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JULY 10-16, 2011

NORTH AMERICAN FESTIVAL CHORUS & ORCHESTRAEric Dale Knapp, conductorLinda Sweetman-Waters, piano

FESTIVAL YOUTH CHORUSStephen Roddy, conductor

JOHN RUTTER’S

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MASS OF THE CHILDREN

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Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

repertoire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

about the Mass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

about the artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

extensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

package details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Travel Insurance plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

producers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

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Mass of the ChildrenERIC DALE KNAPP & STEPHEN RODDY

John ruTTer

MASS OF THE CHILDREN

sydney opera house

AustraliaMass of the Children 2

Dear Music Colleague:

It is with great pleasure that I write to invite you to join me at the iconic Sydney Opera House in a performance of John Rutter’s Mass of the Children.

Mass of the Children is John Rutter’s most magnificent, powerful and emotional composition. This work, completed in early 2003, and first performed at a Carnegie Hall concert, is full of promise. Many of the familiar and well-loved staples of Rutter’s music are here: the flowing melodies, catchy rhythms, and pop-tinged harmonies. Mass of the Children is an irresistible work, crafted with eloquence in Rutter’s own distinguishable sound. The soaring vocal lines of the combined choirs in the final movement are positively chilling!

I would be honored if you would consider joining me. This work is designed for mixed chorus and treble choir. Adult and youth choirs will enjoy joining in this intergenerational experience. On this occasion complete choirs are invited to tour and present their own individual programs staged along side of the Gala Concert. In addition, this wonderful piece offers the opportunity for a small group from within your chorus to travel together, create great music with the North American Festival Chorus and experience one of the world’s greatest concert halls.

Mass of the Children is a piece that celebrates the best of life and living. The spirit of this piece is contagious for performers and audiences alike! Please join me for this extraordinary experience.

Kind regards,

Eric Dale Knapp

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John Rutterb. 1945

Mass of the Children

KyrieGloriaSanctus & BenedictusAgnus DeiFinale: Dona nobis pacem

RECOMMENDED RECORDING

John Rutter: Mass of the Children

8.557922 DDD Stereo FIRST RELEASE 66’45” 2006 Naxos Rights International Ltd

Angharad Gruffydd-Jones, soprano; Jeremy Huw Williams, baritone; The Choir of Clare College Cambridge; Farnham Youth Choir; Clare Chamber Ensemble; Stewart French, guitar; Daniel Pailthorpe, flute; James McVinnie, organ; Timothy Brown, conductor

John Rutter (born 1945): Mass of the Children, for mixed choir, children’s choir, soprano and baritone soloists, chamber ensemble and organ (2002) (Kyrie; Gloria; Sanctus and Benedictus; Agnus Dei; Finale (Dona nobis pacem)); Shadows - song cycle for baritone and guitar (1979) (Shadows; Gather ye rosebuds; Sonnet; The Epicure; Sic vita; O Death, rock me asleep; In a goodly night; Close thine eyes); Wedding Canticle (Psalm `128) for mixed choir, flute and guitar

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JOHN RUTTER (b. 1945)Mass of the ChildrenJohn Rutter’s Mass of the Children was first heard in 2003 in Carnegie Hall, New York, its genesis having apparently been in Rutter’s experience, forty years earlier, of being a member of the children’s choir in the first recording of Britten’s War Requiem. The combination of children’s voices with the maturity of an adult choir, accompanied by orchestral textures, is indeed an appropriate canvas for Rutter’s musical world of dissonance free, colorful, professionally polished craftsmanship, and is clearly a perfect vehicle to please both performers and listeners alike.

The Mass weaves the orthodox Latin text into verses by William Blake and the 17th century Bishop Ken, following the structure of a missa brevis, opening with a bright setting of Ken’s verses Awake my soul, and with the sun thy daily stage of duty run. This forms the unfolding of a day which closes with a final dona nobis pacem, the evening, very beautiful, and typically Rutter.

The piece does not begin immediately with the Kyrie Eleison but, in keeping with the ‘waking to sleeping’ theme, opens with the children’s choir singing lines from Bishop Thomas Ken’s fine morning hymn, ‘Awake, my soul, and with the sun’, written in about 1674 for the scholars of Winchester College. After the Kyrie comes an exuberant Gloria featuring energetic, unequal rhythms that are typical of Rutter at his liveliest, and then a complete change of mood is introduced with the gently lilting harmonies of the Sanctus and Benedictus. The Agnus Dei text is divided between the fourth and fifth movements, with the first part being followed by William Blake’s moving poem, ‘The Lamb’, sung by the children’s choir. The final movement begins with two prayers by John Rutter, for the baritone and soprano soloists, based on verses by Lancelot Andrewes and St Patrick. The Mass now returns to the poetry of Bishop Ken. In one of Rutter’s most inspired passages the beautiful evening hymn, ‘Glory to thee, my God, this night’ is sung by the children to the sublime melody of Tallis’s Canon whilst the adults chant ‘Dona nobis pacem’ (Grant us thy peace). Finally the choirs are joined by the soloists, and the combined voices gradually bring the work to its peaceful conclusion.

