Richard Hynson, Music Directorpresents

Christmas in the BasilicaSaturday, December 10, 2011, at 7:30 PM

Sunday, December 11, 2011, at 3:00 PM

The Basilica of St. Josaphat

featuring

Bel Canto Boy ChoirsEllen Shuler, Director

Milwaukee Handbell EnsembleDr. John Behnke, Director

Suzanne Hibbard, Associate Director

Kevin BaileyOrgan

Thank You to Our Concert Sponsors:

Jean & Peter Storer

with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts

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PRELUDE

Angels From the Realms of Glory/For Unto Us . . . . . . . . . . .G. F. Handel/Edwin Johnson

In Dulci Jubilo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Eleanor Whitsett

What Child Is This . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard Purvis

Toccata on “Of the Father’s Love Begotten” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Cherwien

Kevin Bailey, organ

Once in Royal David’s City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H. J. GauntlettJoshua Hodge, Ethan Shuler, Jordan Yoon-Buck, trebles

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I Saw Three Ships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Burkhart M. SchürmannBel Canto Boy Choirs

Puer Nobis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard HynsonBel Canto Chorus

Joy to the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John A. Behnke, arr.Milwaukee Handbell Ensemble

O Come, All Ye Faithful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John F. WadeAll Sing

Jesus Christ the Apple Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth PostonBel Canto Chorus

O Magnum Mysterium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mariano GarauBel Canto Boy Choirs

In the Bleak Midwinter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard HynsonBel Canto Chorus

My Dancing Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Hynson, arr.Bel Canto Chorus

Angels From The Realms of Glory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John A. Behnke, arr.Milwaukee Handbell Ensemble

The First Noel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Old English Carol, pub. 1833All Sing

INTERMISSIONMasters in This Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michelle Hynson, arr.

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The Oxen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard HynsonBel Canto Chorus

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On High . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michelle Hynson, arr.Bel Canto Chorus

Go Tell It on the Mountain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Andrew Duncan, arr.Milwaukee Handbell Ensemble

It Came Upon the Midnight Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Storrs WillisAll Sing

O Magnum Mysterium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Morten LauridsenBel Canto Chorus

Torches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John JoubertBel Canto Chorus

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Felix MendelssohnAll Sing

Away in a Manger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michelle Hynson, arr.Rebecca Whitney, soprano

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Pat-a-pan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fred Gramann, arr.Milwaukee Handbell Ensemble

Silent Night . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michelle Hynson, arr. Bel Canto Chorus

Child of the Stable’s Secret Birth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas Hewitt JonesBel Canto Boy Choirs

Joy to the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . G. F. HandelAll Sing

Please join the St. Josaphat Basilica Foundation for a FREE tour after the concert!

The historic Basilica of St . Josaphat is often referred to as an “ignored wonder of the world .” We invite you to

stay after the concert for a brief tour where you can learn about the Basilica’s historical, architectural and cultural significance to Milwaukee . Please move to the

front pews and a docent will share the overview .

Tours will begin 10 minutes after the conclusion of the concert .

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PROFILES

RICHARD HYNSON, Music Director/ConductorThis season marks Richard Hynson’s 24th season as Music Director of the Bel Canto Chorus and

Orchestra. In addition, Hynson has served as Music Director of the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra since 2006. In demand as a guest conductor, Hynson’s past engagements include performances with the Milwaukee Symphony, the Skylight Opera Theatre, and the Racine, Sheboygan, and Waukesha Symphony Orchestras. Hynson has conducted at Carnegie Hall in New York City, where he led a large national festival chorus and orchestra in Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Dona nobis pacem. In the summer of 2008, Hynson conducted the string orchestra and chorus for the Prelude Music Academy summer camp in Madison. In 2009, he guest-conducted the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra in one of the Concerts on the Square in Madison. He also served as the Music Director for Gathering on the Green, the popular outdoor music festival in Mequon, WI, in 2009 and 2010.

