ST. JOSEPH CHURCH, SEATTLE - Seattle University

SEATTLE UNIVERSITY CHOIRS
ST. JOSEPH CHURCH, SEATTLE

SEATTLE UNIVERSITY, founded in 1891, is the largest independent university in the Pacific
Northwest and one of the nation’s 28 Jesuit colleges and universities. Nearly 8,000 students
are enrolled in 61 undergraduate, 33 graduate, and 21 certificate programs, including doctoral
programs in education and law.
Now celebrating one hundred and twenty years of service (2011), Seattle University is dedicated
to its mission of commitment to teaching and learning, education for values, preparation for
service, and growth of persons.
THE SEATTLE UNIVERSITY CHOIRS MISSION STATEMENT
The primary purpose of the Seattle University Choirs is to foster the growth of the person and to
enhance the enjoyment of music through its study and performance. We aim to bring more love
into the world, support each other in our growth as human beings and musicians, and enrich our
own lives and those of our audiences through the outstanding performance of great music.
SEATTLE UNIVERSITY CHOIRS
The Seattle University Choirs, under the direction of
Dr. Joy Sherman, have grown not only in number, but
also in stature in the greater Seattle area. The choirs,
composed of students, staff, faculty, and alumni of
Seattle University, are Men’s Chorale, Women’s Chorale,
University Chorale, and Chamber Singers.
The unique character of the Seattle University Choirs
is derived from the diversity and dedication of its
members. While some of the student members pursue
a fine arts major or a music minor, the majority of
singers represents all colleges and departments of
the university.
The Seattle University Choirs perform their Christmas
and Spring Concerts at St. Joseph Church on Capitol
Hill in Seattle, plus a Family Weekend Concert and a
Lenten Prayer concert in the Chapel of St. Ignatius on
the Seattle University campus. Audience members
have offered such rave reviews as, “…an incomparable
evening of music and enjoyment!”; “Thank you for a
magical, moving, and uplifting night of music”; and
“The conducting was superb, the singing
was awesome.”
As representatives of the University, the Choirs have
also performed at significant University-affiliated
events off-campus, among them the OPUS
humanitarian awards at Benaroya Hall (2008) and the
“Women in the World” breakfast sponsored by the
Seattle International Foundation (2010).
The Seattle University Choirs are proud to live
the Jesuit mission by providing developmental
opportunities, service to the community, and praise
of God through song.

DIRECTOR:
Dr. Joy Sherman joined the Faculty at Seattle University in 1991 as Director of Choral
Activities. Dr. Sherman has taught choral music at all levels in public schools and at four
universities. She earned the Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Colorado at
Boulder, where she received the Teaching Excellence Award and was granted membership
in the national music honor society, Pi Kappa Lambda.
Dr. Sherman has served as an adjudicator and clinician for honor choirs and choral festival
throughout the United States conducting the California Women’s All-State Choir in 1995
and the Saratoga Springs, New York area All-State Choir in 1997. Dr. Sherman presented
a lecture at the 1995 national convention of the American Choral Directors Association.
She has also published music with Santa Barbara Music Publishing and Alliance Music
Publications and articles in the Choral Journal, the national journal of the American Choral
Directors Association.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:
Lee Peterson has a DMA in piano performance from Michigan State University and
was Assistant Professor of Piano at Baylor University for six years before coming to
Seattle in 1994. An ordained minister, Dr. Peterson earned the MATS (Master of Arts in
Transforming Spirituality) at Seattle University in 2003. Currently Assistant Director of
Choral Music at SU, Lee has been with the SU choirs since 1999, serving as accompanist,
assistant conductor, rehearsal assistant, composer, and arranger/transcriber. She has also
collaborated with other faculty as an accompanist and performed solo piano recitals on
and off-campus. Lee Peterson’s Missa Anime, commissioned by the Choirs, was premiered
in its entirety at the SU Choirs Festival of Christmas concerts in 2006.
Guest Artist – Indra Thomas, soprano
Acclaimed as the next great Verdi soprano, Indra Thomas made her professional debut as
soprano soloist in Verdi’s Requiem with the New York Choral Society in Carnegie Hall. She
made her spectacular New York Philharmonic debut singing excerpts from Porgy and Bess
in Lorin Maazel’s first New Year’s Eve Pension Fund Gala, which was televised nationwide
on Live from Lincoln Center.
Indra Thomas is a graduate of Philadelphia’s Academy of Vocal Arts. She received a
Bachelor of Music degree from Shorter College in Rome, Georgia, and went on to
advanced studies at the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria, where she
took first prize in the Meistersinger Competition. She made her European début with the
New York Philharmonic in Cagliari, Sardinia.
Photo used by permission
http://indrathomas.com/
On January 25, 2011, Indra Thomas, Seattle University faculty member and Young Eight
founder/artistic director Quinton Morris, and pianist Maimy Fong presented a sold-out
debut recital at Carnegie Hall. The program included major works by Mozart, Korngold,
Tosti, Massenet, Saint-Saëns, Chausson, Strauss, and William Grant Still.