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The idea of combining a children’s choir with an adult one is of course nothing new, but most of these works tend to treat the young voices as a subsidiary musical resource. In the Mass of the Children, however, the composer has given the children’s choir a central part to play. It is they, not the adults, who are heard at the very outset, and their role throughout is integral to the overall concept of the Mass. As always with Rutter, the music is beautifully written for the voices and superbly orchestrated. His skilful writing for soloists, choirs and orchestra and his sensitive interweaving of the various Latin and English texts has resulted in one of his finest and most moving works.

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ERIC DALE KNAPPEric Dale Knapp brings a diverse and unique background to KIconcerts. Knapp is a dynamic conductor whose commitment and energy empower the musicians he leads to give performances that stir the souls of his audiences. Maestro Knapp’s mastery of the repertoire spans the full spectrum, from fresh yet authentic interpretations of traditional works to visionary performances of multimedia works of the new millennium. A versatile musical leader, equally adept with Classics and Pops, Knapp’s finely honed ability to communicate through both gesture and speech place him at the forefront of the rising conductors of his generation. Mr. Knapp has enjoyed success in music education at all levels, church music, collegiate teaching and with professional choral and orchestral organizations. He has conducted at distinctive concert halls world-wide including Carnegie Hall, The Sydney Opera House, Shanghai’s Oriental Art Center, The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Dvorak Hall and Vienna’s famed Musikverein. Mr. Knapp is Artistic Director and Conductor of the New Jersey Choral Society & Orchestra which he has led to critical acclaim both in the U.S. and abroad; Artistic Director and Conductor of the Connecticut Choral Society & Orchestra; Music Director for the Mark Thallander Foundation in Los Angeles, CA; Mr. Knapp is the founder and Music Director of Orchestra de Camerata at the Salisbury House, where he also serves as Artistic Director of Chamber Music at Salisbury House in Des Moinse, Iowa. Recently he was appointed Principal Conductor of the American Festival Symphony at Carnegie Hall and Artistic Advisor to KIconcerts for choral and orchestral programming worldwide. For 13 years he served as Music Director and Sr. Organist at Faith Lutheran Church in Des Moines, IA. Mr. Knapp is based in New York City and is represented by Wade Artist Management.

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STEPHEN RODDYWe warmly welcome Stephen Roddy as the conductor of the Festival Youth Chorus. Mr. Roddy is Founder and Director of the 250-voice Houston Children’s Chorus. In addition to duties at the Houston Children’s Chorus, he is also the Director of Music Ministries at Grace Presbyterian Church of Houston. Mr. Roddy is a graduate of Auburn University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Prior to the founding of the Chorus in 1989, he served as full time organist/music associate at the 24,000 member First Baptist Church of Houston, where he coordinated 18 children’s choirs involving more than 600 children. As a noted children’s choir festival conductor and clinician, Mr. Roddy is frequently called upon to conduct state and church festivals involving 500 or more children. A recent state festival in Orlando included 2,000 children in concert. He is in demand as a recording specialist for children, and has produced and directed numerous recordings for Silver-Burdett Ginn Music Textbooks, Warner Bros. Music, Fred Bock Music Company, Lifeway Christian Resources, Blue Bell Ice Cream, Gerber Baby Foods, and the Hal Leonard Corporation.

LINDA SWEETMAN-WATERSLinda Sweetman-Waters studied at the Vienna State Academy of Music in Vienna, Austria, where her teachers were Alois Forer and Hans Schwertmann. She has performed at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Weill Recital Hall, Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium, and WQXR’s “Listening Room”. Linda has also performed as guest soloist with the North Jersey Philharmonic and the Westchester and Ridgewood Symphonies. She also has been heard in Washington, DC’s National Gallery of Art and the White House. She is the featured pianist on “ALIVE” a CD on the Josara! Records label and recently was accompanist for the program’s New York City debut.

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desTInaTIon

The land down under and the land of the long white cloud are populated by warm friendly people, blessed with stunning scenery and abundant in unique wildlife only found in these two countries. Sydney is a beauty to behold, Melbourne the European Capital of the South, The Gold Coast is Australia’s beach playground, Cairns is the gateway to two World Heritage sites – The Great Barrier Reef and the Daintree Rainforest while Rotorua is the cradle of Maori culture.

Sydney

Gold Coast

Melbourne

Cairns

AucklandRotorua

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JULY 2011Sunday, July 10 Depart USA

Monday, July 11 Cross dateline

Tuesday, July 12 Arrive Sydney Orientation tour

Wednesday, July 13 Sightseeing Rehearsal Welcome dinner

Thursday, July 14 Sightseeing Rehearsal Optional individual concerts

Friday, July 15 Full dress rehearsal Gala Concert at Sydney Opera House Farewell Dinner

Saturday, July 16 Depart for home or extension tour


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JULY 2011

Sunday, July 10-11• Depart Gateway City

• Cross Pacific Ocean

Tuesday, July 12• Arrive Sydney

• Meet KIconcerts tour manager

• Orientation tour of Sydney

• Check into hotel

• Dinner

• Overnight in Sydney

Wednesday, July 13• Breakfast (daily)

• Visit to Featherdale Wildlife Park

• Festival Chorus: rehearsal with Eric Dale Knapp Children’s Chorus: rehearsal with Stephen Roddy

• Festival Welcome Dinner

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Thursday, July 14• Festival Chorus: morning rehearsal with Eric Dale Knapp

Children’s Chorus: rehearsal with Stephen Roddy

• Sydney Harbour Cruise. Absorb the magnificent sights of the Harbour Bridge, the Opera House and the wonder of this spectacular harbour.