Hynson and members of Bel Canto Chorus have performed internationally at the acclaimed Spoleto Music Festival in Italy, the Festivals of Troyes and Rheims in France, the Llangollen Festival in Wales, and the Elora and Huntsville Festivals in Canada. During Bel Canto’s 2006 tour, Hynson and members of Bel Canto International, including singers from six states, performed to critical acclaim in Ireland. In addition to its annual concert season, the chorus is often called upon to participate in national touring performances. In July 2010, Bel Canto participated in Star Wars in Concert, and in November 2010, Bel Canto sang in the Video Games Live national touring concert. Bel Canto completed another successful international tour in July 2011, performing with several orchestras in Argentina and Uruguay.

In addition to his work as a conductor and educator, Hynson is a composer. He has written a substantial body of published choral, vocal, and ensemble works, many of which he has recorded with Bel Canto Chorus singers. The U.S. Air Force Singing Sergeants have frequently performed Hynson’s “In the Midst of Life,” composed in response to September 11, 2001. Most notably, they presented it in New York City’s Avery Fisher Hall for the national conference of the American Choral Directors Association.

Under Hynson’s direction, Bel Canto opened its 81st season on Sunday, September 11, 2011, with United We Stand in Cathedral Square Park. This free concert marked the tenth anniversary of the 2001 terrorist attacks, and featured Mozart’s Requiem and Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings” in collaboration with the Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra. “The chorus sang with force and assurance, easily separating the complex vocal lines...and following Hynson’s judicious phrasing in when to hold back and when to let go.” (David Lewellen, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

RegionalArtistsCompetition2012

April 21, 2012Wisconsin Conservatory of Music

$1,000 Prize

Entries Due March 9, 2012Information and applications at:

www.belcanto.org414.481.8801

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PROFILES (c o n t.)

ELLEN SHULER, Bel Canto Boy Choirs DirectorEllen Shuler holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Montana State University and a Master

of Music Education with Choral Emphasis from Florida State University. In September 2009, Shuler helped establish the Bel Canto Boy Choirs. The choirs, composed of more than 20 auditioned boys, perform choral repertoire from classical to modern. Their first two seasons included concerts with Bel Canto Chorus, the Vienna Boys Choir, and Midwest Vocal Express. Currently in their third season, the choirs were praised by music critic Elaine Schmidt (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 11, 2010) as being “well-trained, nicely blended, [and] disciplined.”

Prior to leading the Bel Canto Boy Choirs, Shuler was a director of the Milwaukee Children’s Choir for seven years, directing the first level premier choir, as well as the beginning and training choirs. She worked as the assistant director and accompanist of the Bozeman Children’s Choir in Montana, as well as for Bozeman’s Mastodon Productions, singing jingles for area businesses and back-up vocals for local artists. While in Montana, she was a member of the Bozeman Intermountain Opera Company. Shuler taught choral and general music in Idaho, Colorado, and New Hampshire, as well as pre-primary music and movement classes in Colorado and New Hampshire. She worked for several years as a choral music editor at Hal Leonard Corporation, where she was a contributing author to the Macmillan McGraw-Hill music education series, “Spotlight on Music” and “Music Express” magazine.

In addition to her position with Bel Canto Chorus, Shuler works at the University School of Milwaukee, where she directs the Upper School Concert Choir and Swing Choir, is music director of theatrical productions in both the Middle and Upper Schools, and teaches the pre-primary general music classes. She also directs the youth choirs at Mequon United Methodist Church and maintains a voice and piano studio in Mequon, Wisconsin.

