Waukesha Choral Union Lessons and Carols

1Lessons and Carols

FROM THE PRES IDENT

From the President

Merry Christmas!! Maestro Brusubardis has gathered a magical selection of holiday favorites that we hope you enjoy hearing as much as we have enjoyed preparing and presenting it.

During this season of joy and thanksgiving the Waukesha Choral Union wants to express its appreciation to all of its supporters. To all of our donors, sponsors, advertisers, and you the members of our audience—Thank You. We could not continue to share beautiful music without your support.

While we certainly hope that you will attend each and every one of our concerts, I would like to extend an extra-special invitation to our concert coming up May 4, 2013. Please help us extend this special invitation to your friends, neighbors, and colleagues.

May’s concert will complete a two-year collaborative effort by the WCU to present a world premier artistic presentation. From a contest among middle and high school students throughout Waukesha County we have selected a six-part text written by Waukesha South student, Abby Lewis. Local

composer Paula Tillen is now in the process of writing a commissioned piece of music for the Waukesha Choral Union. It is our plan to supplement the musical presentation with visual art works, also created by Waukesha County students. It

promises to be a truly memorable experience for audience and singers alike.

Tom CustisWaukesha Choral Union President

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Waukesha Choral Union has been musically active in the community for over 60 years. WCU was featured in WISN-TV’s Season to Celebrate broadcast during Christmas of 2011. Originally a combination of Carroll College students and community singers, WCU took its present form as an auditioned choir in 1978. Recent collaborative partners include the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, Bel Canto Chorus, Milwaukee Choristers, Carroll University Choirs, and the choirs of Waukesha South High School, Muskego High School, and Hartford Union High School.

Board of DirectorsThomas Custis - PresidentBarbara Miller - Vice PresidentSusan Wallenslager - SecretaryThomas Custis - TreasurerPhyllis CramerMitch GrulkeColleen ReskeThomas SmithMary Stephani

Committee ChairsMarketing: Jim LaBelleMembership: Colleen Reske

AdministrationArtistic Director: Ernest Brusubardis IIIMarketing Manager: Jim LaBelle

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The Waukesha Choral Union will challenge, enrich, and engage its singing members, audiences, and community through the pursuit of excellence and a variety of programming. The WCU mission includes expansion of the effectiveness of its educational efforts throughout Waukesha County through collaboration.

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aRTISTIc D IREcTOR

Ernest Brusubardis III, Artistic Director of the

Waukesha Choral Union, is a graduate of UW Milwaukee with the Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in

Music and the Master’s Degree in Music Education

with an emphasis on choral conducting. His other

choral directorships include the advanced ensembles of Hartford Union High School and the Brusubardis-Dzimente Latvian Choir, a podium he shares with his father. His expertise in this latter pursuit has earned him the chief conductorship of Latvian Song Festivals in the United States, Canada, and Latvia.

As a music theater enthusiast, he conducts the orchestra for the annual productions at Hartford Union High School and boasts a record as music director for community theater productions throughout Southeastern Wisconsin, including Menomonee Falls Patio Players, On the Wall and Off the Wall theaters, Archangel Productions, and shows at the UW Milwaukee and West Bend extensions.

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FROM THE aRTISTIc D IREcTOR

Thank you for taking time during your busy holiday season to enjoy a bit of good music. In fact what better respite is there during such a time than to attend a choral concert? Sing along with a couple of traditional carols and listen as we present carols from Denmark, Germany, Nigeria, and other traditions.

This time of year evokes memories of youth, old friends, and family. We hope that our selections help to make your holiday experience bright and cheerful so that you can take the spirit of Christmas home with you and share it with all whom you know.

With all of the sadness and gloom that exists in our world, it is our responsibility as musicians to soothe the human spirit and your duty as recipients of that blessing to pass it on.

May we all have a calm Christmas and a bright and Happy New Year.

Ernest “Ernie” Brusubardis IIIWaukesha Choral Union Artistic Director

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Spirit of Creativity2012-2013 Season

LESSONS AND CAROLS

Waukesha Choral UnionErnest Brusubardis III, Conductor

Amanda McFall, Piano

Torches ........................................................................................................................................John JoubertO Come, O Come Immanuel ...............................Plainsong adapted T. Helmore arr. John Rutter

Let Us Adore HimO Come, All Ye Faithful (Sing-along words on next page) ...............................arr. David WillcocksShepherd’s Noël ...................................................................................................................arr. John RutterCome Leave Your Sheep ...................................................................................................arr. John RutterGesu Bambino ........................................................................................................................... Pietro A. Yon