• Explore the Rocks area. Walk as the convicts did, on narrow cobblestone alleys, when they were first transported from England as prisoners

• Optional individual concerts

• Dinner

Friday, July 15• Full Dress Rehearsal

Festival Choirs, Orchestra and Soloists

• Individual performances by selected choirs

• Gala concert at Sydney Opera House

• Farewell Dinner

Saturday, July 16• Depart for USA or Extension tour

**Itineraries subject to change.

**Confirmation of performances is dependent upon early receipt of performance information: biographies, pictures, recordings and repertoire


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EXTENSION 1 – SYDNEY

EXTENSION 2 – MELBOURNE

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EXTENSION 3 – NEW ZEALAND

EXTENSION 4 – CAIRNS


eXTensIon 1

SYDNEY Saturday, July 16

• Tour the Blue Mountains - marvel at a majestic landscape of waterfalls and awe-inspiring sand- stone escarpments

Sunday, July 17• Opportunity to sing at a church service

• Free afternoon to explore Sydney

Monday, July 18• Ferry to the beach suburb of Manly

• Treat yourself to a fish and chip lunch

• Exchange program

• Concert

Tuesday, July 19• Depart for USA

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MELBOURNE Saturday, July 16

• Arrive at Melbourne airport

• Travel by coach for orientation tour

• Visit the Melbourne Observation Deck offering 360˚ views from 770 feet up

• Arrive hotel and check in

• Independent dinner

Sunday, July 17• Time to explore Melbourne

• Independent lunch

• Afternoon of city sighs including Cathedrals, the Arts Centre, parks, beaches and shopping precincts

• Farewell dinner

Monday, July 18• Depart for USA


NEW ZEALAND Saturday, July 16

• Arrive at Auckland airport

• Travel by coach to hotel

• Check in and dinner

Sunday, July 17• Breakfast daily

• City sightseeing including the Mt Eden volcanic crater rising 643 feet and providing panoramic views of the city and harbour

• Explore Kelly Tarlton’s Antarctic Encounter and Underwater World - a complete marine and southern ocean experience

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Monday, July 18• Travel by coach to Rotorua


• Visit the Maori Arts and Crafts Institute and experience the Whakarewarewa Thermal Park seeing bubbling mud pools and majesty of the shooting geysers

• Arrive hotel and check in

• Experience Maori culture, their song and dance and traditions

• Authentic Maori hangi dinner

Tuesday, July 19• Tour a NZ farm, see the sheep dogs at work and

a shearing demonstration


• Return to Auckland

• Depart for USA

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CAIRNS Saturday, July 16

• Arrive at Cairns airport

• Travel by coach to hotel

• Check in and dinner

Sunday, July 17• Breakfast daily

• Sail for a day immersed in the earth’s largest living organism and the only living entity that can be seen from space. A world of coral, brightly colored fish and of a seabed teeming with life

• Lunch on board

Monday, July 18• Naturalist guided tour through the rainforest on an

amphibious army duck

• Walk with Australia’s animals in the sanctuary

• Glide across the Rainforest canopy via Skyrail - a gondola cableway that travels over the treetops

• Come face to face with Aboriginal culture. Learn about the unique 50,000 year history of the people

• Try to have a boomerang return, throw a spear and learn to play the didgeridoo

• Farewell Dinner

Tuesday, July 19• Depart for USA

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ERIC DALE KNAPPArtistic Advisor

Eric Dale Knapp brings a diverse and unique background to KI. He has enjoyed success in Music Education at all levels, Church Music, and with professional choral and orchestral organizations. He has conducted at distinctive concert halls including Carnegie Hall, Sydney Opera House, Shanghai’s Oriental Art Centre, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Dvorak Hall and Vienna’s Musikverein. Mr. Knapp is Artistic Director and Conductor of the New Jersey Choral Society & Orchestra which he has led to critical acclaim both in the U.S. and abroad; Artistic Director and Conductor of the Connecticut Choral Society & Orchestra; Music Director for the Mark Thallander Foundation; founder and Music Director of Orchestra de Camerata and Artistic Director of Chamber Music at the Salisbury House Iowa. He is Principal Conductor of the American Festival Symphony at Carnegie Hall and Artistic Advisor to KIconcerts for choral and orchestral programming. For 13 years he served as Music Director and Senior Organist at Faith Lutheran Church in Des Moines, IA. Mr. Knapp is based in New York City and is represented by Wade Artist Management.

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