MILWAUKEE HANDBELL ENSEMBLE

The Milwaukee Handbell Ensemble, now in its eighth year, is an auditioned adult community group of 14 ringers sponsored by Concordia University Wisconsin. MHE members come from Watertown, Waukesha, Menomonee Falls, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Franklin, Plymouth, Mequon, Grafton, Cedarburg, Belgium, and Sheboygan, and truly represent the musical talent of the Milwaukee metropolitan area. The purpose of this group is to showcase advanced handbell repertoire and to be a musical resource for the Milwaukee metropolitan area and beyond. The fourteen ringers play 73 handbells (6 octaves) and 73 handchimes (6 1/2 octaves) in their performances.

They performed in Chicago for the National Pastoral Musicians Conference in 2004, as well as for The American Guild of English Handbell Ringers conference in Milwaukee in 2006. The group is heard each year by more than 25,000 handbell directors and ringers on the AGEHR new handbell music promotional CDs. MHE recorded a CD entitled “An American Sampler” that is for sale through the group.

www.milwaukeehandbells.org

KEVIN BAILEY, OrganKevin Bailey is the Director of Worship and Music at Fox Point Lutheran Church, where he is organist and choir director. He is a graduate of Augustana College (IL) and Indiana University. His principal teachers for organ have been Tom Robin Harris and Christopher Young, and he studied church music and improvisation with Marilyn Keiser. He has accompanied and conducted choirs at Anderson University (IN) and served as choir director and organist at several churches in Indiana before moving to Milwaukee in 2003. Bailey remains active outside the church as an accompanist and continuo performer, and served as the accompanist for the Master Singers of Milwaukee from 2004 to 2008.

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PROGR A M TEXT

Once in Royal David’s CityBy H. J. GauntlettHarmonized by A.H. MannLyrics by C. F. Alexander

Once in royal David’s city, Stood a lowly cattle shed, Where a mother laid her Baby, In a manger for His bed: Mary was that mother mild, Jesus Christ, her little Child. He came down to earth from heaven, Who is God and Lord of all, And His shelter was a stable, And His cradle was a stall: With the poor and mean and lowly, Lived on earth our Savior holy. And through all His wondrous childhoodHe would honor and obey,Love and watch the lowly maiden,In whose gentle arms He lay;Christian children all must be Mild, obedient, good as He.

For He is our childhood’s pattern; Day by day, like us, He grew; He was little, weak, and helpless, Tears and smiles, like us He knew; And He feeleth for our sadness, And he shareth in our gladness. And our eyes at last shall see Him, Through His own redeeming love; For that Child so dear and gentle, Is our Lord in heaven above: And He leads His children on, To the place where He is gone.

Not in that poor lowly stable,With the oxen standing by,We shall see Him; but in heaven,Set at God’s right hand on high;Where like stars His children crownedAll in white shall wait around.

I Saw Three ShipsBy Burkhart M. Schürmann

I saw three ships come sailing in On Christmas day in the morning. And what was in those ships all three? On Christmas day in the morning. The Virgin Mary and Christ were there, On Christmas day in the morning. Pray, whither sailed those ships all three? On Christmas day in the morning.

O, they sailed to Bethlehem, On Christmas day in the morning. And all the bells in earth shall ring, On Christmas day in the morning. And all the angels in Heaven shall sing, On Christmas day in the morning. Then let us all rejoice amain, On Christmas day in the morning. For joy our Savior Christ was born, On Christmas day in the morning.

Puer Nobisfrom Piae CantionesArranged by Richard Hynson

Puer nobis nasciturRector angelorum .

Unto us a Boy is born!King of all creation,Came He to a world forlorn,The Lord of ev’ry nation.

Cradled in a stall was HeWith sleepy cows and asses;But the very beasts could seeThat He all men surpasses.

O et A et A et O Cum cantibus in choro!

Omega and Alpha He!Let the organ thunder,While the choir with peals of glee,Doth rend the air asunder.

Qui natus de virgineDie hodierna!

Now may Mary’s Son, who cameSo long ago to love us,Lead us all with hearts aflameUnto to the joys above us.

Jesus Christ the Apple TreeBy Elizabeth Poston

The tree of life my soul hath seen, Laden with fruit and always green: The trees of nature fruitless beCompared with Christ the apple tree.

