PROGRAM

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I
I Am His Child MOSES HOGAN (1957-2003)
Moses Hogan is known for his wonderful arrangements of spirituals for choirs. They are fresh and dynamic. In this
song, he has taken a deeply moving and profound text and conveyed hope and aspiration through the music.

I may not be all that you are.

I may not be a shining star, but what I am,
I thank the Lord for making me His child.

Thank you Lord for hearing ev’ry prayer.

Thank you Lord for just being there.
Thank you Lord, thank you Lord,
For I am not worthy of your Love.

I may not be all that you are.

I may not be a shining star, but what I am,
I thank the Lord for making me His child.
For I’m still His child, you can even talk about me,
But I’m still His child.

Los bilbilicos JUDEO-SPANISH FOLK SONG

ARR. PAULA FOLEY TILLEN
Los bilbilicos cantan The nightingales are singing
Con sospiros de amor. With sighs of love.
Me neshama s’escurese My soul withers away,
Sufriendo del amor. Suffering from love’s pain.

La rosa enflorese The rose blooms

En el mes de mai. In the month of May.
Mi neshama mi ventura My soul, my fate
Estan en tu poder. Are in your power.

Mas presto ven, palomba, come more quickly, dove,

Mas presto ven con mi. more quickly come with me.
Mas presto ven, querida, Come more quickly, beloved,
Corre y salvame. Run and save me.

Elizabeth Van Maanen, clarinet

Sandy Deters and Manuela Ayee, soloists
“O Lord, Hear My Voice Today” from Thank You God JOHN BURGE (b. 1961)
– a Children’s Prayer Cycle
This work was commissioned by the Glen Ellyn Children’s Chorus, and the children in the chorus were asked to
submit prayers to the composer for consideration as text. Some forty prayers were submitted, and he interestingly
noted that the underlying theme in the prayers was gratitude and appreciation. He chose eight prayers to use in the
cycle and set them for chorus and orchestra. “O Lord, Hear My Voice Today” is the first song in the cycle. We
have interspersed some of our favorite scriptures on “trusting” within the song.

O Lord, Hear My Voice Today.

Please take all my fear away.
Hold my hand as now I pray.
Help me trust you more each day.

Psalm 25:1,4,5 To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul, in you I trust, O my God. Do not let me be put to shame,
nor let my enemies triumph over me. Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your
truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long.

John 14:1 Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me.

Isaiah 12:2 Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid; The Lord, the Lord, is my strength
and my song; he has become my salvation.

Kylie Schafer, reader

I’m Gonna Sing TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL

ARR. ANDRE J. THOMAS (b.1952)
Sing on! Dance on! Sing on! Pray on!
Sing on! Shout on till the spirit says sing!

I’m gonna sing when the spirit says sing!

And obey the spirit of the …

I’m gonna pray when the spirit says pray!

And obey the spirit of the….

I’m gonna shout when the spirit says shout!

And obey the spirit of the Lord.

WOMEN’S CHORUS

II
Panis Angelicus G. P. DA PALESTRINA (1524-1594)
Panis angelicus fit panis hominum. The bread of angels becomes the bread of men
Dat panis coelicus figures terminum: and gives an end to earthly forms.
O res mirabilis! O marvelous and wondrous sacrament:
Manducat Dominum Pauper, a poor man, a slave, and the humble one all partake
servus, et humilis. of the Lord. – St. Thomas Aquinas (c.1225-1275)
Sing Joyfully WILLIAM BYRD (1543-1623)
Sing joyfully unto God our strength.
Sing loud unto the God of Jacob.
Take the song and bring forth the timbrel,
the pleasant harp and the viol.
Blow the trumpet in the new moon,
ev’n in the time appointed, and at our feast day.
For this is a statute for Israel,
and a law of the God of Jacob. – Psalm 81:1-4

III
Horatius villam habet TRADITIONAL TEXT AND MELODY
ARR. Z. RANDALL STROOPE (b.1953)

Till There Was You MEREDITH WILLSON (1902-1984)

ARR. KIRBY SHAW
There were bells on the hill, but I never heard them ringing.
No, I never heard them at all till there was you.
There were birds in the sky, but I never saw them winging.
No, I never saw them at all till there was you.
And there was music and there were wonderful roses, they tell me,
In sweet fragrant meadows of dawn and dew.
There was love all around, but I never heard it singing.
No, I never heard it at all till there was you. – Meredith Willson

IV
God Be In My Head JOHN RUTTER (b.1945)
God be in my head and in my understanding.
God be in mine eyes and in my looking.
God be in my mouth and in my speaking.
God be in mine heart and in my thinking.
God be at my end and in my departing. – Old English Prayer

KANTOREI

Offering for music ensemble tours

and brief intermission
 V
Dance of Zálongo GREEK FOLK SONG
ARR. CAROL BARNETT
This Greek folk song recalls an event in 1803, when the women of the village of Souli danced to the edge of the
nearby Zálongo canyon and one by one leapt to their death rather than be captured by the enemy. Sung in Greek.

