Dale Nordin, Göran Rygert (director). www.facebook.com/vasadrangar

Vasa Voices Cleveland, Ohio

Members: Marty Bergman, Rolf Bergman, Bo Carlsson, Glenda Carlsson, Karen Chilcote, Xin Dai, Bruce Elfvin, Annika Enflo, Richard Erickson, Emelie Forsberg, Julian Fossen, Marianne Gotrich, Len Gotrich, Ken Johnson, Marilyn Johnson, Sandy Johnson, Gerry Kramer, Zuzanna Kurowska, Don Nash, Fawn O’Hara, Anna Rietsch, Lisa Sward, Reid Taylor www.vasavoices.org



Grand ConcertJuly 5, 2019 • 8:00 p.m.

Vancouver Convention Center

Ken Olsson.............................Director-in-Chief Ellen Weiss ............................Guest ConductorAllan Andrews .......Assistant Director-in-Chief Vance Sele .............Assistant Director-in-ChiefAaron Otheim ....................Piano Accompanist Christopher Wilson ..........Piano AccompanistGöran Rygert..............................................Bass Lucy Garnett ............................................. OboeElizabeth Byrd........................................... Cello

Star Spangled Banner ......................................................................Francis Scott Keyes

Du gamla, du fria (Swedish National Anthem) ..................................... Richard Dybeck

Onward, Ye People .................................................Jean Sibelius, arr. Channing Lefebre text, Marshall Kernochan after V. Rydberg

Pslam 24 “alla Corelli” .............................................................. Johann Helmich Roman text, Psalm 24

Vackra sky (Beautiful Sky) ..................................................................... Carl Axel Brolén text, Karl Snoilsky

Kärlekens tid (The Time of Love) ........................................................Benny Andersson arr. Benny Andersson and Göran Arnberg text, Ylva Eggehorn

Äppelträdets visa (The Song of the Apple Tree) .................................. Helena Munktell text, A. T. Gellerstedt

Children of the Heavenly Father (Swedish folk tune) ................... arr. Stephen Paulus text, Caroline V. Sandell Berg English translation: Ernst W. Olson


INTERMISSION

Gavlekören Performance

Tre trollsånger (Three Troll Songs) .................................Felix Körling, arr. Robert SundEtt gammalt fult och elakt troll (An Old, Ugly and Evil Troll)Trolleboschottis (Troll Village Dance)Trollkarlen (The Troll Fellow)

Vårsång (Spring Song) ................................................................................. Prins Gustaf text, Herman Sätherberg

I Sommarnatten (In the Summer Night) .................................................... Göran Rygert text, Gabriel Jönnson

Barter ..........................................................................................................René Clausen text, Sara Teasdale

Brothers, Sing On ..............................................Edvard Grieg, arr. Howard D. McKinney words after Swedish original by Herbert Dalmas

Anthem ......................................................... Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, Björn Ulvacus(from the musical, “Chess”) arr. Anders Eljas


Greetings from

DAVID WINTER

Chicago Swedish Glee Club

Greetings from

DON LAMONT

Chicago Swedish Glee Club

Best Wishes for a

successful convention

richarD YounG

Finley-Sunset Hills Memorial Park and Funeral Home

6801 SW Sunset Hwy. Portland , Oregon 97225

503-292-6654

Taking care of each other is what community is all about.

Thank You…Finley-Sunset Hills Memorial Park for providing

Portland Scandinavian Chorus a practice area!


National Anthems

Star-Spangled BannerThe United State National Anthem was written by Francis Scott Key in 1814, more than 200 years ago, after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy ships in Chesapeake Bay. This Ware of 1812 battle rages through the night. As dawn broke, Key stained to see which flag was flying over the fort: British or American. Seeing the American flag, he was inspired to write these words.

Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

Du gamla, Du friaThe Swedish National Anthem was penned 30 years later, in 1844, by Richard Dybeck, to the melody of a medieval ballad.

Du gamla, Du fria, Du fjällhöga nord, Du tysta, Du glädjerika sköna! Jag hälsar Dig, vänaste land uppå jord, Din sol, Din himmel, Dina ängder gröna.

Du tronar på minnen från fornstora da’r, Då ärat Ditt namn flög över jorden. Jag vet att Du är och Du blir vad Du var. Ja, jag vill leva jag vill dö i Norden!

“Those who wish to sing, always find a song”

-Swedish proverb

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