Quem pastores
laudavere
Traditional fifteenthcentury
German
chamber singers - men
Quem pastores laudavere,
quibus angeli dixere,
absit vobis iam timere,
natus est rex gloriae.
Christo regi, Deo nato,
Per Mariam nobis dato,
Merito resonet vere,
Laus, honor, et Gloria.
The one praised by the
shepherds to whom the angels
said, “Now lay aside your fears,”
has been born
the king of glory.
To Christ the king, born God,
given to us through Mary, let
there resound, as is truly fitting,
praise, honor, and glory.
Angels we have
heard on high
arr. Sherman/
Shaw-Parker
WB music corporation
combined choirs
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!
Come to Bethlehem and see Him
whose birth the angels sing.
Come adore on bended knee
Christ the Lord, the newborn King.
Gloria in excelsis Deo!

See Him in a manger laid,
whom the choirs of angels praise.
Mary, Joseph lend your aid
while our hearts in love we
raise. Gloria in excelsis Deo!
The song of the
nuns of Chester
Latin Chant
chamber singers - women
Qui creavit coelum, luly, luly,
lu, Nascitur in stabulo, by
by by by by. Rex qui regit
saeculum, luly, luly, lu. Lactat
mater domini, by, by, by, by,
by, osculatur parvulum luly,
luly, lu, Et adorat dominum,
by, by, by, by by.
He who made the starry skies,
sleeping in a manger lies, king
of earth and paradise.
On his mothers breast he lies,
she will kiss him if he cries,
Ruler of the earth and skies.
Nowell
Fourteenth century,
transcribed by
Lee Peterson
combined choirs - Men
Nowell. Out of your sleep
arise and wake for God
mankind now hath y take.
All of a maid without any
make; Of all women she
bear’th the bell, Nowell.
Now blessed brother, grant us
grace at domesday to see thy
face and in thy court to have
a place; that we now there
sing. Nowell, Nowell.
Sussex Carol
Traditional carol,
arr. David Willcocks
OXford university press
combined choirs
On Christmas night all
Christians sing, to hear the
news the angels bring.
News of great joy, news of
great mirth, news of our
merciful King’s birth.
Then why should men on
Earth be so sad, since our
Redeemer made us glad?
When from our sin he set us
free, all for to gain our liberty.
When sin departs before his
grace, then life and health
come in its place.
Angels and men with joy
may sing, all for to see the
newborn King.
All out of darkness we have
light, which made the angels
sing this night.
Glory to God and peace to
men, now and forever more.
Amen.
In the bleak
midwinter
Harold Darke
thorpe publishing company
Poem by Christina Rossetti
university chorale
Conducted by Lee Peterson
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.
Our God, heav’n cannot hold him,
nor earth sustain.
Heav’n and earth shall flee away,
when he comes to reign.
In the bleak midwinter,
a stable place suffic’d
the Lord God almighty,
Jesus Christ.
Enough for him, whom cherubim
worship night and day,
A breast full of milk
and a manger full of hay.
Enough for him, whom angels
fall down before,
The ox and ass and camel
which adore.
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.
Yet what I can I give him,
give my heart.

