Joie de Vivre is a member of the Manitoba Choral Associationwww.manitobasings.org

JOIE DE VIVRE CHOIR is a mixed community choir of adult singers. It was first formed in 2000 under the directorship of the late Helga Anderson, and was a program of the division of Preparatory Studies of the Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music, University of Manitoba for the next 14 years. In the summer of 2014 it re-formed as a community choir under the directorship of John Tanner. This year the choir is pleased to welcome Stuart Sladden in the role of conductor. If you are interested in joining us, talk to Stuart in person, e-mail him: stuart.sladden@gmail.com, or speak with any choir member.

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ConductorStuart Sladden

SopranoJoyce BurnsYanna CourtneyPatsy GrantMichelle Larose-KuzenkoCharlotte LazarukDiane PrescottMari-Jo TailleferMarian WallerGaynor WilliamsTrish Wood

Mezzo Soprano Kathleen BellEnid BrownBeth HelliarDonna JonesJoanne KusiakIrene McKenzieLinda RodgersDonna StoneSusan ThorpeLucinda WilliamsStephanie WoodJanice Yon

Assistant ConductorElizabeth Sadler

AltoMarilyn BirdCheryl BartellKim Carriere BakerDorothy ChristieAnna DoorenhosHeather GerardySandie IsaacJudy KerrDawn LazarGail LefebvreJewel CasselmanJudy MackayKaren MalloryTerry MartinAnn McKenzieCheryl McleanLynne Mitchell-PedersenMaureen MorrisonMary NeufeldJanis ProcheraRosemary RocheDonna StevensonMuriel St. JohnSuzanne ThilleIris ToewsMarilyn WiebeRhoda Yathon

Tenor Keith Davies JonesWilliam HelgasonMarilynne KeilGreg McLeanAlf StephensJohn TannerRobin WiensHill Zhang

BassNeil ArnasonMark BoreskieJohn CliffeMartin DavisRoger DennisRoy HalsteadPaul McKeenIan StevensonBernie Toews

CHOIR MEMBERS

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Sts. Vladimir & Olga Cathedral115 McGregor Street

Sunday, December 15

koshetzchoir.org joiedevivrechoir.ca

Saturday, December 14

St. John Brebeuf Church Lanark St. south of Corydon Ave.

Conducted by Mira Paches, Stuart Sladden, Elizabeth Sadler

O. Koshetz Choir & Joie de Vivre Choir

Brings Us Together

Music

WELCOMELynne Mitchell-Pedersen

JOIE DE VIVRE AND O. KOSHETZ CHOIRS

Слава Во Вишніж Богу (Slava vo vyshnikh Bohu)Glory to God in the HighestDmytro Bortnians’kyj (1751-1825)

Gaudete! Arr. Mark Burrows

from Piae Cantiones, 1582

JOIE DE VIVRE CHOIR

O Magnum MysteriumTomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548 - 1611)

Bel astre que j’adoreEustache du Caurroy (d. 1609)

Arr. Elizabeth Sadler

The Huron CarolArr. Robin John King

He Is Born Arr. Robert Wetzler

Wassail Song Arr. R. Vaughn Williams

MUSIC BRINGS US TOGETHER O. KOSHETZ CHOIR

Дивная Новина (Dyvnaya Novyna)O. Shtukaliuk

Небо І Земля (Nebo I Zemlya)O. Tokar

Solo: Lwellyn Armstrong

Небо Вкрилося Зорями (Nebo Vkrylosya Zoryamy)Miroslava Paches

Пречиста Діва (Prechysta Diva)S. Salovskyj and O. Yunek

Славен Єси (Slaven Yesy)Folk carol

Solos: George Nytepchuk, Donna Mendres

Тешуть Теслі (Teshut’ Tesli)V. Zhdankin, B. Antonych, V. Chuchman

JOIE DE VIVRE AND O. KOSHETZ CHOIRS

Щедрий Вечір (Shchedryj Vechir)Arr Bohdan Sehin (b. 1976)

Solos: Katrusia Manning-Chabluk, Yanna Courtney

Have Yourself a Merry Little ChristmasArr. Logan Tient

SPECIAL THANKS TOMsgr. Michael, Sts. Vladimir & Olga Cathedral

Father Wayne Morrissey, Pastor, St. John Brebeuf ParishCatholic Women’s League and Knights of Columbus, St. John Brebeuf Parish

SATURDAY AND SUNDAYPlease join us for a reception after the concert.

JOIE DE VIVRE CHOIR STUART SLADDEN, CONDUCTORJoie de Vivre choir welcomed Stuart Sladden as choir conductor in 2018 following his return to the Winnipeg music scene after some years in Edmonton, where he has completed a Doctor of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Alberta. He currently sings with the Winnipeg Singers, conducts the Bison Men’s Chorus, the Rochester Ringers, the Good Neighbours Choristers and the U of M Concert Choir, teaches at the Faculty of Music at University of Manitoba and at the International Music Camp, and is the Vice President of the Manitoba Choral Association.

Stuart came to this city from Toronto to study for his Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting at University of Manitoba. His undergraduate studies, from both Humber College and the University of Toronto, focused on vocal jazz. While in Edmonton for his studies, Stuart was also active as a musician with affiliations to the Richard Eaton Singers (Assistant Conductor), the Da Camera Singers (Assistant Conductor), and the Accord Ensemble (Artistic Director), along with singing occasionally with Pro Coro Canada.