His beauty doth all things excel:By faith I know, but ne’er can tellThe glory which I now can seeIn Jesus Christ the apple tree.

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PROGR A M NOTES (c o n t.)

For happiness I long have sought, And pleasure dearly I have bought:I missed of all; but now I see‘Tis found in Christ the apple tree.

I’m weary with my former toil,Here I will sit and rest awhile;Under the shadow I will be, Of Jesus Christ the apple tree.

This fruit doth make my soul to thrive,It keeps my dying faith alive;Which makes my soul in haste to be With Jesus Christ the apple tree.

O Magnum MysteriumBy Mariano Garau

O magnum mysterium, Et admirabile sacramentum, Ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, Jacentem in praesepio! O Beata Virgo, cujus viscera Meruerunt portare Dominum Jesum Christum . Alleluia .

O great mystery, And wondrous sacrament,That animals should see the newborn Lord,Lying in their manger!O Blessed Virgin, whose womb Was worthy to bear theLord Jesus Christ.Alleluia.

In the Bleak Midwinter Words by Christina RossettiMusic by Richard Hynson

In the bleak midwinter, Frosty wind made moan,Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,In the bleak midwinter, long ago.

Angels and archangels May have gathered there,Cherubim and seraphim thronged the air;But His mother only, in her maiden bliss,Worshiped the Beloved with a kiss.

What can I give Him, poor as I am?If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb;If I were a wise man, I would do my part;What I can give Him? I will give my heart.

My Dancing DayWords and Melody from Sandys, 18333rd verse by Richard HynsonArranged by Richard Hynson

Tomorrow shall be my dancing day:I would my true love did so chanceTo see the legend of my play,To call my true love to the dance.

Refrain:Sing O my love, O my love, my love, my love, This have I done for my true love.

In a manger laid and wrapped I was,So very poor, this was my chanceBetwixt an ox and a silly poor ass, To call my true love to the dance. (Refrain)

From humble birth to cross and grave,I came from heav’n mankind to save,God’s gift of peace and love and joyEncompassed in a little boy. (Refrain)

Masters in This HallTraditional FrenchArranged by Michelle Hynson

Masters in this hall, Hear ye news today! Brought from over sea, And ever I you pray:

Refrain: Nowell! Nowell! Nowell! Nowell, sing we clear! Holpen are all folk on earth, Born is God’s Son so dear: Nowell! Nowell! Nowell! Nowell, sing we loud! God today hath poor folk raised And cast a-down the proud.

Then to Bethlem town We went two and two And in a sorry place Heard the oxen low: (Refrain)

Therein did we see A sweet and goodly may And a fair old man, Upon the straw she lay. (Refrain)

And a little child On her arm had she, ‘Wot ye who this is?’ Said the hinds to me: Ox and ass Him know, Kneeling on their knee, Wondrous joy had I This little Babe to see. (Refrain)

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This is Christ the Lord, Masters be ye glad! Christmas is come in, And no folk should be sad. (Refrain)

God today hath poor folk raised, Sing Nowell! Hear ye news today!

The OxenWords by Thomas HardyMusic by Richard Hynson

Christmas Eve and twelve of the clock. “Now they are all on their knees,”An elder said as we sat in a flockBy the embers in hearthside ease.We pictured the meek mild creatures whereThey dwelt in their strawy pen.Nor did it occur to one of us thereTo doubt they were kneeling then.

So fair a fancy, fair a fancyFew would weave in these years!Yet, I feel if someone said on Christmas Eve,(Gloria, Christ is born! Peace on earth.)“Come, see the oxen kneelIn the lonely barton by yonder coombOur childhood used to know.”I should go with him in the gloom,Hoping it might be so.(Shepherds come.)

On HighTraditional French CarolsArranged by Michelle Hynson

Ding dong! merrily on high,In heav’n the bells are ringing:Ding dong! verily the skyIs riv’n with angel singing.