Lux aurumque
Eric Whitacre
walton music corporation
university chorale
Soloist: Kristine Lam
Lux,
Calida gravisque pura velut aurum
Et canunt angeli molliter
Modo natum.
Light, warm and heavy as
pure gold,
And the angels sing softly to
the new-born baby.
Here’s one
William Grant Still
the john church company
university chorale and
chamber singers
Soloist: Indra Thomas
My Lawd! O, my Lawd!
Talk about a child dat do love
Jesus, Here’s one.
Talk about a child dat do love
Jesus, Here’s one.
In ol’ Satan’s snares I once
was fallin’, But I heard de
voice of my Lawd callin’
Talk about a child dat do love
Jesus, Here’s one.
Talk about a child dat’s been
converted, Here’s one.
Talk about a child dat’s been
converted, Here’s one.
Ever since I learned de gospel story,
I’ve been walking up de path
to glory.
Talk about a child dat’s been
converted, Here’s one.
Blessed be that
maid Marie
arr. Joy Sherman
santa barbara music publishing
chamber singers
Blessed be that maid Marie;
Born He was of her body.
Very God ere time began;
Born in time the Son of Man.
Christus hodie natus est de Virgine.
Sweet and blissful was the song
chanted by the angel throng.
Peace on earth, alleluia,
in excelsis Gloria.
Christus hodie natus est de Virgine.
Fare three kings from far-off land,
incense, gold, and myrrh in hand.
In Bethlehem ere time began,
Stelle ducti lumine.
Christus hodie natus est de Virgine.
Make we merry on this fest.
In quo Christus natus est.
On this Child I pray you call
to assoil and save us all.
Christus hodie natus est de Virgine.
Magnificat
septimi toni
verses 1-3
TomÁs Luis de Vittoria
men’s chorale
Incipit soloist: Justin Russell
Magnificat anima mea Dominum.
Et exultavit spiritus
meus in Deo salutari meo.
Quia respexit humilitatem
ancillae suae: ecce enim ex
hoc beatam me dicent
omnes generationes.
Gloria Patri, et Filio,
et Spiritui Sancto.
Sicut erat in principio,
et nunc, et semper,
et in saecula saeculorum.
My soul glorifies the Lord,
my spirit rejoices in God,
my savior. He looks on his
servant in her lowliness;
henceforth all generations
will call me blessed.
Glory to the Father and
to the Son and to the Holy
Spirit. As it was in the
beginning is now and ever
shall be, world without end,
Amen.
Gloria and
Sanctus
from “Missa Brevis”
Nancy Telfer
leslie music supply
women’s chorale
Conducted by Lee Peterson
Gloria in excelsis Deo
Et in terra pax hominibus
bonae voluntatis.
Laudamus te. Benedicimus te.
Adoramus te. Glorificamus te.
Gratias agimus tibi propter
magnam gloriam tuam.
Domine Deus, Rex coelestis
Deus Pater omnipotens.
Domine fili unigenite,
Jesu Christe.
Domine Deus, Agnus Dei,
Filius Patris.

Qui tollis peccata mundi,
miserere nobis
Qui tollis peccata mundi,
suscipe deprecationem nostram.
Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris,
Miserere nobis.
Quoniam tu solus sanctus,
Tu solus Dominus,
Tu solus altissimus, Jesu Christe.
Cum Sancto Spiritu,
in gloria Dei patris. Amen.
Sanctus, Sanctus, Sanctus,
Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
Pleni sunt coeli et terra gloria tua.
Benedictus qui venit in
nomine Domini.
Hosanna in excelsis!
Glory to God in the Highest
And on earth peace to all
those of good will.
We praise thee. We bless thee.
We worship thee. We glorify thee.
We give thanks to thee
according to thy great glory.
Lord God, Heavenly King,
God the Father almighty.
Lord Jesus Christ,
the only begotten Son.
Lord God, Lamb of God,
Son of the Father.
Thou who takest away the
sins of the world,
have mercy on us.
Thou who takest away
the sins of the world,
receive our prayer.
For thou alone art holy,
Thou alone art the Lord.
Thou alone are the most high,
Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit,
in the glory of God the Father.
Amen.
Holy, Holy, Holy,
Lord God of hosts,
Heaven and earth
are full of Thy glory.
Hosanna in the highest!
Blessed is he who comes
in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest!
Regina coeli
Jean-Baptiste Lully
treble clef music press
women’s chorale
Soloists: Madeleine Cary,
Amanda Haecker, Heather
Hanson, Lina Ma, Micaela
Treanor, Amanda Wade
Regina coeli laetare,
quia quem meruisti portare
Resurrexit, sicut dixit.
Ora pro nobis Deum, Alleluia.
Queen of heaven, rejoice,
for He whom you were
worthy to bear has risen,
as He said. Pray for us to God.
Alleluia.
The angels and
the shepherds
ZoltAn KodAly
universal edition ag, vienna
women’s chorale
The angels:
Chamber Singers - Women
Gloria in excelsis Deo,
Et in terra pax hominibus
bonae voluntatis.
Waken from your sleep
and arise, shepherds.
This day your Saviour is born,
your Lord is born in Bethlehem.
In a lowly stable ye shall find him.
Gloria in excelsis Deo!
Rise up now ye shepherds,
leave your sheepfolds.
Heard you not the good news
angels have told?
This day ye your Lord shall
behold, (No! Oh!)
Then ‘tis true, our Lord is here!
Come with me and worship
our Lord. Worship him,
worship him and bless him.
But we know not, Master,
where we shall go -
That we must press on,
is all that we know.
Hasten on, nor linger!
Angel songs the tiding proclaim:
Born our Lord, in Bethlehem.
Oh how sweet,
oh how glad the tiding!
Oh delay no longer,
haste on our road -
With our humble gifts
an ass let us load.
But what are the gifts
we could bring meet for Him,
our heavenly King?
But what are they?
Just a little milk my off’ring shall be,
Cheese and bread will be the
present from me.
Mine a little baby lamb will be.
Let us then go onward,
no more delay,
Bethlehem we’ll reach ere
dawning of day. Gloria!

