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The Sacred SpiriT of ruSSiaJanuary 31-February 3, 2013

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Thursday, January 31, 2013, 7:30 pm

St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Fredericksburg

Friday, February 1, 8:00 pm

Saturday, February 2, 8:00 pm

Sunday, February 3, 3:00 pm

St. Martin’s Lutheran Church, Austin

Craig Hella Johnson, Artistic Director & Conductor

Pre-Concert Talk by Vladimir Morosan, President, Musica Russica

Season Sustaining Underwriter and Sponsor of the Holiday Gala

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proGraMperformed without intermission

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CHORAL ENTRANCE

Come, Let Us Worship (No. 3 from Liturgy, Opus 41) .........Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

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LITURGY FROM A RUSSIAN CATHEDRAL

FROM THE MATINS SERVICE

The Great Doxology ........................................................................Alexander Kastalsky (1856-1926)

FROM THE LITURGY OF THE WORD

Bless the Lord, O My Soul (from Liturgy, Opus 37)........Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859-1935)Glory...Only Begotten Son (from Liturgy, Opus 29) ..... Alexandre Gretchaninoff (1864-1956)The Beatitudes ..........................................................................................Vladimir Martynov (b. 1946)Come, Let Us Worship, Opus 8, No. 2 ..........................................Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944) Christmas Troparion

(No. 4 from the cycle Inexpressible Wonder) ...........................Georgy Sviridov (1915-1998)Today the Virgin (Christmas Kontakion) .....................................................Alexander Kastalsky As Many Have Been Baptized (Znamenny Chant) ..................................Alexander Kastalsky The Litany of Fervent Supplication (from Liturgy, Opus 79) ....... Alexandre Gretchaninoff

FROM THE LITURGY OF THE FAITHFUL

Cherubic Hymn, Opus 7, No. 1 .............................................................................Pavel Chesnokov The Creed (from Liturgy, Opus 29) ........................................................ Alexandre Gretchaninoff A Mercy of Peace (Znamenny Chant) ...........................................................Alexander Kastalsky We Praise Thee (Znamenny Chant) ...............................................................Alexander Kastalsky Nativity Hymn to the Mother of God ..............................................................Znamenny ChantThe Lord’s Prayer (from Liturgy, Opus 29) .......................................... Alexandre Gretchaninoff The Sunday Communion Hymn (from Liturgy, Opus 42)..........................Pavel Chesnokov

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SACRED CONCERTOS

A Wondrous Birth (No. 7 from the cycle A Wondrous Birth) ........................Georgy SviridovWe Should Choose to Love Silence

(Concerto for the Nativity of Christ) ...................................Andrei Ilyashenko (1884-1954)Now the Powers of Heaven (No. 6 from Passion Week, Opus. 58) .......Alexandre Gretchaninoff Do Not Cast Me Off in My Old Age (Opus 40, No. 5) ..............................Pavel Chesnokov Praise the Name of the Lord

(Znamenny Chant, from All Night Vigil, Opus 37).... Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

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CLOSING OF THE LITURGY

Let Our Mouths Be Filled (from Liturgy, Opus 31) ............................... Sergei Rachmaninoff Blessed Be the Name of the Lord (from Liturgy, Opus 31) ................. Sergei Rachmaninoff Preserve, O Lord, for Many Years (from Liturgy, Opus 79) ........... Alexandre Gretchaninoff

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ADDITIONAL SELECTIONS

The Cherubic Hymn .................................................................................... Alexandre Gretchaninoff Our Father ............................................................................................Nikolai Kedroff, Sr. (1871-1940)

Performance editions of these pieces are available from musicarussica.com.

Performances of The Sacred Spirit of Russia are being recorded.

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perforMinG noTeConspirare has the privilege of performing in a variety of beautiful venues that best enhance choral performances. While our performing venues and the texts of some of our repertoire may be representative of specific traditions, it is in no way intended to be exclusive of any individual whose experience or set of beliefs is not represented. Conspirare respects and celebrates the great diversity of religious, artistic, and human experiences represented among our singers and audience members. The audience creates the space in which the music is held.

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The Orthodox Christian Divine Liturgy aspires to nothing less than to be

an icon of eternal heavenly worship, revealed to prophets and saints, and

described in the Book of Revelation. For a brief moment in time, things of

heaven are mystically made one with things of earth, as sublime, poetic

words are joined to chant melodies, sometimes clothed in rich harmonies,

in a “sacrifice of praise.” The various arts—music, poetry, iconography, and

architecture—are enlisted to engage all the human senses in creating an

image of the Kingdom of Heaven on earth.

