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Sing For Joy® is a production of St. Olaf College.

by Pastor Bruce Benson, host

The major league baseball season begins soon. If you are a fan, you know

that. If you are not, let me quickly assure you that I am not going to discuss baseball in this column; I am simply going to introduce two people by using a baseball analogy. If you are familiar with the sport you know that all teams rely at times on good pinch hitters: someone who can step up to the plate on short notice, and with a good at-bat help the team. This issue of the Sing For Joy newsletter is the work of a terrifi c St. Olaf student pinch hitter, Jessica Marie Guzman. Our brand new Communications Coordinator (I’ll introduce her next) doesn’t arrive until just after this newsletter is due, so Jessica has stepped up from the job of “student worker” to pinch hit as “newsletter editor,” and performed like a savvy veteran. Well done, Jessica! Thank you.

The next newsletter will be prepared by our newest team member, Carolyn Pierson, who is on the threshold of assuming her duties as Communications Coordinator for Sing For Joy. We enthusiastically welcome her aboard.

Carolyn grew up in a house fi lled with music. With four girls who all played the violin, a father who sang in multiple choirs, and a mother who played piano at Saturday evening church services, “there was,” Carolyn says, “always someone practicing.” And Carolyn continues to make music playing in a community chamber orchestra in Minneapolis.

If music is half her life, writing is the other half. Since graduating from St. Olaf College with a degree in

English, Carolyn has explored many professional areas: from a documentary fi lm company in New York City to an independent book-publishing house in Minneapolis, freelance writing, and corporate publishing. While serving as Communications Coordinator for us at Sing For Joy, Carolyn will continue to write stories for local lifestyle magazines and hunt for typos and grammar errors as a copy editor at Thomson Reuters (legal publishing). I doubt if there are people anywhere else in the country who can describe their grandfathers the way Carolyn describes hers: “One grandfather is a retired Lutheran pastor from South Dakota, and the other is the architect who designed the church.” Maybe that gives Carolyn a built-in understanding of church music, which is both a “cathedral of sound” in which the church does its worship-work, and also a preacher in that cathedral, addressing the heart and mind with what an old liturgy described as “the promises and challenges of the Gospel.” We welcome Carolyn to the Sing For Joy team, and look forward to doing our good work together with her.

After nearly seven years since I bid farewell to St. Olaf as a student, I am thrilled to be returning to the “Hill” as the communications coordinator for Sing For Joy. I look forward to meeting many of you in the months to come and eagerly welcome this next chapter in my life. Carolyn

Peace be with you,

APRIL 2013 / YEAR C

April 7, 2013Second Sunday of Easter — Year C

(1R) Acts 5:27-32(PS) Psalm 118:14-29 or Psalm 150(2R) Revelation 1:4-8(G) John 20:19-31

Jesus Lives! (ST. ALBINUS) – Henry John Gauntlett, arr. Richard Webster (G)The Choirs of the Parish Church of Saint Luke; The Asbury Brass: Evanston, Ill. / Richard R. Webster(CD) Blow ye the Trumpet in Zion / PARISH CHURCH OF ST. LUKE© 1994 The Parish Church of Saint Luke, 939 Hinman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202 www.stlukesevanston.org; (3:28)

Salmo 150 – Ernani Aguiar (PS)The St. Olaf Choir / Anton Armstrong(CD) A Choral Tapestry / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-2047© 1994 St. Olaf Records, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfi eld, MN 55057; (1:40)

All that Hath Life and Breath – René Clausen (PS)Kansas City Chorale: Kansas City, Mo. / Charles Bruffy(CD) Life and Breath: Choral Works by René Clausen / CHANDOS / CHSA 5105© 2012 Chandos Records, Ltd., Colchester, Essex, England www.chandos.net; (3:24)

Come, You Faithful, Raise the Strain (GAUDEAMUS PARITER) – Johann Horn, arr. Kenneth Kosche (G)The Kammerchor, Concordia University: Mequon, Wisc. / Kenneth Kosche(CD) Now Praise the Lord! / CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY WISCONSIN / 1D837© 1991 Concordia University Wisconsin, 12800 North Lake Shore Drive, Mequon, WI 53092www.cuw.edu; (4:22)