The Child’s BirthZither Carol .................................................................................................................arr. Malcolm SargentThe Infant King .....................................................................................................................arr. John RutterO Holy Night ..........................................................................................Adolphe Adam arr. Fred Waring

INTERMISSION

The Many Moods of Christmas .............................arr. Robert Shaw and Robert Russell Bennett Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Night The First Nowell I Saw Three Ships Deck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Sing-along words on next page) ...................Felix Mendelssohn

Carols of the WorldThe Holly And The Ivy – English .....................................................................................arr. John RutterKling Glöckchen! – German ......................................................................................................arr. Audrey Snyder ....................................................................................................................................................................The Danish Star Carol – Danish ..................................................................................arr. Carl J. Nygard Betelehemu – Nigerian ....................Via Olatunji and Wendell Whalum arr. Barrington Brooks

Christmas Day ............................................................................................................................Gustav HolstStille Nacht ..................................................................................................Franz Gruber arr. John Rutter

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O Come All Ye FaithfulO come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant,O come ye, O come ye to Bethlehem;Come and behold him Born the King of Angels:

Refrain: O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, O come, let us adore him, Christ the Lord!

God of God, Light of Light,Lo! He abhors not the Virgin’s womb;Very God, Begotten, not created: (Refrain)

Sing, choirs of angels, Sing in exultation,Sing all ye citizens of heav’n above;Glory to God In the highest: (Refrain)

Yea, Lord, we greet thee, Born this happy morning,Jesu, to thee be glory giv’n; Word of the Father,Now in flesh appearing: (Refrain)

Hark The Herald Angels singHark! The herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King;Peace on earth and mercy mild, God and sinners reconciled:Joyful all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies,With th’angelic host proclaim, Christ is born in Bethlehem.

Refrain: Hark! The herald angels sing Glory to the newborn King.

Christ, by highest heav’n adored, Christ, the everlasting Lord,Late in time behold him come Offspring of a virgin’s womb:Veiled in flesh the Godhead see, Hail th’incarnate Deity!Pleased as man with man to dwell, Jesus, our Emmanuel.

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Hail the heav’n-born Prince of Peace! Hail the Sun of Righteousness!Light and life to all he brings, Risen with healing in his wings;Mild he lays his glory by, Born that man no more may die,Born to raise the sons of earth, Born to give them second birth.

(Refrain)

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Wired for SoundBy Oliver Sacks, MD

Oliver Sacks, MD, the noted neurologist and author, describes the profound bond between music and our brains and how the simple act of singing can be good medicine—especially as we age.

It is not surprising that nearly every culture has evolved its own musical traditions to celebrate the holidays. Music brings us together in song and dance, in ritual and play. It inspires and consoles us. It is a way to pass down traditions from generation to generation. And holiday music is especially powerful because we hear it from earliest childhood

and associate it with family, warm gatherings, special foods, smells, and sights.

Humans are uniquely able to produce and enjoy music—very few other animals can do so. But not only is music one of the fundamental ways we bond with each other, it literally shapes our brains. Perhaps this is so because musical activity involves many parts of the brain (emotional, motor, and cognitive areas), even more than we use for our other great human achievement, language. This is why it can be such an effective way to remember or to learn. It is no accident that we teach our youngest children with rhymes and songs. As anyone who can’t get an advertising jingle or a popular song out of their head knows, music burrows its way deep into the nervous system, so deep, in fact, that even when people suffer devastating neurological disease or injury, music is usually the last thing they lose.

The right sort of music can literally unlock someone frozen by Parkinson’s disease, so that they may be able to dance or sing, even though, in the absence of music, they may be unable to take a step or say a word. For many people with aphasia, a loss of the use of language most commonly caused by stroke, songs can be the key to retrieving words they cannot otherwise utter. I have seen people with extreme forms of amnesia who are unable to remember what happened to them a few minutes ago but are nonetheless able to sing or play long, complicated pieces of music, or even to conduct an orchestra or choir.

Perhaps most remarkably, people with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias can respond to music when nothing else reaches them. Alzheimer’s can totally destroy the ability to remember family members or events from one’s own life—but musical memory somehow survives the ravages of disease, and even in people with advanced dementia, music can often reawaken personal memories and associations that are otherwise lost.

Researchers are only beginning to study the secrets of why and how this happens; for now, we simply know that music is a powerful therapy for those with nearly any kind of neurological problem. Music is much more than a beautiful luxury: It is a fundamental way of expressing our humanity—and it is often our best medicine.

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