U N I V E R S I T Y O F G U E L P H
C h o r a l E n s e m b l e s
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, from Cantata BWV106
J.S. Bach (1685 -1750)
Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, from Requiem
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1890)
Lanny Fleming, conductor
In Flanders Fields (Gryphon Singers)
*Kirkland Adsett b. 1970
Rachael Young, ‘cello
Remember (Gryphon Singers)
*Stephen Chatman b. 1950
Woman
*Kristi Lane Sinclair
Wonfa Nyem (excerpt)
Arr. Abraham Adzenyah
Sanctuary
Jason Robert Brown b. 1970
Marie Madeleine
*Jeannette Gallant
Ryleigh Wentworth, Reinhard Kypke, Lindsay Moffatt, foot percussion
Katie Bryant, spoons
She Goes Shopping for Gucci (Gryphon Singers)
*Larry Nickel b. 1952
Verse 2 soloists: Meera Sontam, Rachael Young, Lanny Fleming, Ian Dickieson
•Verse 3 soloists: Alexia Castiglione, Rachael Young, Ian Dickieson, Matthew Shelley
•Verse 4 soloists: Lanny Fleming, Wesley Schlenker, Saige Cunniffe, Jennika McIntosh,
Rachael Young
Nothing Gold Can Stay (Gryphon Singers)
*Stephanie Martin b. 1962
True Colors (with Gryphon Singers)
arr. Matthew Brown b. 1975 Billy
Amitida Sohrabi and Nicole Kerfont, soloists
Hayley Romanyk, Autumn Scott, Saige Cunniffe, Eric Harper, Ian Dickieson, small ensemble
Sonnet 43 (with Gryphon Singers)
*Laura Hawley
Lanny Fleming, conductor
Amor de mi alma
Randall Stroope b. 1953
Nou se limye (with Gryphon Singers)
Sydney Guillaume b. 1982
Joe Balfour, soloist
*denotes Canadian composer
POETRY
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit
J.S. Bach (1685 -1750)
Acts 17:28, Bible
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit.
God's time is the very best time.
In ihm leben, weben und sind wir,
God's time is the very best time.
so lange er will.
so long as he wills.
In ihm sterben wir zur rechten Zeit, wenn er will.
In him we die at the right time, when he wills.
Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
Johannes Brahms (1833 – 1890)
Adapted from Psalm 84: 1,2, 4
Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth!
How lovely are thy dwelling places, O Lord of Hosts!
Meine Seele verlanget und sehnet sich
My soul requires and yearns for
nach den Vorhöfen des Herrn;
the courts of the Lord;
mein Leib und Seele freuen sich
My body and soul rejoice
in dem lebendigen Gott.
in the living God.
Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen, Herr Zebaoth!
How lovely are thy dwelling places, O Lord of Hosts!
Wohl denen, die in deinem Hause wohnen,
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house,
die loben dich immerdar.
they praise you forever.
Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen!
How lovely are thy dwelling places!
In Flanders Fields
Col. John McRae
In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie,
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Remember
Christina Rossetti
Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Woman
Kristi Lane Sinclair
She once found me
I need all of you
She’s the soul
Light me
Love softly
Why won’t you find me?
Believe
Need all of you
I breath
Need all of you
In you I breathe
Sanctuary
Jason Robert Brown
That's a siren
There's an ambulance down in the street
Shut the window
Close the curtain, the lights are blinding
I can't hear with the children crying
I can't breathe with my mentors dying
And I, I am searching for sanctuary
Will you shelter me?
I am writing your name in the air
Can you see me?
I am writing for sanctuary
Will you shelter me?
If you'll be my walls
If you'll be my roof
If you'll keep me safe
I will give you music.
You've been waiting
I can tell from your steps in the hall
You've been silent
Keeping watch as the world's unwinding
You are standing in isolation
You have shut down communication
You are leading your own migration
I am searching for sanctuary
Will you shelter me?
I am lost at the end of the world
Can you find me?
I am praying for sanctuary
I am here, I am here, I am here
Will you shelter me?
Marie Madeleine
Acadian folk song
Refrain: Marie Madeleine ton p’tit jupon de laine.
Mary Madeleine, your little wool slip (petticoat)
Ta p’tite jupe carreautée, ton p’tit jupon piqué.
Your little plaid skirt, your little needle-stitched slip.
Verse 1: Mon pere avait une p’tite vache noire.
My father had a little black cow,
Ell’ donnait yin que du lait caillé.
She gave nothing but curdled milk.