Gloria, hosanna in excelsis!

Angels we have heard on high, Sweetly singing o’er the plains.And the mountains in reply,Echoing their joyous strains.

Gloria in excelsis Deo!

E’en so here below, below,Let steeple bells be swungen,And “I-o, i-o, i-o!”By priest and people sungen.

Gloria, hosanna in excelsis!

Hosanna on high!

O Magnum MysteriumMusic by Morten Lauridsen

O magnum mysterium Et admirabile sacramentum, Ut animalia viderent Dominum natum, Jacentem in praesepio!

Beata Virgo, cujus viscera Meruerunt portare Dominum Christum . Alleluia!

O great mystery, And wondrous sacrament,That animals should see the newborn Lord, Lying in their manger!

Blessed is the Virgin whose womb Was worthy to bear theLord Jesus Christ. Alleluia!

TorchesMusic by John JoubertWords translated from the Galician by J.B. Trend

Torches, torches, run with torches All the way to Bethlehem! Christ is born and now lies sleeping; Come and sing your song to Him!

Ah, Ro-ro, Ro-ro, my Baby, Ah, Ro-ro, my love, Ro-ro; Sleep You well, my heart’s own darling, While we sing You our Ro-ro.

Sing, my friends, and make you merry,Joy and mirth and joy again;Lo, He lives, the King of heaven,Now and evermore, Amen.

Away in a MangerTraditional CarolArranged by Michelle Hynson

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,The little Lord Jesus lay down His sweet head.The stars in the sky looked down where He lay.The little Lord Jesus asleep on the hay.

The cattle are lowing, the Baby awakes,But little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes.I love Thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky,And stay by my cradle ’til morning is nigh.

Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stayClose by me forever, and love me, I pray.Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care,And lead us to heaven, to live with Thee there.

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Silent NightWords by Joseph MohrMusic by Franz GrüberArranged by Michelle Hynson

Silent night! Holy night! All is calm, all is bright, Round yon virgin Mother and Child, Holy infant so tender and mild, Sleep in heavenly peace. Silent night! Holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight; Glories stream from heaven afar, Heav’nly hosts sing alleluia! Christ the Savior is born. Silent night! Holy night! Son of God, love’s pure light; Radiant beams from Thy holy face, With the dawn of redeeming grace, Jesus, Lord at Thy birth.

Child of the Stable’s Secret BirthBy Thomas Hewitt JonesWords by Timothy Dudley-Smith

Child of the stable’s secret birth, The Lord by right of the lords of earth,

Let angels sing of a King newborn, The world is weaving a crown of thorn: A crown of thorn for that Infant head Cradled soft in the manger bed. Eyes that shine in the lantern’s ray; A face so small in its nest of hay, Face of a Child who is born to scan The world of men through the eyes of man: And from that face in the final day Earth and heaven shall flee away. Voice that rang through the courts on high, Contracted now to a wordless cry, A voice to master the wind and wave, The human heart and the hungry grave: The voice of God through the cedar trees Rolling forth as the sound of seas. Child of the stable’s secret birth, The Father’s gift to a wayward earth, To drain the cup in a few short years Of all our sorrows, our sins, and tears-- Ours the prize for the road he trod: Risen with Christ; at peace with God.

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BEL CANTO CHORUS

Jill AndersenVaughn AusmanJonathon BartosKelly BartyczakCarol BayneJan BeckerDeborah BetsworthEloise BlackCarolAnne BozosiSusan BrownCatherine CanhamMarc CohenPeter CraigElaine ErnstChristine G. FitchEmily FoxJosefina Z. S. GardinierJanet GibeauAndrea S. Goetzinger+Eileen GriffithsLynn GutoskiBrett HaniskoCarrie F. HardelJoshua HartKeith HeidmannJoan HenkelBruce HimelsteinAmanda HoffmannCraig HoffmannGlenna HolsteinDan HolzmillerJeanne HouleRonald HouleSally D. Hoyt