Refrain: Farewell, springs, forests, mountains and hills.

Verses: Farewell, unfortunate world, farewell, sweet life,
And you, destitute homeland, farewell forever.
The women of Souli haven’t learned only how to live,
They also know how to die, rather than consent to slavery.
As if to a fair, to see the lilac blossoms,
Into the abyss they go down, with songs, with joy.
Fish do not live on land, nor flowers on the sandy beach;
So the women of Souli do not live without freedom.
– trans. Perry Phillips and Soterios G. Stavrou

Julie Ooms, percussion

WOMEN’S CHORUS AND CHORALE

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Pål På Haugen NORWEGIAN FOLK SONG
ARR. BRADLEY ELLINGBOE
Pål sine høno på haugen utslepte, Paul released his hens on the hillside,
hønunn så lett over haugen sprang; the hens sprang so lightly over the hillside;
Pål kunne væl på hønom forneme Paul could well worry about the hens,
reven var ute med rumpe så lang: the fox was out with tail so long:
Klukk, klukk, klukk sa høna på haugen, Cluck, cluck, cluck said the hen on the hillside,
Klukk, klukk, klukk sa høna på haugen. Cluck, cluck, cluck said the hen on the hillside.
Pål han sprang og vrengde med augom: Paul sprang up and rolled his eyes:
“Nå tør eg inkje koma heim åt a mor!” “Now I don’t dare to go home to mother!”

Pål han gjekk seg litt lenger på haugen, Paul went a little further on the hillside,
fekk han sjå reven låg på høna å gnog. to see the fox with the hen in his grip.
Pål han tok seg ein stein uti neven, Paul took a stone into his fist,
dugleg han då til reven slag. surely he meant to slay the fox.
Reven flaug, så rumpe has riste, The fox leapt, waving his tail,
Reven flaug, så rumpe has riste. The fox leapt, waving his tail.
Pål han gret for høna han miste: Paul cried for the hen he had lost.
“Nå tør eg inkje koma heim åt a mor!” “Now I don’t dare to go home to mother!”

Inkje kan ho verpa og inkje kan ho gala, Never can she cackle and never will she scramble,
Inkje kan ho krupa og inkje kan ho gå. Never can she creep and never can she walk.
E fæ gå ne åt kvenne å måla I must go down to grind the flour
å få at mjøle e miste igår. to replace the meal I lost yesterday.
“Men pyt,” sa’n Pål,“eg æ inkje bangen. “But pshaw,” said Paul, “I am not worried.
“Men pyt,” sa’n Pål,“eg æ inkje bangen. “But pshaw,” said Paul, “I am not worried.
Kjæften og mote ha hjælpet så mangen. Pluck and courage have helped so many.
Eg tør nok vel koma heim åt a mor!” I dare quite well to come home to mother!”
– Traditional Norwegian, trans. Bradley Ellingboe
Ne Sedi, Djemo! BOSNIAN FOLK SONG
ARR. STEVEN SAMETZ
Ne sedi, Djemo, Don’t just sit there, Djemo,
sloboden pod taya krusha sitnitsa. so comfortably under that tiny pear tree.
O vago dina, O shago dina, It’s time …
Raznazhe glavu dignala. to pull yourself together.
Raznazhe glavu dignala, Djemo, Pull yourself together, Djemo,
Tursko dyehvodche, grabnala! the Turks are stealing the girl!
Tursko dyehvodche, grabnala, Djemo, The Turks are stealing the girl, Djemo,
bosh tvoiu sestru, Fatimu! stealing your sister Fatima! – Traditional Bosnian

Minoi, Minoi SAMOAN FOLK SONG

ARR. CHRISTOPHER MARSHALL
Minoi, minoi, minoi pei o se loi, Move, move like an ant when you dance,
A sivasiva ‘ua gaoioi, Swaying from side to side,
Lololo fa’ape’e ‘ua loiloi, Dipping into rich coconut cream,
Suiti suamalie pei o se poi. As sweet as baked fruit.

Aue, la’u lupe lupe, Ah, my pigeon,

Tagitagi aue, Crying out to me,
O lo’u loto lea tauina fa’apea, I wish you could keep dancing like that,
Tauina fa’apelepele, minoi, minoi ane. So move, move, move, my darling. – Traditional Samoan

VII
His Voice EARLY AMERICAN HYMN
ARR. LARRY L. FLEMING (1936-2003)
His voice as the sound of the dulcimer sweet,
is heard through the shadows of death.
The cedars of Lebanon bow at His feet,
the air is perfumed with His breath.
His lips as the fountain of righteousness flow,
that water the garden of grace,
From which their salvation the people shall know,
and bask in the smile of His face.