In the late tenth century, the pagan Slav emissaries sent by Prince Vladimir

of Kiev to find a new religion experienced this divine beauty when they set

foot into the Church of Holy Wisdom (Hagia Sophia) in Constantinople.

They reported: “We knew not whether we were in heaven or on earth. One

thing we do know is that God dwells here among His people.” Based on this

report, St. Vladimir adopted the Byzantine form of Christianity and had his

people—the common ancestors of Russians, Ukrainians and Belorussians—

baptized in the year 988. Along with the Christian faith and liturgy, the Slavs

adopted the Orthodox Church’s well-established prohibition against the use

of instruments.

Over the next ten centuries, the continuous development in Russia of

a purely vocal tradition of sacred liturgical chant and choral singing

constantly referenced this image of beauty and majesty of heavenly

worship. Unison chants received initially from Byzantium were re-invented,

sometimes rendered, on extra-solemn and festive occasions in other-worldly-

sounding polyphony. As the centuries went on, Russian church singing was

enriched by stylistic borrowings from the Polish Baroque, the Italian stile

antico, Viennese Classicism, and Germanic Romanticism. Choral ensembles

grew in size and came to include treble boys’ voices (and, starting with the

1880s, women’s voices as well). Musical settings grounded in chant gave

way to the more florid style of the “sacred concerto,” in which contrasts of

color among the various vocal groups and the octave doubling of voices fully

exploited the expressive capabilities of the human vocal ensemble.

Towards the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, these numerous

influences came to be synthesized in the creations of the “New Russian

Choral School.” Led by Tchaikovsky, composers such as Kastalsky,

Gretchaninoff, Chesnokov, Rachmaninoff, and a host of others reached into

proGraM noTeSthe national Russian treasure-trove of chants and the traditions of vocal

expression to create new choral works of unprecedented color and textural

richness, mindful as ever (to use Kastalsky’s words) “to create music that

can be heard nowhere else but in a church.”

In a Western European musical culture dominated increasingly by

instrumental music, the Russians continued to adhere to their ancestral

legacy of unaccompanied choral sound, the musically-declaimed word, as

the primary vehicle for liturgical worship and soulful, poetic expression. The

mighty Russian choral tradition endured the vicissitudes of the turbulent

twentieth century, overcoming the suppression of sacred music and religion

under the Communists, as evidenced by the works of Sviridov and Martynov;

being preserved and perpetuated in the works of Russian émigrés such as

Ilyashenko and Kedroff; and influencing the course of choral music throughout

the world—in places as diverse as Scandinavia and the United States.

Of all the numerous festal celebrations on the Orthodox church calendar,

the Feast of the Nativity of Christ (Christmas) is second only to Easter

(called Pascha, or the “Passover” from death to life). On such occasions,

Orthodox liturgical celebrations take on exceptional solemnity and

splendor, marked by the insertion of special hymns (propers) as well as by

a greater degree of musical elaboration in the fixed (ordinary) hymns of the

worship service. While the mystical nature of Orthodox worship does not

allow a “re-enactment” of the Divine Liturgy on the concert stage, it has

been the practice for at least the last 150 years (in Russia and elsewhere)

to present musical selections from a liturgical service in a concert setting.

Tonight’s program draws upon this practice, offering a stellar lineup of the

primary musical selections constituting a Divine Liturgy for the Feast of the

Nativity of Christ, particularly as it might be heard in the elaborate setting

of a Russian cathedral.

—Vladimir morosan

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arTiSTic perSonnelCraig Hella JohnsonArtistic Director & Conductor

SOPRANO Nancy CurtisMela DaileyMelissa GivensNicole Greenidge Joseph*Julie KeimGitanjali MathurJulie McCoy*Nina Revering*Kathlene Ritch^Sonja Du Toit Tengblad*Janeene WilliamsShari Wilson*

ALTOJanet Carlsen Campbell*Cina CrisaraPam Elrod Huffman*^Sarah Ihlefeld*Helen KarloskiEmily LodineKatherine Murray*Elizabeth PetillotKeely RhodesCecilia Shinn*

TENORMichael BoswellDann Coakwell*^Paul D’Arcy Luke FrelsCarr HornbuckleEric NeuvilleStefan ReedTodd TeskeMatt Tresler

BASSJames K. Bass*Cameron BeauchampDashon BurtonCharles EvansRick GabrilloBradford Gleim*Robert HarlanHarris Ipock^Glenn Miller*Craig PetersonThann ScogginPaul Max Tipton

*SoLoiSt^SeCtion LeADer

Faith DeBow, rehearsal pianist

Vladimir Morosan,Program Advisor & Consultant

Dr. Vladimir Morosan, founder and president

of Musica Russica, is one of the leading experts

outside Russia in the fields of Russian choral

music and Orthodox liturgical music. After

completing his undergraduate degree in music at

Occidental College in Los Angeles, he received

his master’s and doctoral degrees in choral music

and musicology from the University of Illinois.