Verse 2: Elle cherchait yin qu’a m’en corner.
She wanted nothing but to corner me,
J’étais oblige de l’attacher.
I was obliged to tie her up.
Verse 3: Un jour son câbl’il a cassé.
One day her rope broke,
La vache m’a envoyé revoler.
The cow sent me flying.
Verse 4: La vache m’a envoyé revoler.
The cow sent me flying,
À plat ventre sur le tas d’fumier.
Lying flat on my belly on a pile of manure.
Verse 5: J’étais beau quand je m’suis relevé.
I was sightly when I got back up,
Ça a pris trois jours pour m’nettoyer.
It took three days to clean up!
She goes shopping for Gucci
Larry Nickel
She goes shopping,
Look at what she’s wearing now
Keeping up with the Joneses
She goes shopping for Bucci
He goes shopping Nike
I go shopping at the Salvation Army
They are more wealthy than me
She is wearing Armani
He is wearing Polo
I am wearing the family history
We recycle the clothes.
To be a happy man
To be a happy woman
Be not anxious, be not proud
Count your many blessings every day
She goes shopping, look at what she’s driving now
Keeping up with the Joneses
She is driving a Ferrari (varoom)
He – a Lamborghini (zoom zoom)
I am sporting a second hand Hyundai
They are more driven than me.
He vacations in Paris (Pahree)
She vacations in Rome
I vacation with my friends on the corner
We like staying at home
To be a happy man
To be
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Robert Frost (1874 –1963)
Nature’s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf’s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
From The Poetry of Robert Frost edited by Edward Connery Lathem. Copyright © 1923, 1947, 1969 by Henry Holt and Company, copyright © 1942, 1951 by Robert Frost, copyright © 1970, 1975 by Lesley Frost Ballantine. Reprinted by permission of Henry Holt and Company, LLC.
True Colours
You with the sad eyes
Don't be discouraged, oh I realize,
It's hard to take courage.
In a world full of people,
You can lose sight of it all,
and the darkness there inside you
Can make you feel so small.
And I see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you,
so don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful.
Show me a smile then
Don't be unhappy
Can't remember when
I last saw you laughing
This world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear
Just call me up
'Cause I will always be there
I see your true colors
Shining through (true colors)
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful (they're beautiful)
Like a rainbow
I can't remember when
I last saw you laughing.
When this world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear,
Just call me up, 'cause I’ll always be there.
And I see your true colors shining through,
I see your true colors, and that's why I love you
So don't be afraid
To let them show your true colors,
True colors are beautiful,
Like a rainbow.
Sonnet 43
William Shakespeare
When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see,
For all the day they view things unrespected;
But when I sleep, in dreams they look on thee,
And darkly bright are bright in dark directed;
Then thou, whose shadow shadows doth make bright,
How would thy shadow’s form form happy show
To the clear day with thy much clearer light,
When to unseeing eyes thy shade shines so?
How would, I say, mine eyes be blessed made
By looking on thee in the living day,
When in dead night thy fair imperfect shade
Through heavy sleep on sightless eyes doth stay?
All days are nights to see till I see thee,
And nights bright
Amor de mi Alma (Soneto V)
Garcilaso de la Vega (1503-1536)
Yo no nací sino para quereros’
I was born to love only you;
Mi alma os ha cortado a su medida;
My soul has formed you to its measure;
Por hábito del alma misma os quiero
I want you as a garment for my soul.
Escrito está en mi alma vuestro gesto;
Your very image is written on my soul;
Yo lo leo tan solo que aun de vos
Such indescribable intimacy,
Me guardo en esto.
I hide even from you.
Quanto tengo confieso yo deveros
All that I have, I owe to you;
Por vos nací, por vos tengo la vida,
For you I was born, for you I live,
Y por vos é de morir, y por vos, muero.
For you I must die, and for you I give my last breath.
Nou se limyè
Gabriel Guillaume (2013)
Pitit limyè, pa rete nan fè nwa;
Children of light, do not stay in the dark;
Verite ak Lanmou pi fò pase la lwa.
Truth and Love are stronger than the law.
Depi nan kòmasman paròl la te pale:
From the beginning of time the word was spoken:
Tenèb ak mechanste te anvayi la tè;
Darkness and evil had invaded the earth;
Tout bagay tap mache tankou devan dèyè.
Everything was functioning in reverse.
Granmèt la deside mete lòd nan dezòd.
The Lord decided to put order in disorder.
“Dieu dit: Que la lumière soit et la lumière fut”.