See now, over yonder
shines a great light!
‘Tis a sign from heaven
leading us right.
Look now, brother,
can he be there?
Are we sure, that He will be there?
Will he be there?
He’s there for certain,
Him have I seen;
When I reached the stable
there I myself looked in.
Yea, I saw Him with my own eyes,
There in a manger sleeping
He lies. (He lies there.)
Hail to Thee, o Jesus,
Thou art our King.
To thy lowly crib
our homage we bring.
Thou our help and guardian be,
over Death we triumph
through Thee! Gloria!
Gloria
from “The World Beloved:
A Bluegrass Mass”
Carol Barnett
boosey & hawkes, inc.
university chorale and
chamber singers
Glory be to God on high
who launched the sun-light,
loosed the rain,
Who scattered stars
across the sky,
Who piled the mountains,
rolled the plains,
Who spilled the rivers and the seas.
Oh glory be, oh glory be.
Glory be to God below,
for feather, fur, for scale and fin,
for vine uptwisting, blossom’s fire,
for muscle, sinew, nerve and skin
and ev’ry feature set aglow.
Oh, glory be to God below,
Oh glory be for peace on earth,
and prayerful be the human heart
that has required a Savior’s birth to
make of earth heav’n’s counterpart,
so strife might stop and
warring cease. Oh glory be
for peace, oh, be for peace.
Oh glory be the generous Hand
who left us to our work and care,
who gave us only few commands,
but that we help each other
bear life’s burdens,
pain and suff’ring ease.
Oh, glory be. Gloria!
Betelehemu
Traditional Nigerian
Christmas carol
arr. Barrinton Brooks
wb music corporation
university chorale and
chamber singers
Soloists : Andrew Harris and
Gareth Lim
Betelehemu
Awa yio ri Baba gbojule,
Awa yio ri Baba fehenti,
Nibo labi Jesu, nibo lagbe bii,
Betelehemu ilu ara,
nibe la bi Baba o daju.
Lyin, lyin nifun o.
Adupe fun o,
Adupe fun o jooni,
Baba oloreo.
Lyin fun o Baba,
Lyin fun o Baba anu
Baba toda wasi.
We thank you, Father,
whom we trust. We thank
you, Father, whom we rely
upon. Where was Jesus
born? Where was He born?
Bethlehem, the city of
wonder, That is where our
good Lord was born. Praise,
praise, praise be to Thee.
We thank Thee, We thank
Thee for this day, Glorious
Father. Praise be to Thee, O
Father! Praise be to Thee, O
Father! Praise be to Thee, O
Merciful Father, Father who
gives us abundance !
Silent Night
J. Mohr and F. Gruber,
arr. Joseph Tancioco
combined choirs
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, heavenly 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.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
seattle university:
Stephen V. Sundborg, SJ
President
Timothy P. Leary,
Executive Vice President
Isiaah Crawford
Provost
David Powers
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Joseph Venker, SJ
Chair Fine Arts Department
Rosa Joshi
Chair, Perfoming Arts Division
Quinton Morris
Director, Chamber and Instrumental Music
Luke Ware
Copyright Coordinator, Reprographics
Nick Coffman, G De Castro, and
Bill McNamara
Campus Ministry
Faculty and staff
Fine Arts Department
Sue & Jim Hogan, Jessie Oberreuter,
and Bil Weis
Friends of Seattle University Choirs
Mary Kay McClure Metcalfe
With deep gratitude for years of visionary support
st. joseph church:
John Whitney, SJ
and the wonderful staff
at St. Joseph Church:
Bob McCaffery-Lent, Dennis Gentele,
Renee Leet, Randy Novak,
Greg McNabb, and Anne Moran
Rick Boyle
Academic Vice Principal & Choral Director
layout & design:
Michael Alcantara
assisted by:
Joe Clark
photography:
John Whitney, SJ
St. Joseph Church stained glass and mosaics
Claire Garoutte and Chris Joseph Taylor
Choir and directors