Combining his Russian heritage with an abiding

love for choral music, he undertook groundbreaking research in Europe and the

former Soviet Union under the auspices of fellowships from the Thomas J. Wat-

son Foundation, IREX/Fulbright-Hays Exchange Program, and the National En-

dowment for the Humanities. In the process, he compiled one of the largest and

most complete reference collections of Russian choral scores, which became the

basis for the ongoing series Monuments of Russian Sacred Music published by

Musica Russica. His book Choral Performance in Pre-Revolutionary Russia

(1986) is considered the definitive study of the topic.

Morosan is also the founder and artistic director of Archangel Voices, a

professional-level choral ensemble dedicated to producing CDs of Orthodox

liturgical music in English. He is also the composer and editor of numerous

choral arrangements, chiefly for Orthodox liturgical use, and program director

of The Rudder, an internet radio program that airs on the Orthodox Christian

Network. He serves as consultant to the music departments of the Orthodox

Church in America and the Antiochian Orthdodox Christian Archdiocese, and is

Director of Liturgical Music at St. Anthony Antiochian Orthodox Church in San

Diego, California.

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Conspirare made its first commercial recording, through the green fuse, in 2004

on the Clarion Records label. A second CD, Requiem, also on Clarion and since

reissued by Harmonia Mundi, was released in 2006 and received two Grammy®

nominations. Harmonia Mundi released Requiem internationally in 2009, and

it received the Netherlands’ prestigious 2010 Edison Award in the choral music

category. The Edison is the Dutch equivalent of the U.S. Grammy.

A third recording, Threshold of Night, was released worldwide in September

2008 on the Harmonia Mundi label, Conspirare’s first title for the distinguished

recording company. Threshold of Night received two Grammy nominations.

In October 2008, in cooperation with Austin’s public television station KLRU,

Conspirare filmed a PBS television special, “A Company of Voices: Conspirare

in Concert.” The program was broadcast nationally in March 2009, is available

on both DVD and CD, and received a Grammy nomination. Conspirare’s latest

recordings, Sing Freedom! African American Spirituals and Samuel Barber: An American Romantic were released in September 2011 and September 2012

respectively, both on Harmonia Mundi.

In 2005 Conspirare received the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence

from national service organization Chorus America. In 2007, as one of the se-

lect choruses to receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts under

its American Masterpieces initiative, Conspirare presented a four-day festival

with a distinguished gathering of composers and conductors, performances of

three world premieres, and a gala closing concert with a 600-voice choir.

In July 2008 Conspirare represented the U.S. at the Eighth World Symposium

on Choral Music in Copenhagen, joining invited choirs from nearly forty

countries. The choir has performed at the American Choral Directors Associa-

tion annual convention and for several regional ACDA conventions. Conspirare

received the 2010 Dale Warland Singers Commission Award from Chorus

America to support the commission of a new work by Seattle composer Eric

Banks. In February 2011 Conspirare gave three invited performances in New

York City under auspices of the Weill Music Institute of Carnegie Hall. In

March 2012 the ensemble toured several Midwestern states, and in fall 2012

traveled to France for six invited performances at the Polyfollia Festival and a

public concert in Paris.

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the word “conspirare” derives from the Latin “con” and “spirare” translated as “to breathe together.”

Founded in 1991 to present a summer classical music festival in Austin, Texas,

Conspirare has grown to become an internationally recognized, professional

choral organization now celebrating its twentieth season. Led by founder and

artistic director Craig Hella Johnson, Conspirare is comprised of two perform-

ing ensembles and an educational program. A professional chamber choir

(“Company of Voices”) of extraordinarily talented singers from around the

country is presented in an annual concert series in Austin, other Texas com-

munities, and locations in the U.S. and abroad. The Conspirare Symphonic

Choir of both professional and volunteer singers performs large choral/orches-

tral works, often in collaboration with other organizations such as the Austin

Symphony. The Conspirare Youth Choirs is an educational program for singers

ages 8-17, who learn and perform in two separate ensembles, Kantorei and the

Conspirare Children’s Choir.

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Beloved by audiences, lauded by critics and composers, and revered by vocal

and instrumental musicians, Johnson is known for crafting musical journeys that

create deep connections between performers and listeners. A unique aspect of

Johnson’s programming is his signature “collage” style: programs that marry

music of many styles from classical to popular to create profoundly moving

experiences. The Wall Street Journal has praised Johnson’s ability to “find the

emotional essence other performers often miss.” Distinguished composer John

Corigliano wrote, “I believe that [Johnson] has understood my music in a way

that I have never experienced before. He is a great musician.” Composer and

collaborator Robert Kyr observed, “Craig’s attitude toward creating a commu-

nity of artists … goes beyond technical mastery into that emotional depth and

spiritual life of the music.”