O Sons and Daughters (O FILII ET FILIAE) – French Traditional, arr. John Ferguson (G)The St. Olaf Cantorei / John Ferguson(CD) Singing the Bible / LIMESTONE RECORDS / WCD 102103© 2002 St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfi eld, MN 55057 www.stolaf.edu; (2:06)

Thine be the Glory (MACCABEUS) – George Frideric Handel, arr. Stephen Cleobury (G)The Choir of King’s College: Cambridge, England / Stephen Cleobury(CD) Best Loved Hymns / EMI CLASSICS / CDC 7243 557026 2 3© 2001 EMI Records Ltd., 304 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010 www.emiclassics.com; (3:01)

Psalm 150 – Ruth Watson Henderson (PS)The Elmer Iseler Singers: Toronto, Ontario, Canada / Lydia Adams(CD) Sing All Ye Joyful / CBC RECORDS / MVCD 1167

© 2004 Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, P.O. Box 500, Station A, Tornoto, Ontario, Canada MSW 1E6 www.cbcrecords.ca; (2:44)

April 14, 2013Third Sunday of Easter — Year C

(1R) Acts 9:1-6 [7-20](PS) Psalm 30(2R) Revelation 5:11-14(G) John 21:1-19

Shout for Joy Loud and Long (PERSONENT HODIE) – Piae Cantiones, arr. Gustav Holst (1R)Sing For Joy 50th Anniversary Massed Choir and Congregation / Anton Armstrong(CD) Through the Church the Song Goes On / ST. OLAF RECORDS / E-2801© 2005 St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, Northfi eld, MN 55057 www.stolafrecords.com; (1:49)

John Saw Duh Numbuh – African American Spiritual, arr. Robert Shaw and Alice Parker (2R)The Concordia Choir: Moorhead, Minn. / René Clausen(CD) Folk Songs, Spirituals & Hymns / CONCORDIA RECORDINGS / E-2052© Concordia Recordings, 901 8th Street South, Moorhead, MN 56562 www.concordiarecordings.com; (2:06)

Christ the Lord Is Risen Again – John Rutter (G)The Cambridge Singers; The City of London Sinfonia: London, England / John Rutter(CD) Te Deum and Other Church Music by John Rutter / COLLEGIUM / COLCD 112© 1990 Collegium Records, E1 Entertainment Distribution, 22 Harbor Park Drive, Port Washington NY 11050 www.kochent.com; (2:45)

Now the Green Blade Rises (NOEL NOVULET) – French Traditional, arr. Simon Lindley (G)Choir of All Saints’ Episcopal Church: Beverly Hills, Calif. / Thomas Foster(CD) Easter: Hymns, Carols & Anthems / GOTHIC / G 49097© Gothic Records, PO Box 689, Everett, WA 98201 www.gothicrecords.com; (3:09)

Hark How the Adoring Hosts Above (DESERT or LYNGHAM) – Thomas Jarman (2R)Scottish Philharmonic Singers / Ian McCrorie(CD) Psalms of Scotland / ABBEY SCS MUSIC / SCSCD 2830© 1998 SCS Music Limited, 4 Newtec Place, Magdalen Road, Oxford, OX4 1RE, England; (2:34)

“Worthy is the Lamb that Was Slain” from Messiah – George Frideric Handel (2R)Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, The Academy of Ancient Music / Christopher Hogwood(CD) Handel Messiah / L’OISEAU-LYRE / 430 488-2© 1991 The Decca Record Company, Polygram Records & Jazz, New York, NY www.deccaclassics.com; (7:20)

April 21, 2013Fourth Sunday of Easter — Year C

(1R) Acts 9:36-43(PS) Psalm 23(2R) Revelation 7:9-17(G) John 10:22-30

The Lord’s My Shepherd (PISGAH) – J.C. Lowry (PS)William Appling Singers / William Appling(CD) Shall We Gather / ALBANY RECORDS / TROY476© 2001 Albany Records, 915 Broadway, Albany, NY 12207 www.albanyrecords.com; (2:04)