Love sits in His eyelids and scatters delight

thro’ all the bright regions on high.
Their faces the Cherubim veil in His sight
and tremble with fullness of joy.
He looks and ten thousands of angels rejoice,
And myriads wait for His word.
He speaks and eternity filled with His voice,
Re-echoes the praise of her Lord. – Traditional
Amazing Grace “NEW BRITAIN”
ARR. ROBERT SCANDRETT
Amazing grace! how sweet the sound,
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now am found,
was blind but now I see.

‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,

and grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
the hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils, and snares

I have already come;
Oh ‘tis grace that brought me safe thus far
and grace will lead me home.

When we’ve been there ten thousand years,

bright shining as the sun,
We’ve no less days to sing God’s praise
than when we first begun. – St. 1-3, John Newton (1725-1807); St. 4, Anonymous

CHORALE
 WOMEN’S CHORUS
Pamela De Haan, conductor

SOPRANO I ALTO
Allison Anderson, Lakewood, Washington Manuela Aseye Ayele Ayee, Sioux Center, Iowa
Sandy Deters, Kentwood, Michigan Rina Heystek, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta
Laura MacMillan, Elmhurst, Illinois Jessica Klopstra, Lacombe, Alberta
Elizabeth Walters, Gardner, Kansas Kylie Schafer, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

SOPRANO II
Gloria Y.A. Ayee, Sioux Center, Iowa
Stacy Sevastianova, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Salome Toryem, Johnston, Iowa
Elizabeth Van Maanen, Sioux Center, Iowa

ACCOMPANIST
Jessica Assink, Walnut Creek, California

KANTOREI
Benjamin Kornelis, conductor

SOPRANO TENOR
Heather Boer, Lansing, Illinois Chris Natelborg, Highland, Indiana
Lisa De Vries, Orange City, Iowa Mike Ochsner, Sioux Center, Iowa
Kelly Hanenburg, South Holland, Illinois Jonathon Shaffstall, West Milford, New Jersey
Becky Lancaster, Cedar Rapids, Iowa John Van Staalduinen, Terra Ceia, North Carolina
Kelsi Schuller, Ripon, California Cory Warden, Pella, Iowa
Amanda Vander Plaats, Boise, Idaho Michael Zwart, Sioux Center, Iowa

ALTO BASS
Sara Achterhof, Highland, Indiana Alan DeYoung, South Holland, Illinois
Leah Alons, Sanborn, Iowa Avery Gorter, Renton, Washington
Allison Fox, Pella, Iowa Paul Krygsman, Sioux Center, Iowa
Alicia Mulder, Waupun, Wisconsin Josh Meendering, Sioux Center, Iowa
Julie Ooms, Lansing, Illinois Jamie Nuehring, Kanawha, Iowa
Jessica Van Donselaar, Grinnell, Iowa Bradley Redeker, Waupun, Wisconsin