Christopher HughesKatherine HughesKathleen Hughes+Michelle Hynson+Elizabeth JanicekKatie KaminskyTom KibbeSusi KieferKieth KlempKyle KolbergRussell Kopitzke+Jonathan A. Laabs+Penny LaferriereLindsay LammHelga LarsenAngela LeeAlex LeskoGary LeskoJohn W. Lettermann+Loretta Jelinek LieskeK. David LupardusBarbara L. LyonsPatrick C. LyonsAmanda MatherCarol Lynne McKeanTJ Perlick MolinariErik OlsonSarah PabbathiLori Ann Pannier+Marjorie PiechowskiAlexandra PieperJohn ReinardyBetty ReulDavid Reul

Kay RichardsonKerry SaverKathleen SchilzKate SchmittGlenn SchumannTrinny SchumannIsaac SchwabacherFred SentmanCameron SmithSusan Chamberlin SmithWilliam R. Smith+Binette SolomonPhilip StarrJoan StevensJames D. StoutShiela StrockLora SunderKen TazelaarKim TerekMary ThieleTom ThieleCarolyn TramelKristin TrautTom TrederFausta UrbonieneSharri Van AlstineJennifer W. WatsonHazel WheatonRebecca Whitney+Jessica Wirth

+Denotes Section Leader

BEL CANTO BOY CHOIRS

MILWAUKEE HANDBELL ENSEMBLE

Elias BaldinoKai BartlPeter BoylandRyan DeLogeJoshua HodgeEvan HunterJack Karnes

Michael KearneySam LaferriereBrodie MutschlerAhokava PaeaNathan RauschEthan ShulerPhilip Shuler

Trevor SmithAidan TrederDaniel WallaceJoseph WieberschMichael WieberschJordan Yoon-Buck

Kenneth Blake Tracey Bowers Linda Carlson Debbie Frick Kaethe Grabenhofer

Suzanne Hibbard Penny Kindraka Jana Larson Kristine Morano Carl Reyes

Anne Reynolds Jennifer SchelerRachel StrandKatie Wierer

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Board of DirectorsPresident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Merilou GonzalesTreasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jim HylandSecretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom ThieleChorus Representative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kerry Saver

Marc Cohen, Patrick Foran, Betty Reul, Peter Storer, Martin Tierney, Ariana Voigt

Artistic StaffMusic Director/Conductor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard HynsonAssistant Conductor/Accompanist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michelle HynsonBoy Choirs Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ellen M. Shuler

Administrative StaffExecutive Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marla HahnDevelopment Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rebecca WhitneyPatron Services Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jim LaBelle

Technical StaffEquipment Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . James D. Stout

Chorus Cabinet Kelly Bartyczak, Jan Becker, CarolAnne Bozosi, Susan Brown, Susi Kiefer,

K. David Lupardus, Carol Osburn-McKean, Marjorie Piechowski, Kerry Saver, Kathleen Schilz, Kate Schmitt, Hazel Wheaton

BEL CANTO CHORUS ORGANIZATION

The mission of Bel Canto Chorus is to enrich the lives of its audience members and its singing members through the outstanding presentation of the finest choral music, and to reach out to the community in order to share the benefits and the joy of the singing arts.

BEL CANTO CHORUS MISS ION STATEMENT

Consider donating to Bel Canto Chorus’ Endowment Fund, where your gift to choral music can be appreciated for years to come. Whether it is a gift of stock or a check, simply indicate that you would like your investment to go toward our Endowment Fund. For more information, contact the Bel Canto office at (414) 481-8801.

BEL CANTO CHORUS ENDOWMENT FUND

BEL CANTO LEGACY SOCIET Y

Members of the Bel Canto Legacy Society have agreed to include the Chorus as part of their estate planning arrangements. You may join them by contacting the Bel Canto office at (414) 481-8801.