Stuart is also an active clinician and guest conductor across Canada, with guest appearances this season in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Ontario, and had the privilege of being the Canadian representative adjudicator at a major music festival in Hong Kong this past May.

Stuart is happy to be back in Winnipeg and is excited to be working with Joie de Vivre!

ELIZABETH SADLERElizabeth Sadler joined the Joie de Vivre choir as an assistant conductor this fall. Before her recent training in conducting, Elizabeth is a trained jazz vocalist. She performs at corporate events, with church choirs and is the lead singer of a 70s funk/soul group called Flatland Soul Band. Elizabeth was part of the 2019 TD Winnipeg Jazz Festival this past summer. In 2016 she graduated with an Associates of Applied Arts degree (A.A.A.) in Professional Music from Southwestern Community College in Iowa. She is currently finishing her Bachelor of Jazz Studies degree at the University of Manitoba. Through performing and teaching music, she strives to add momentum, excitement and growth to her life and the lives of others.

O. KOSHETZ CHOIRThe O. Koshetz Choir sings almost exclusively in Ukrainian. The Choir is celebrating its seventy-fourth anniversary this year. Olexander Koshetz, a world-renowned choral conductor and composer, was exiled from Soviet Ukraine in the 1920’s, and Winnipeg’s Ukrainian community invited him in 1939 to come and teach music to their children. Koshetz died here in Winnipeg after an all-too-brief stay,

Joie de Vivre is a member of the Manitoba Choral Associationwww.manitobasings.org

O. Koshetz Choir & Joie de Vivre Choir

Brings Us Together

Musicbut his name lives on with this wonderful choir, which flourished for decades under the leadership of the late Walter Klymkiw.

MIROSLAVA PACHES, CONDUCTORMiroslava Paches was named director of Koshetz Choir in June 2007, bringing both her youthful vigour and her excellent experience and credentials to open a new chapter in the life of the choir. Graduating from the Lviv State Music Academy (Theory, Composition, Musicianship), she completed earlier studies at the Uzhorod State Music College (Majors in Piano, Choral Conducting, and Music Theory). In addition to Koshetz choir, Miroslava conducts both the adult and children’s choirs at Sts. Vladimir and Olga Cathedral. She creates new compositions and arrangements for all her choirs, heard in celebration of the liturgy and in concert. She maintains a very active private music studio, teaching piano, voice, and theory, with numerous successful entries in the Winnipeg Music Festival. She is married to Maxim Paches, and has three musical young sons, Stepan, Yaroslav, and Alexander, and an even younger daughter, Veera.

www.koshetzchoir.org

December 14 & 15, 2019

Слава Во Вишніж Богу (Slava vo vyshnikh Bohu)Dmytro Bortnians’kyj (1751-1825)Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace

Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peaceToday Bethlehem receives the one seated forever with the Father,today the angels praise the newborn child, with hymns worthy of God:Glory to God in the highest, and on the earth peace, good will to men.

Sticheron after Psalm 50[51] for the Nativity of Christ

Gaudete! Arr. Mark Burrowsfrom Piae Cantiones, 1582

Rejoice! Rejoice!!The time of grace which we seek is here;Let us devoutly sing songs of joy.God had become man, a thing of wonder;The world is renewed by the reigning Christ.

O Magnum MysteriumTomás Luis de Victoria (c. 1548 - 1611)

O great mystery, and remarkable sacrament,that animals witness the Lord born, laid in a manger.O blessed Virgin, whose womb was deemed worthyto carry our Lord Jesus Christ. Alleluia.

Bel astre que j’adoreEustache du Caurroy (d. 1609)Arr. Elizabeth Sadler

Beautiful star that I adore,Sun that shines for me,It’s only you that I implore,I want to love only youIt’s my dearest desire, Lord, on this beautiful day,Where I owe my lifeOnly to your immense love.

From the bottom of this mangerI hear, filled with faith,Your voice that preaches Only this sweet law (the Word).

Divine and pure flame (Holy Spirit),Come down from heaven,Fill, fill my soul,Oh! Come fulfill my wishes.

Pleasures, honors, wealthFor a long time have charmed me too much;I want to love you constantly,You who loved me so much.

Lord, the memoryOf your divine benefits,The zeal of your gloryIn me live forever.

I always want to follow you,I have only one desire:For you alone I want to live,

For you I want to die.

Дивная Новина (Dyvnaya Novyna)O. Shtukaliuk

Wonderful news!Today is born a child to the Virgin Mary

Небо І Земля (Nebo I Zemlya)O. Tokar

Heaven and earth!Christ is born, let us worship him.

Небо Вкрилося Зорями (Nebo Vkrylosya Zoryamy)Miroslava Paches

Heaven is opened with stars!A long-expected miracle.

Пречиста Діва (Prechysta Diva)S. Salovskyj and O. Yunek

The pure virgin!She has brought forth a son, Jesus Christ our savior.

Славен Єси (Slaven Yesy)Folk carol

Blessed are you!The mother of God has given birth to a son.

Тешуть Теслі (Teshut’ Tesli)V. Zhdankin, B. Antonych, V. Chuchman

They’re chopping wood!Christ is born, let us worship him.

Щедрий Вечір (Shchedryj Vechir)Arr Bohdan Sehin (b. 1976)

The bright sky is covered with starsIlluminating our earthGood evening, may this evening be lavish,Good health to all you good people.Good evening, gracious host,We’ve brought you gifts.Our gifts are beautiful and new,New clothes for new friends.Peace and good fortune To all in your house.

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