My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (RESIGNATION) – American Folk Tune, arr. Virgil Thomson (PS)The Calvin College Alumni Choir: Grand Rapids, Mich. / Pearl Shangkaun(CD) Many Colors Paint the Rainbow / CALVIN COLLEGE / CD 4© 2001 Calvin College Alumni Association, 3201 Burton Street SE, Grand Rapids, MI, 49546 www.calvin.edu; (3:55)

The Twenty-Third Psalm – Samuel Adler (PS)Gloriæ Dei Cantores, Br. Nathanael Reese, tenor: Cape Cod, Mass. / Elizabeth C. Patterson(CD) The Lord is My Shepherd: American Psalmody, Vol. III / GLORIÆ DEI CANTORES / GDCD 030© 2002 Paraclete Press, Brewster, MA 02631 www.paracletepress.com; (3:51)

Psalm 23 – Z. Randall Stroope (PS, G)Mirinesse Women’s Choir: Seattle, Wash. / Rebecca Rottsolk(CD) Sudden Light / MIRINESSE© Mirinesse Women’s Choir www.mirinessewomenschoir.org; (4:33)

The King of Love My Shepherd Is (ST. COLUMBA) – Irish Traditional, arr. Edward C. Bairstow (PS)Saint Clement’s Choir: Philadelphia, Penn. / Peter Richard Conte(CD) Hymns of Heaven and Earth / DORIAN / DOR-90259© 1998 Dorian Recordings, c/o Sono Luminus, 328 Independence Drive, Winchester, VA 22602 www.dorian.com; (5:41)

April 28, 2013Fifth Sunday of Easter —Year C

(1R) Acts 11:1-8(PS) Psalm 148(2R) Revelation 21:1-6(G) John 13:31-35

O Brother Man, Fold to Thy Heart Thy Brother (TREE OF PEACE) – A.E. Floyd (G)Cantus Choro: Melbourne, Australia / Peter Chapman(CD) Hymns for All Seasons, Vol 2 / MOVE / MD 3062© 1987 Move Records, Box 266, Carlton South 3053, Australia#14, (2:45)

Love One Another – John L. Bell (G)The Cathedral Singers: Chicago, Ill. / Richard Proulx(CD) Take This Moment / GIA PUBLICATIONS / GIA CD-464© 2000 GIA Publications, 7404 South Mason Avenue, Chicago, IL, 60638www.giamusic.com; (2:15)

Bright Canaan – American Traditional, arr. Robert Shaw & Alice Parker (2R)Gloriæ Dei Cantores: Cape Cod, Mass. / Elizabeth C. Patterson(CD) Appalachian Sketches / GLORIÆ DEI CANTORES / GDCD 031© 2001 Paraclete Press, Brewster, MA 02631 www.paracletepress.com; (1:58)

And I Saw a New Heaven – Sir Edgar Bainton (2R)The Choir of King’s College: Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury(CD) English Anthems/ EMI CLASSICS / CDC 7 54418 2© 1993 EMI Records, Ltd., 304 Park Avenue, South, New York, NY 10010 www.emiclassics.com; (5:30)

And God Shall Wipe Away All Tears – Paul J. Christiansen (2R)The National Lutheran Choir: Minneapolis, Minn. / Larry L. Fleming(CD) Jesu, Come / NATIONAL LUTHERAN CHOIR RECORDINGS / NLCA-62© National Lutheran Choir, 528 Hennepin Avenue, Suite 302, Minneapolis, MN 55403 www.nlca.org; (1:30)

The Holy City – Stephen Adams (2R)Jessye Norman, soprano; Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ(CD) Sacred Songs / PHILIPS / 400 019-2© 1991 Philips Classics Productions, Polygram Records & Jazz, New York, NY www.deccaclassics.com; (6:18)

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In Honor Of:

Bruce Benson, upon his retirement from St. Olaf College“Ferg” and “Bruce”

Pastor Steven KuehneJoel William Bryson, for his graduationReverend Mark E. Hall, for his birthday

In Memory Of:

Reverend Thomas Robert AndersonHarold Elliott

Peter Finelli, April 1928—December 2012Samuel Henke

Dr. Verne C. Lanier, Jr.Marie Naumann

Howard Newlon, UBC TenorJack Ralston, my husband of 53 years

Mary Ellen Strickland, upon her admission to heaven

Maxine WendleLorraine Wentz

Kenneth Wilkens, a favorite teacher