Johnson was Director of Choral Activities at the University of Texas at Aus-

tin (1990-2001) and remains an active educator, teaching and giving clinics

statewide, nationally, and internationally at conferences and universities. In

fall 2012 he became the first Artist in Residence at the Texas State University

School of Music. As composer, arranger, and music editor, Johnson works with

G. Schirmer Publishing and Alliance Music Publications; his works have sold

thousands of copies.

Johnson has been honored with numerous awards, including 2008 induction into

the Austin Arts Hall of Fame, Chorus America’s 2009 Louis Botto Award for

Innovative Action and Entrepreneurial Zeal, and the 2011 Citation of Merit from

international professional music fraternity Mu Phi Epsilon. Johnson studied at

St. Olaf College, the Juilliard School, and the University of Illinois, and earned

his doctorate at Yale University. He has been a Texas resident since 1990.

Craig Hella Johnson brings unparalleled depth of knowledge, artistic sensitiv-

ity, and rich imagination to his programs. As founder and artistic director of the

five-time Grammy®-nominated, Austin-based professional choir Conspirare,

Johnson assembles some of the finest singers in the country to form a world-

class ensemble. Johnson is also artistic director of the Victoria Bach Festival,

a major regional summer festival that attracts audiences from all over the state.

He has also served as guest conductor with the Austin Symphony, San Antonio

Symphony, and others in Texas, the U.S., and abroad.

Through these activities as well as Conspirare’s recordings on the internation-

ally distributed Harmonia Mundi label and performances in multiple Texas

communities and beyond, Johnson brings national and international recognition

to the Texas musical community.

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This project is funded and supported in part by a grant from the

Texas Commission on the Arts and the City of Austin through the

Cultural Arts Division, believing an investment in the arts is an

investment in Austin’s future. Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.com.

This project is also supported in part by an award from the National

Endowment for the Arts. Art Works.

SupporTerS

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public fundinG aGencieS

SeaSon SuSTaininG underwriTer

THE STILL WATER FOUNDATION

THE AARON COPLAND FUND FOR MUSIC

BAIN CONSULTING

THE ANN & GORDONGETTy FOUNDATION

THE KEATING FAMILy

FOUNDATION

THE KODOSKy FOUNDATION

THE MATTSSON MCHALE FOUNDATION

RUSSELL HILL ROGERS FUND FOR THE ARTS

THE RACHAEL & BEN F. VAUGHAN

FOUNDATION

board of direcTorS Robert J. Karli, Chair Mary Anne Connolly, Secretary Larry Collmann, Treasurer Doug Bain Ken Beck William C. Bednar Fran Collmann Patrick DeLaune Toya Cirica Haley Robert Harlan Richard Hartgrove Eric Leibrock Hope Morgan E. Stuart Phillips Marion Lear Swaybill Sheila WojcikSheila youngbloodin memoriam: David Clark

adViSory boardStephen Aechternacht John Aielli Sue BarnesMark BiernerRay BrimbleDavid BurgerDavid ClaflinVirginia DupuyMaydelle FasonJoLynn FreeBilly GammonVance GeorgeHelen HaysDan HerdWilliam B. Hilgers Wayne Holtzman Judith Jellison Bob MurphyLynn MurphyGayle Glass Roche Nancy ScanlanAngela Smith Bernadette Tasher Louann TempleEva Womackin memoriam: Cassandra James

STaffCraig Hella JohnsonArtistic Director

David C. Smithinterim Managing Director

Tamara Blankenonline Services Manager

Melissa J. EddyPublications & Grants Manager

Rick GabrilloAssociate Conductor, Production Manager

Wravan Godsoeoffice Manager

David HammondDirector of Patron relations

Robert HarlanProduction Coordinator

Ben KingProduction Assistant

Meri KruegerArtist relations

Kristie McCuneDirector of Finance

Ann McNairexecutive Assistant to the Artistic DirectorDirector of Artistic operations

Nina ReveringDirector, Conspirare Youth Choirs

Jennifer TynanDirector of Marketing and Public relationsManager, Conspirare Youth Choirs

Nicki TurmanHouse Manager

Ashton WingfieldAdministrator, Conspirare Youth Choirs

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ANNUAL FUND FOCUS: BEHIND THE PODIUM - THE COMPANY OF VOICES

Craig Hella Johnson assembles some of the finest singers in the country to form Company

of Voices, the award-winning chamber choir committed to creating dynamic choral art. The

singers typically gather in Austin shortly before each concert. Under Johnson’s direction,

the ensemble rehearses and shapes each program to world-class performance standard

within a matter of days.

the reACh OF CONSpirAre: wHErE OUr SINgErS lIVE AND TOUr

We SiNG thANKS

Music creates a living circle that links the hearts of composer, performer, conductor, and

listener. We invite you to be yet another important part of this dynamic circle: the supporter.