Vaughn Ausman and Sally D. HoytMargaret E. Haggerty

Kerry SaverChris and Joanna Smocke

James SteinmanDavid and Roseann Tolan

Louis Winter

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ( l i s t e d a s o f o c t o b e r 27, 2011)

Bel Canto Chorus wishes to thank these friends for their generous support of our 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 seasons. Please consider adding your name to this list.

Bravissimo ($5,000+)Chuck Barnum*Lynde & Harry Bradley

FoundationHerzfeld FoundationSally Hoyt & Vaughn Ausman*Hydrite Chemical*Milwaukee County - CAMPACNicholas Family FoundationOconomowoc Area

Foundation’s Scherfiuss Fund

The Riverbend Fund at Schwab Charitable Fund

Bert L. and Patricia S. Steigleder Charitable Trust

George B. Storer FoundationJean & Peter Storer+Ireene Sullivan+Wisconsin Arts BoardKaryn & Bernard Youso*

Bravo ($1,000 - $4,999)Baird Foundation*Carole & Thomas Barnum*Jan & Robert BeckerCMGRP, Inc.Wendy & Marc Cohen*Susan & Thomas Connor*Gardner FoundationJanet Gibeau+Greater Milwaukee Foundation

David and Roseann Tolan Fund

Harley-Davidson Motor Company*

John W. Hayes, Sr.*Michelle & Richard Hynson*Morgan Stanley FoundationJean & Hilton NealNorthwestern Mutual

Foundation*Oconomowoc Area

Foundation’s Richard R. and Karen Bertrand Charitable Fund

Betty & Dave Reul*S. C. Johnson*San Camillo/St. Camillus*Susan & William Smith*Mary & Tom Thiele*Roseann & David Tolan*Uihlein Charitable FoundationWegner LLP*

Fortissimo ($500 - $999)Carol Alexander & James

Coutts*American Landscape*

Eloise Black*John Cullen Fund*Cindy & Brian DearingDeloitte*Direct Supply, Inc.*Janice DodsonFirst Bank Financial Centre*J. William and Lois M. Foran

Family Trust*Michael Hayes & Patricia TeetsKatherine Hughes*Laura & Jim Hyland+Eileen Kehoe & Bud Reinhold*Kiwanis Club of Milwaukee*Kristine & Russell KleiserLisa & Mark KruegerSue & Gary LeskoJamy & Michael Malatesta*Rudy MalzKeith Mardak*Patricia & Ray Mehler*Marjorie Piechowski*Alexandra & Rick Pieper*Suzanne & Richard PieperRamiah Investment Group*Kerry Saver*Mary Schueller & Michael

Walton*Katherine & Don SchwerinKay & Joseph Tierney, IIIJanet & Martin Tierney+Kristin & Dave Traut*Betsey & Earnest WilliamsonInge & Frank Wintersberger*Wipfli Foundation*Zeppos & Associates, Inc.*

Forte ($250 - $499)CarolAnne Bozosi+Randy CaseySandra ChristensenMary Alice Tierney DunnEbert’s Greenhouse VillageDawn & Tom GaglianoJosefina Gardinier+Eileen & Reese Griffiths+Louise & Robert HedrickHerbert Kohl Charities, Inc.Christine & James Hill+Kathleen & Tyrrell Hughes+Richard C. Johannes, DDS+Bonnie & Kieth Klemp+Adeline & Harvey KohnCharmaine & James LaBelle+Lindsay & Timothy Lamm+Barbara & Patrick Lyons+Connie Pukaite+Marcia & Jeff SchwagerBrenda Skelton-Bendtsen