“The Lord said, let there be light: and there was light”
Limyè nan linivè, limyè nan fon kè nou.
Light in the universe, light in the depths of our hearts.
Gen anpil bon bagay nan bèl flanm limyè-a:
So many good things in the beautiful flame of this light:
Konesans, devlopman,
Awareness, development,
Bon konprann, konpasyon,
Understanding and compassion,
Verite, dignite,
Truth and dignity,
La sagès ak la jistis,
Wisdom and justice,
Libète ak lesperans,
Liberty and hope,
Lanmou ak kè kontan.
Love and happiness.
Pitit limyè, pa rete nan fè nwa.
Children of light, do not stay in the dark.
Nou dwe klere pou tout la tè.
We must shine for all the earth.
Nou dwe klere nan tout fè nwa
We must shine in all darkness.
Nou dwe klere, nou se limyè.
We must shine, we are the light.
Nou se limyè Se vre, men wi se vre!
We are the light. Indeed, it’s true!
Nou dwe klere pou tout la tè.
We must shine for all the earth.
Nou se solèy, nou se chalè,
We are the sun, we are the heat,
Nou dwe klere nan tout fè nwa.
We must shine in all darkness.
Nou se zetwal, nou se limyè,
We are the stars, we are the light,
Nou dwe briye pou tout la tè.
We must sparkle for all the earth.
Pitit limyè, pa rete nan fè nwa;
Children of light, do no stay in the dark;
Verite ak Lanmou pi fò pase la lwa.
Truth and Love are stronger than the law.
Nou se limyè, Limyè se nou.
We are the light, the Light is us.
An nou klere jou aprè jou.
Let us shine day after day
The University of Guelph Symphonic Choir has a long and illustrious history of musical leadership in Guelph, service to the University and the broader community, international touring, and cultural collaboration. Since Marta McCarthy became their conductor in 1995, the UG Choirs are also known for commissioning new works by Canadian composers. We are proud to have commissioned Here the Bird Abides and Sings by James Harley, The Farmer Needs the Rain (Roy Forbes, arranged by Larry Nicol), and 3 works by Leonard Enns: Ten Thousand Rivers of Oil, Sparrow, and This Thirsty Land.
In addition to winning 1st and 2nd prize in the Collegiate Category of Choral Canada’s National Amateur Choir Competition, the University of Guelph Gryphon Singers won Third Prize in the 2012 Mosbach International Chamber Choir Competition. Comprised of students and alumni who specialize in fields as diverse as Agriculture, Languages, Music, Engineering, and all manner of Sciences, the choir performs at charitable functions as well as University services: our CD, The Bells of Peace, raised funds for War Child Canada, and in 2016 we helped to raise over $60,000 for Bracelet of Hope. In the fall of 2017, Gryphon Singers collaborated with Voices of Joy Community Choir in order to support the singing of their 60 developmentally challenged members. We also accepted invitations to sing at national events such as Podium 2002 (Toronto), 2012 (Ottawa), and 2018 (St. John’s, NL), University Voices (2002- 2014) and at international festivals, such as Festival 500 (2005) in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Kathaumixw International Choral Festival (2006) in Powell River, British Columbia, and the Elora Festival (2006) in Elora Ontario, and PODIUM 2018 in Newfoundland. Future goals include more international festivals, and to accept an invitation to sing with and for children in the barrios of the Dominican Republic.
UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH SYMPHONIC CHOIR
SOPRANO
Alexandra Mahony
Alexia Castiglione
Amitida Sohrabi
Ardeth Jarvis
Barbara Kyle
Imo Garrod
Kiana Sparks-Montemayor
Linda McConnell
Linda Newbery
Lindsay Moffatt
Maasa Nagame
Maxine Manning
Meera Sontam
Nicole Kerfont
Rebecca Marchetti
Ryleigh Wentworth
Saige Cunniffe
Sarah Lovsin
Sarah Smith
Suebin Choi
Theresa Bernardo
TENORS ALTO
Alexandra Fowler*
Angela Creasey
Annie Crozier
Anne Munroe
Asha Sadanand
Autumn Scott
Chantal Pinard
Clara Blenkinsop*
Danna Sanchez
Dominique China
Elisabeth Nicol
Ella Pauls
Emma Robinson
Francie Niekamp
Hayley Romanyk
Jamie Tuling
Jenn Rosen
Jenny Oesch
Joan Faehrmann
Katie Bryant
Keera McNally
Kelly Janzen
Krystyna Higgins
Rachael Young*
Sally Allen
Sue Gadbois
Tara Chester
Tracey Clarke-Rankine
TENORS
Jayson Acacio
Jeffrey Gross
Jethaniel Shaw
Lanny Fleming*
Nathan Fledderus*
Ross Clark
Russell Dunk
Simon Enns*
BASSES
Andrew Vowles
Bill Zinck
Brian Redpath*
Caleb Atkins
David Beattie
Eric Harper
Ian Dickieson*
Joe Balfour
Matthew Shelley
Patrick Fothergill
Reinhard Kypke
Robert Geddes
Warren Harris
GRYPHON SINGERS
SOPRANO
Alexia Castiglione
Suebin Choi
Saige Cunniffe
Jennika McIntosh
Meera Sontam
ALTO
Clara Blenkinsop
Charlotte Bryant
Lindsay Hobson
Rachael Young
TENOR
Nathan Fledderus
Lanny Fleming (Section Lead)
Eric Harper
BASS
Ian Dickieson (Section Lead)
Elliot Sarkis
Wesley Schlenker
Matthew Shelley
BIOGRAPHIES
Dr. Marta McCarthy, Conductor and Associate Professor (PhD, MMus - Westminster Choir College, Princeton University-, B.Ed., BMus, ARCT), has been conducting Gryphon Singers and Symphonic Choir, as well as teaching at University of Guelph since 1995.
Dr. Irene Gregorio, Interim Conductor, enjoys a diverse and active musical life as a pianist, music director and educator. As a pianist and chamber musician, she has collaborated in recital with members of the LA Phil and San Francisco Symphony. She has served as pianist for the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, the University of Southern California Chamber Singers, and most recently was appointed pianist of the esteemed Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. She has played for the National Youth Choir of Canada and the Ontario Youth Choir, and appeared on PBS, CBC Radio 2, and on film soundtracks in the LA area.
A graduate of the University of Southern California, University of Michigan and University of Western Ontario, Irene earned the Gold Medal in Piano Performance, and has recently earned diplomas in organ and choral conducting from the Royal Canadian College of Organists. She is the Director of Music Ministry at Dublin St. United Church, and Sessional Instructor of Piano at the University of Guelph. An avid foodie, a beginner triathlete, she enjoys salsa dancing, and loves to spend time with her family, husband Nicholas and two wonderful children, Kali and Lila.
Lanny Fleming, Assistant Conductor, has also been key to the success of both choirs. Lanny has been a Section Lead with the University of Guelph Choirs since 2004 – and was the principal conductor F2013 - and with the Guelph Chamber Choir since 2003. Lanny earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Wilfrid Laurier University, and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Western Ontario. He is a teacher with the Upper Grand Elementary Teachers' Federation, and with his wife Heather, maintains a busy performing schedule while raising two wonderful children, Laura and Bennett.
Betty Maher, Pianist, has been central to the Symphonic Choir Artistic Team since 1996. She has collaborated with many vocal and instrumental students over the last 20 years through her work with the University of Guelph, the Kiwanis Festival (locally and provincially), Guelph's own Edward Johnson Competition, the Elora Young Artist Competition and
various masterclasses in the area. Betty also maintains a successful teaching studio and is a member of the Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Sarah Smith & Charlotte Bryant, Choir Managers
Musical Team: Brian Redpath, Lanny Fleming, Ian Dickieson, Kelly Janzen, Betty Maher, pianist
Randy Smith, Gerald Neufeld, technical and recording
Patricia Eton-Neufeld, Hayley Romanyk, Eric Harper
Eleanor Stewart, poster design
Choirs Ontario and Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, music loan Barbara Merrill, Nicola Ferguson, Dr. Martin Pearce
Harcourt Memorial United Church
Dr. Charlotte Yates, President, University of Guelph
Dr. Samantha Brennan, Dean, College of Arts
Jett Faria and Mattei. Music Students Association
THANK-YOU to our generous donors:
$5000+
Dr. Chantale Pinard
Dr. Marta McCarthy & Randy Smith
Dr. Elisabeth Nicol
Jennifer & Jamey Rosen & Family
Sandy Goldman and the Family of Nathan Max Goldman
John Lindley (deceased 2020)
$1000 - $4999
Frances Niekamp
SOFAM Discretionary Fund
Anonymous
Up to $1000
Tracey Clarke-Rankine
Susan Gadbois
Krystyna Higgins
Ardeth Jarvis
Reinhard & Michaela Kypke
Linda Newbery
Ella Pauls
Cynthia Stimson
Andrew Vowles