The music itself – and its promise to inspire and enrich lives – calls Conspirare to a bold

and courageous artistic vision, and we invite supporters to join the musical adventure.

We ask you to engage with us and invest in music that has the power to transform. Every

gift you share energizes and sustains us as we make music together and share it with the

broadest audience possible.

annual fund

Learn more about each singer at Conspirare.org/our-choirs. Turn to

page 20 in this program to read more about Conspirare and Craig Hella Johnson.

Inspired by the power of music to change lives, conspirare engages audiences in extraordinary musical experiences

through world-class choral performances and recordings.

YOUr ANNUAL FUND GiFt At WOrK

Your Annual Fund gift will help bridge the gap between ticket sales and operating expenses.

Your contribution is a sound investment:

• Over70centsofeverydollarcontributedgoesdirectlytowardsprogramming

• AllowsConspiraretooffer$10ticketstoanystudent

• Keepsticketpricesaffordableforallloversofchoralmusicinourcommunity

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gIVE TODAY AT CONSPIrArE.Org/SUPPOrTSee the insert in this program or visit us online for more information about giving levels and benefits.

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CeLeBrAtiNG tWeNtY YeArS AND ShApiNG CONSpirAre’S FUtUre

As we launch our third decade, we are excited and challenged by the opportunity to build

upon the successes of the past 20 years.

Conspirare now seeks to secure its future and solidify its reputation as one of the world’s

finest choral instruments with an ambitious building effort. Our “building,” however, will

not be one of bricks and mortar. Rather, we invite our friends, patrons and supporters to

join us in building A Legacy of Sound.

The goal of this initiative is $2.2 million and we are delighted to announce a total of $1.7 mil-

lion already raised! A roll of donors to this special effort is listed on page 33 of this program.

This special campaign, over and above annual operating support, focuses on five priority

areas that, with your help, will take Conspirare to a new level musical excellence:

• Expanded recording Program:$1milliontoincreasethenumberofcom-mercialreleasestotwoormoreperyear

• Fund for Artistic Innovation: $500,000 to support groundbreaking pro-gramsandnewworks

• Classics of the repertoire:$125,000forperformancesofchoral/orchestralmasterworks,especiallyBaroque

• Expanded Touring Program:$375,000tomeetincreaseddemandforthechoir’sappearancesthroughoutTexas,nationallyandinternationally

• Financial Stability:$200,000toretiredebtandestablishacashreserve

If you would like to help expand the musical mission of Conspirare with a gift to the Legacy

of Sound, or learn more about this special initiative, please contact Fran Collmann, Twentieth

Anniversary Committee Chair, at 512-422-4746 or visit Conspirare.org/support. Thank you for

helping to expand Conspirare’s stature as an internationally-renowned local treasure.

Celebrate Conspirare’s 20th Anniversary at wONDErNIgHT.

All proceeds from this fundraiser benefit the Legacy of Sound initiative.

See the inside back cover of this program for more information.

leGacy of Sound

MAESTRO CIRCLECity of Austin Cultural Arts DivisionFran & Larry CollmannThe Kodosky Foundation, Jeff & Gail KodoskyThe Mattsson McHale FoundationThe National Endowment for the ArtsSouth Texas Money ManagementStill Water FoundationSheila & Ryan Youngblood

IMPRESARIO CIRCLEAnonymousRobert & Pat BrueckThe Aaron Copland Fund for MusicRobert & Lara HarlanRichard Hartgrove & Gary CooperMichael & Jeanne KleinWendi & Brian KushnerGayle Glass Roche & Mike Roche

BENEFACTOR CIRCLEMark Bierner & Cassandra JamesHelen & Bob HaysThe Georgia B. Lucas Foundation Fund of the Austin Commu-nity Foundation for the Capital AreaJack & Susan RobertsonNancy ScanlanMarc & Carolyn SeriffTesCom