REHEARSAL ACCOMPANIST
Alicia Mulder, Waupun, Wisconsin
 CHORALE
Benjamin Kornelis, conductor
SOPRANO I ALTO I
Megan Boeve, Edgerton, Minnesota Jessica Assink, Walnut Creek, California
Jana Krygsman, Sioux Center, Iowa Manuela Aseye Ayele Ayee, Sioux Center, Iowa
Laura MacMillan, Elmhurst, Illinois Melanie De Young, South Holland, Illinois
Kara Overweg, Platte, South Dakota Rebecca Franje, New Sharon, Iowa
Lauralee Stel, Rocky Mountain House, Alberta Elaine Hannink, Modesto, California
Kendra Triemstra, Bozeman, Montana Jeana Hoekstra, Hull, Iowa
Kimberly Vanden Bosch, Rock Valley, Iowa Sarah Masselink, Edgerton, Minnesota
Rachel Vanderaa, Edgerton, Minnesota Claire McWilliams, Champaign, Illinois
Emily Van Wolde, Munster, Indiana Michelle Obbink, Hawarden, Iowa
Jessica Veenstra, Lombard, Illinois Amy Vander Kamp, Holland, Michigan
SOPRANO II Carmela Vander Ploeg, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Gloria Y.A. Ayee, Sioux Center, Iowa Bethany Van Egdom, Doon, Iowa
Kristen Byker, Hawarden, Iowa Anna Venhuizen, Burnett, Wisconsin
Rebecca Christoffels, Worthington, Minnesota Maria Verburg, Ferrisburg, Vermont
Rachel Daale, Clovis, New Mexico ALTO II
Marena den Dulk, De Motte, Indiana Kayla Breems, Prinsburg, Minnesota
Natalie Feenstra, Everson, Washington Leah Fedders, Ireton, Iowa
Melissa Hulstein, Maurice, Iowa Sara Gerritsma, Saint Catharines, Ontario
Kim Klein, Sioux Center, Iowa Kyla Jameson, Sammamish, Washington
Becky Lancaster, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Amy Nugteren, Pella, Iowa
Andrea LeMahieu, Frankfort, Illinois Erika VandeKamp, Lee’s Summit, Missouri
Heather Link, Renville, Minnesota Jenni Van Wyk, Pella, Iowa
Jacqueline Miedema, Holland Marsh, Ontario Brenda Vryhof, Sioux Center, Iowa
Sahuna Muilenburg, Maurice, Iowa Jamie Walhof, Le Mars, Iowa
Tessa Prins, Edgerton, Minnesota
Jill Vande Vegte, Inwood, Iowa BASS I
Jessica Veldkamp, Escondido, California Joel Ayee, Sioux Center, Iowa
Joshua Cheney, Gig Harbor, Washington
TENOR I Cal Henderson, Oostburg, Wisconsin
Kyle Brons, Sioux Center, Iowa Tim Kooiman, Edgerton, Minnesota
Nicholas Brouwer, Hanford, California Paul Krygsman, Sioux Center, Iowa
Benjamin De Nooy, Sully, Iowa Joel Pilon, Bothell, Washington
Elliot De Wit, Alton, Iowa Ephron Poyer, Barrouallie, St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Ross De Wit, Rock Valley, Iowa Josh Sandbulte, Luverne, Minnesota
Nathan Nikkel, Sully, Iowa Brian Van Zee, Platte, South Dakota
Cory Warden, Pella, Iowa Jesse Lee Walhof, LeMars, Iowa
TENOR II Sam Zylstra, South Holland, Illinois
Nate De Wit, Rock Valley, Iowa BASS II
Luke Herron, Anton, Colorado A.J. Borger, Sioux Center, Iowa
Jeremiah Kats, Boise, Idaho Nick Draayer, Sioux Center, Iowa
David Lesage, Sioux Center, Iowa Mark Feenstra, Everson, Washington
Andrew Raih, Sioux Center, Iowa James Kats, Hudson, South Dakota
Kevin Riemersma, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Eric Nieuwsma, Oskaloosa, Iowa
Andrew Tacoma, Falmouth, Michigan Matt Postma, Orange City, Iowa
Nathaniel Vander Wilt, Freeport, Illinois Phil Stam, Oskaloosa, Iowa
Seth Van Dyke, Edgerton, Minnesota Philip Van Dyken, Ripon, California
Ryan Van Maanen, Hull, Iowa

ACCOMPANIST
Jessica Veldkamp, Escondido, California
 MUSIC FACULTY

Karen De Mol Clarinet, Music Theory, Department Chair

Henry Duitman Instrumental Music Ensembles, Music Education
Robert Horton Organ, Church Music, Music History
Benjamin Kornelis Choral Music Ensembles, Choral Music Education, Introduction to the Arts

ADJUNCT MUSIC FACULTY

Richard Bogenrief Trumpet

*Jameson Cooper Violin
Pamela De Haan Saxophone, Voice, Women’s Chorus
Charles Dibley String Bass
Lisa Duitman Piano
Norman Gaines Jazz Band, Woodwind Pedagogy
Darci Gamerl Oboe
Beverly Gibson Clarinet
Linda Gude Bassoon
Carol Hallberg Elementary Music Education
Julie Hulstein Horn
*Amy Joseph Cello
Stephanie Kocher Flute
Karren Melik-Stepanov Cello
*Jacob Murphy Violin
Vance Shoemaker Low Brass
Michael Smith Percussion
*Luis Vargas Viola
Nancy Vermeer String Pedagogy
Debora Vogel Voice
Anna Vorhes Harp
Mary Lou Wielenga Piano

*Member of the Euclid Quartet, teaching Dordt students through an arrangement with Morningside College.

UPCOMING MUSIC EVENTS

Friday, March 24, 7:30 pm ........................................................................ Concert Choir Home Tour Concert
Friday, April 7, 7:30 pm. .............................................................NISO Guest Concert – “Rhythm and Brass”
Tuesday, April 11, 7:30 pm. ........................................................................................... NISO Spring Concert
Friday, April 21, 7:00 pm. .............................................. Dordt College High School Choral Festival Concert
Tuesday, April 25, 7:30 pm. ..........................................................................Instrumental Ensembles Concert
Thursday, April 27, 7:30 pm..........................................................................................Spring Choral Concert
Friday, April 28, 7:30 pm. .............................................................................Instrumental Ensembles Concert
Wednesday, May 3, 7:30 pm. ................................................................... Student Recital – Ruth Lynch, flute
Saturday, May 6, 7:30 pm ............................................................. Concert Band Pre-European Tour Concert

All events will be held in the B.J. Haan Auditorium.