THE 2010-2011 SEATTLE UNIVERSITY CHOIRS
SOPRANOS AND ALTOS
Kayli Ammen
Annelise Austill
Kathleen Banks
Carly Bennett
Megan Blass
Shayna Boardman
Erica Boling
Bonnie Bowie
Cordula Brown
Shelley Brunkan
Maddie Cary
Susie Chinisci
Mackenzie Cobb
Kellie Cox
Margaret Debelius
Rosalyn DiLillo
Jennifer Elstrott
Chelsea Evans
Ali Fragoso
Jacqueline Frye
Ashley Gamble
Olivia Ghersen
Michelle Good
Amanda Haecker
Victoria Hanohano-Hong
Heather Hanson
Maddy Heinrich
Micaela Hester
Audrey Hudgins
Rima Kaboul
Amy Kangas
Paulette Kidder
Anna Klutho
Kristine Lam
Erin Lashway
Emily Le
Michelle Leberknight
Jennifer Leehey
Julia Leitman
Vicki Lomnicky
Lina Ma
Zoe Maltzer
Emma McAleavy
Kait McDougal
Britanny Morgan
Sr. Maria Nassali
Cecille Nazareno
Samantha Nguyen
Jessie Oberreuter
ChrisTiana Obey
Gabriela Park
Maria Carmela Principe
Tiana Quitugua
Jessica Richter
Laura Rogalsky
Alena Schoonmaker
Allison Sidor
Susan Sommer
Lucy Spicer
Alaina Stocker
Kathryn Sweeney
St. Antony Tebitendwa
Maddison Treadwell
Micaela Treanor
Sarah Treseler
Amy Truong
Amanda Wade
Halina Werner
Rachel Whitcomb
Hana Wilder
TENORS, BARITONES AND BASSES
Finn Anderson
Matthew Bagayas
Nathaniel Brashear
Clinton Carl
Daniel Carr
Daniel Choi
David Chow
Joe Clark
Sean Clavere
John Conway
Angelo Domitri
Daniel Dovinh
Daniel Dunn
Alexander Dvorsky
Cameron Ellis
Paul Hale
Andrew Harris
Connor Hartling
Grant Hendrix
Thad Higa
Thomas Johnson
Timothy Jolliff
Gareth Lim
Ken Linder
Chez Liu
Ke Liu
Bill McNamara
Jimmy Messina
Adrian Munger
Jessie Oberreuter
Ethan Oddy
Richmond Park
Ernie Piper
Yishai Reno
Corbin Richardson
Des Richardson
Justin Russell
Matthew Sandrich
Jerrold Simms
Tommy Strawn
Nathaniel Tamayo
Peter VanNuland
Stefan Wanigatunga
Ryan Weinman
John Zimmerman
CHAMBER SINGER
SECTION LEADER
MANAGEMENT TEAM
CREW
student conductor:
Ernie Piper
student accompanist:
Nathaniel Tamayo
office assistant:
Connor Hartling
business manager:
Lina Ma
librarian & crew head:
Andrew Harris
assistant librarian:
Finn Anderson
instrumentalists:
Violin I: Antonio Dowling, principal,
Amy Lee
Violin II: Lia Perroud, principal,
Chelsea Pierce
Viola: Alex Takasugi, principal
Violoncello: Aaron Nation, principal
Morgan Shannon
Double Bass: Nicholas Masters
Flute: Emily Daniel
Folk Guitar: Sean Clavere
Classical Guitar: Bob McCaffery-Lent
African Drums: Thione Diop, Denny Stern
Piano: Lee Peterson
Percussion: Joseph Clark, Ernie Piper
Our string orchestra members are chamber music students of Dr. Quinton Morris (Asst. Professor of
Music and Dir. of Chamber and Instrumental Music in the Seattle University Fine Arts Department).

1. QUEM PASTORES LAUDAVERE 2. ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH
3. THE SONG OF THE NUNS OF CHESTER 4. NOWELL 5. SUSSEX CAROL 6. IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER
7. LUX AURUMQUE 8. HERE’S ONE 9. BLESSED BE THAT MAID, MARIE 10. MAGNIFICAT
11. gloria and sanctus from “missa brevis” 12. REGINA COELI 13. THE ANGELS AND THE SHEPHERDS
14. GLORIA from “THE WORLD BELOVED: A BLUEGRASS MASS” 15. BETELEHEMU 16. SILENT NIGHT
Recorded live on December 3 & 5, 2010 at St. Joseph Church,
Seattle, Washington, by Matthew Sutton and Rick Fisher,
Mastered by Rick Fisher/RFI CD Mastering
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