PLATINUM BATON CIRCLEAnonymousBain ConsultingKen & Joyce BeckVera BowenCatherine & David ClarkPatrick DeLaune & Sadaf KhanThe Fetzer InstituteAnn & Gordon Getty FoundationRobert & Trish KarliCarolyn J. KeatingEric Leibrock & Ellen JusticeJoyce MayerDawn Moore & Kerry TateLouise MorseLouise N. ReeserDick & Lynn RewRussell Hill Rogers Fund for the ArtsJeffrey L. Taylor & Janelle Curlin-TaylorThe Rachael & Ben Vaughan FoundationJeanie & Bill Wyatt

GOLDEN BATON CIRCLEWilliam C. Bednar & Flo Ann RandleJeri DeAngelisThomas Driscoll & Nancy QuinnSusanna & Richard FinnellJoLynn & Gregory FreeMary Nell FrucellaCheline JaidarJerele & Elizabeth NeeldDoug & Suzi NelsonCarlisle PearsonE. Stuart PhillipsRebecca & Phil PowersThe Honorable Bea Ann SmithDian & Harlan Stai

Marion Lear SwaybillSusanne Tetzlaff & Eric TiblierTexas Commission on the ArtsSandi & Bob TomlinsonSheila WojcikEva & Marvin Womack

SILVER BATON CIRCLEAnonymousShannon ArmstrongNancy & Randy BadenKatherine BrooksDan Bullock & Annette CarlozziErnest & Sarah ButlerChris & J. Dennis CavnerDavid & Janis ClaflinMary Anne ConnollyJerry CraftMarie CraneCrutch & Danna CrutchfieldRev. Dr. Ann FieldsFischer & Wieser Specialty FoodsR. John & Susan FoxRick & Evelyn GabrilloSusan & Jerry GatlinKim & Steve GilbertJeanne & Van HoisingtonImpact AustinCynthia KeeverJoan & Thomas KobayashiAngie & Steve LarnedLou Ann & Bill LasherThomas LukensSheila LummisMary Matus & Carole TaxisJohn & Marcy MelansonJanet MillerMilton D. Miller IIHope Morgan & Mike TabornWilliam NemirBrian & Lynn PowellClaire ProftLinda & Robert RamseyRed Bird FoundationForest & Susan ReesScott & Pam ReichardtKarin RichmondPeter & Alice RoseWilliam Schleuse & Virginia McDermottPeter Schram & Harry UllmannMax & Gene Alice ShermanAngela & Charles SmithDavid C. SmithMichael & Carol StehlingJames StolpaBernadette TasherBen & Daphne VaughanWilliam & Anne WagnerKathleen & Jim WicoffCatherine & David Wildermuth

SPONSORSAnonymousRobert & Patricia AyresFrank Bean & Carolyn BoydBecky Beaver & John DuncanKlaus Bichteler & Mary ParseKyle Bryson

donorSGifts to Conspirare provide financial support for concerts, recordings, tours, educational programs, and outreach activities. The following roster of donors includes cash and in-kind gifts received from individuals, family and private foundations, businesses, and government agencies between January 1, 2012 and January 7, 2013. We express our gratitude to each and every one of our donors.

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Richard CampbellPablo CardenasDavid & Nathasha CollmannRobert F. DaileyStuart & Paula DamoreDorothy Drummer & Greg EdenMelissa Eddy & Tracy SchiemenzMaydelle & Sam FasonCheryl FullerSusan GregersonToya Cirica Haley & Stephen BellDavid & Martha HarringtonJanet HendricksDr. & Mrs. Walter E. HerbstHornaday DesignDiane IresonJulie KeimEllen KeyEva & Chris LaskarisLawrence LawverKaren & Paul LeekeMark & Lauren LevyKati LewisCarolyn & Jack LongKelly Loudenslager & Christopher GoodpastorPhil & Sue MaxwellMarjorie McClurgIvan Milman & Janie KeysLinda MonkAnn MoodyStefanie Moore & Todd KeisterMichele MorrisonCynthia NorvellOregon Community FoundationGraydon ParrishAnna Renken LafrenzAugustin RubioDonna & Christy SalinasRick & Jill SalwenAmy ShipherdMargo SmithDr. Anna Sorensen & Mr. Don SorensenChris & Chesney SzaniszloPatti Troth BlackLois VanLaninghamMarc & Suzanne WinkelmanWilliam Wood & Elsa Vorwerk

PATRONSMolly AndersonBob & Marcia BaileyBrenda BerstisPat Fatter BlackAnn & Jeff BomerCasey BoyterKaren Brinkmann & Fred JohnsenJoe & Cynthia CainDean & Gwen CollmannEric & Lisa CravenKarel DahmenPaula D’ArcyAndrew DeskinsDr. Paul DlabalRena & Richard D’SouzaSharon DuboiseJoanne & John EarlsSusan Nash FeketyGwen & Bruce FloryBilly & Regan GammonBarbara Gibbs & John DriggersGlenda GoehrsHarvey & Kathleen GuionCarolyn Harris-HynsonBrian Hencey & Chuck RossWayne & Joan HoltzmanCarr Hornbuckle & Jack LeiferDebbie HorneMelissa HuebschKaren & Peter JakesCraig Hella Johnson & Phil OverbaughMorris & Marge JohnsonBobbie Kaye Jones & David GilliamTom Grimes & Karen KiblerDavid KendrickAnn & William KlockGreg & Cynthia Kozmetsky