Heather WatsonTina & Scott WeissJessica Wirth+

Mezzo Forte ($100 - $249)James AndersonLynne Ausman & David CrollBlanche BanerianCarol & Jay Bayne+Evert BosDawn & Dave BrightsmanSusan Brown+Annette ByrneDon CarlsonSally & Mike ChierEllen & Michael ComiskeyNan & Richard ConserJennifer CooleyKay & John CrichtonMary & Rich DavenportRosemarie Deisinger+Patricia DonohoeElizabeth & Pappy Draughon+John R. DunnEast Shore Specialty Foods+Marcella EggesRosemary FischerJune FisherMark & Danella FridayAnn FritschMary GillstromElna HicksonWilliam HoppenjanJeanne Houle+Ron Houle+June HoytInterfaith Conference of

Greater Milwaukee+Keith & Denise JohnsonSally & Kenan KerstenSusi & Don Kiefer+Michelle & Ed Kotnarowski+Helga LarsenLynne & Thomas LindemannJeffrey & Mavis Luther+Roy MacGregorDorothy Jane MartinSue Martin-Steiner & Tony

SteinerRaquel MaxwellMegan McGovernJayne & Roger Micheln+Mary MosciskerMary Ann MuellerMargaret Neis-RobertsonJoanne NevinsOld Fashioned Foods+Deborah & Jamshed PatelJane & David Patterson

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS (c o n t.)

Richard PietschKathy & Dan PomeroyAdrienne & John Reinardy+Nikki & Darin RigglemanMarian RoeglinKathy RossieSusan RuggMary & Michael RyanKathleen & Timothy Schilz+Timothy Schmidt+Fred SentmanMary SmithBinette Solomon+Patty & Brad SpaitsJack Spooner+Elisabeth & Ed StiegJudy & James StoddardYvonne & John Stubbs+Barbara SullivanLora & Gregg Sunder+Ken Tazelaar+Glen Van Fossen+Kimberly VerHoefAriana & Peter Voigt+Richard & Judith WagnerElizabeth & Carl WegeMidge Wheeler & Peter ForisMichelle LaBella Wilkins & Brad

WilkinsVirginia WirthGail Zander

Friend (to $99)J. Mark Baker+Patricia & Chris BarnardBetsy BenesDeborah Betsworth+ Lydia Bishop & Don HandsDoris ChamberlinRobert ChristieKate & Craig ColdironJulie & Peter Craig+Patricia & Phil CrumpRuth Danby

Peggy DeanCatherine & Eric Draeger+Geralyn DunningDeborah FeingoldJean & John FicoChristine & Jim Fitch+Patricia Foley+Joanne ForanPatrick Foran+Constance ForrestJanet & Stanley FoxStanley GabikWayne & Caryl GallerLouis GermanottaAndrea Goetzinger+Janet GoldsmithErvin & Linda GolembiewskiMarilyn HartmannKeith HeidmannJoan Henkel+Mary HenszeyMary HorneMary JaeckleElizabeth JanicekSusan JasanMarjorie JothenKatie KaminskyMartha KehoeElaine KennedyKind Inc. DBA CulversKarri Fritz KlausPenny LaferriereAngela Lee+Debbie & Randy LeRoyLoretta & John LieskeThelma MahoneyRichard MastersLaurie MatherCarol Lynne McKean+Sally MillsIone MinsterEleanor Moe+Randall MolesKelsey & Theodore Molinari

Edith MoravcsikLinda & Edward MordySusan & Frank MrnikChristine & Robert MuellerErik Olson+Ann PanlenerLori Ann & Scott PannierJayne PeltonRoberta PiperMary PollockMarilyn & Henry PowersDebbie RakestrawLee RennerGinny Tierney RogersBarb Berndhardt-Roth & Roy

RothAida Sabulyte-GustE. Thomas SchillingCarol SchmittTrinny & Glenn SchumannMary SmiltneekJulita SnellPhilip StarrJoan & Bill StevensSheila StrockEllen StrommenEsther TitoCarolyn TramelDavid UnruhWe Energies FoundationHazel WheatonRebecca & Steve WhitneyMary WyantBetty & Tom ZamzowMarilyn & Doug Zwissler

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