Bonnie & Sidney LanierNora LiebermanEmily LittleThomas & Alaire LowrySusan & Craig LubinDrs. Krzysztof & Teresa LysonPeter MartinoDebe & Kevin McKeandBert & Phyllis McNellySuzanne M. Mitchell & Richard A. ZansitisSean & Beverly MooreEvan MorganWeston NobleSteven & DeeAnne PaulsonAnne Praderas & Tony VanceElaine Salazar & Edwin RamosRandallsBev & Milbrey RaneyLouis RenaudHamilton & Joanne RichardsAndy & Sally RitchMartha P. RochelleMichal RosenbergerDan SeriffMarilyn SharrattCarole & Charles SikesDerald SkeenJeffrey & Sandy SmithJohn & Janice SpenceElizabeth StewartRobert & Eileen SudelaGrant & Margot ThomasNicki & Scott TurmanBarbara VervenneBen WearSusan Zolla-Pazner

SUSTAINERSPeter & Jonnet AbelesJoe & Peggy AnnisBrent BaldwinScott BallewJanette BarlowSteven BeebeAnne BertholfAndrea BlackGrace BlairWendy BloomCarolyn BrinkmanBillye BrownGeorge BrownBetsy BusbyNancy Campbell Cise HanchettJanet Carlsen CampbellGrayson CecilNathaniel & Elizabeth ChapinFleur ChristensenJanet CobbTerry & Barbara CollierCina CrisaraPatricia CulverBrad CumminsDonald DavisRichard J. DavisStephen DavisMary Alice & Michael J. DeBowPeter & Carol DeninnoLory & Fred DensonJames DeskinsNina & Jeffrey Di LeoSandy Dunn & Paul HarfordCarl & Kathryn EhlertScott ElkinPam Elrod Huffman & Rick HuffmanBert & Elaine EnriquezLot EnseySally EstesMary Anne FlournoyCaroline FrommholdChrista BurnsNelsa GidneyMary GiffordDr. & Mrs. David GoffKathryn GovierJim & Jo GreenJames & Mary Louise Gwynn

Karen Hale & Al LindseyRandy & Suzie HarrimanJane HembreeRobert HollingsworthMartin & Celeste HubertJeffrey Hudson & Robert BlodgettMeta Hunt & Trent MillerTodd JermstadCaroline JonesBeth & Greg JuddJames Kelly & Mariam NolandDina KuntzThomas & Necya LawnsbyMichael LevyEmily Lodine & Gary OvergaardSteve & Diane LoeschenJane-Elizabeth Madison & Judd RogersDevra Marcus & Michael HorowitzMcAllister Piano StudioKaren McLaughlinMary McLeodConnie McMillanJanis McSwainPhyllis MillerBetty Shelton MillsSusan & Jerry MitchellElizabeth Hansing MoonNancy MooreSusan MorganChip & Jan MorrisRebecca MunizJudith & William MunyonRichard OrtonThomas OverbaughPaul & Barbara ParkCathie ParsleyKaren PopeDiane PostAnita PrewettRose Taylor & Russ PrickettGary & Cheryl PyleMelissa RaeB.M. RayDaniel Ray & Ellen GouldGerhild B. RogersLeilani RoseDeborah RuppJohn & Jacqueline SchmidtTom & Claudia SchurrApril SchweighartJackie & Bob ShapiroJohn & Carol SharpBeverly SpicerDon & Karen StabenoScott & Carol StineEva & Roy StrasburgerKatherine SutherlinJohn C. R. Taylor III & Peter Flagg MaxsonEmily Tracy & Berthold HaasSusan TrautmannKathryn TurpinJohn UglumCarla Umlauf & Cass CheesarCynthia & Mark VanderbergDebra WatkinsKendra Welton-LipmanGinny & Geoff WilligMartin Wojciechowski

Conspirare also thanks all donors of gifts under $100 and regrets that space does not permit the listing of each name. Your support is equally appreciated. We strive to publish an accurate donor list. If an error or omission is noticed, please let us know.

leGacy of SoundConspirare thanks these donors for their generous gifts and pledges, made over and above ongoing annual giving. For more information, please see page 30.

AnonymousBain ConsultingWilliam C. Bednar & Flo Ann RandleRobert & Pat BrueckDavid & Catherine ClarkFran & Larry CollmannPatrick DeLaune & Sadaf KhanThomas Driscoll & Nancy QuinnRobert & Lara HarlanHelen & Bob HaysRobert & Trish KarliThe Kodosky FoundationWendi & Brian KushnerLou Ann & Bill LasherEric LeibrockThe Mattsson McHale FoundationLouise MorseE. Stuart PhillipsRebecca & Phil PowersJack & Susan RobertsonNancy ScanlanThe Hon. Bea Ann SmithStill Water FoundationCatherine & David WildermuthSheila WojcikSheila & Ryan Youngblood

honorS & MeMorialSReceived between Nov. 22, 2012 and Jan. 7, 2013

In memory of David Clark, Carol Dochen

In memory of Joseph & Vivian Doering Susan Doering & Dieter Wulfhorst

In honor of Beth Hellstedt, John Neumann

In honor of Pam Elrod Huffman, Robert Emery

In memory of Cassandra James William & Mary Lynn Cohagan

In honor of Craig Hella Johnson Vera Bowen Stefanie Moore & Todd Keister

In honor of Craig Hella Johnson & Phil Overbaugh Martin & Celeste Hubert In honor of Meri Krueger, Eva Strasburger

In honor of Carolyn Nuelle, Jim & Crystal Fox

In honor of Claire Proft, Valerie Ellis

In honor of Kathleen Ritch, Peter & Jonnet Abeles

In honor of Gayle & Mike Roche, Peter & Alice Rose

In honor of Marion Swaybill, Peter & Jonnet Abeles

In honor of Sonja DuToit Tengblad Doree DuToit & Tim Tengblad

In honor of Sharon Watkins, Beverly Spicer

In honor of Jeanie Wyatt, Lawrence Lawver

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Thank youAustin American StatesmanAustin ChronicleRoland BarreraCameron & Beth Beauchamp*William Bednar*Taja BeekleyBruce BiermannPat BlackBlanton Museum of ArtBob & Pat Brueck*Chez ZeeChris CavnerCatherine Clark*Celinda Coakwell*Larry & Fran Collmann*Mary Anne Connolly*Donna CroyBilly DavisAlicia DenneySandy & Carol Dochen*Ann & Ray EllisonDale ElmshaeuserJames ElrodMarion Elrod*yasser Farra & Meri Krueger*Tim & Vivian FerchillMichelle FisherCaroline FrommholdMary GiffordGlenda Goehrs*Kathryn GovierCyndi GriesserBobbie GrimmerHelen HaysJeanne HenryEd & Sara Hill*Hornaday DesignVirginia HydeStan & Biruta Kearl*Ben KingKMFA-FM KUT-FMChris & Eva Laskaris*Kathy LeightonEd & Eileen Lundy*Andrea LyonsJohn & Jill McFarland *Ann McNair*Deborah MeleskiNancy MichalewiczSusan MorganMary Ann MurchisonBill Nemir*Linda NevelsChristopher Novosad, Tiki2.comKay Nunn

Trish O’DayPhilip OverbaughBetsy PharisDiana PhillipsSarah Presson Dean & Nina Revering*Gerhild Rogers & Joe Stewart*Regina RosenwinkelKaren Sachar PhotographyCathy SeddonSouth Texas Money Management

– Jeanie Wyatt, Josie DorrisJerry & Regina Southard*Patrice SullivanBernadette Tasher*TesCom, Inc.Teresa Tice-Boggs*Veryan and Greg ThompsonUniversity Federal Credit UnionLois VanlaninghamVictoria Bach Festival – Nina Di LeoCarol WalkerSheila & Ryan youngblood*

*Special thanks to Artist Hospitality Volunteers

Special ThankSWe thank the Fredericksburg Friends of Conspirare whose generous gifts support the January 31 performance:

Fischer & Wieser Specialty Foods

Chica Greenlee

Timothy Koock

Forest & Susan Rees

Dian & Harlan Stai

Special appreciaTion The Grasshopper and Wild Honey

Judy Hickerson

Saint Mary’s Catholic Church - Msgr. Enda McKenna, Pastor

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Bach Cantata A joint program with the UT Butler School of Music. Performances held in the Blanton’s Rapoport Atrium.

Tuesday, January 29 | 12pm Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid BWV 3

Tuesday, February 26 | 12pm Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut BWV 117

Tuesday, March 26 | 12pm Missa Brevis in F BWV 233

Tuesday, April 30 | 12pm Freue dich, erlöste Schar (St. John Baptist June 24) BWV 30

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