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�������Flos Regalis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . edited by Morna Edmundson

Anonymous 14th century

O Virtus Sapientie . . . . text Hildegard von Bingen; music Karen P. Thomasfrom Lux Lucis

Two Folk Songs for Womens Voices

An die Nachtigall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

An den Abenstern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Schumann

The Lass from the Low Country, British folksong . . . arr. Edgar F. LaMance, Jr.

Women of PolyPhonics, Dr. Thomas Davies, DirectorAndrew Arensman, French Horn

Der Hirt auf dem Felsen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Franz Schubert (1797-1828)Jill Anderson, soprano, Caroline Tobin, clarinet

That Passeth All Understanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bradley EllingboeChrystie Osborne, soloist and Caroline Tobin, clarinet

The Cloths of Heaven. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . poem William Butler Yeatsmusic Eleanor Daley (b. 1955)

Sing Creations Music On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Paulus (b. 1949)from Songs Eternity

This piece is dedicated to the composer with healing thoughts as he recovers from a serious illness.

������������Aint That News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stephen Hat�eld (b. 1956)

Vicki Ewart, Donna Jones and Linda Wilson, soloists

Black is the Color of My True Loves Hair . . . . . . . . . . . . arr. Jerome MalekCaroline Tobin, clarinet

To the God of Light and Shadow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .poem Bonnie Youngmusic Dr. Meredith Brammeier

Canzona Womens Ensemble and PolyPhonicsDr. Meredith Brammeier, Director

Songs of Moonlight

O Lady Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000)Poetry from A Japanese Miscellany

Linda Wilson, soloist, Carolin Tobin, clarinet

Moon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emily Jiang

Moonlight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jiangboth pieces from A Pentatonic Moon

Wynken, Blynken and Nod . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joan Szymko (b. 1957)

Finale

I Thank You God . . poem e.e.cummings; music Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947) Canzona Womens Ensemble and PolyPhonics

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Flos RegalisRoyal, virginal flowerIllustrious leader of the choirWho from Jesse is descendedFrom his royal offspring.O fragrant rose, oh primrose,Free thy servants from all evil.The king has conducted theeTo the royal wedding roomO flower of beauty andhighly honored balsam.

O Virtus SapientieO energy of Wisdom!you circled, circling,encompassing all thingsin one path possessed of life.Three wings you have;one of them soars on high,the second exudes from the earth,and the third flutters everywhere.Praise to you, as befits, you,O Wisdom!

An die NachtigalTo the NightingaleStay here and singDear nightingale,Your song rings outWarbling over all.

Flower and woods eavesdrop,All listen to you,not a leaf rustlesAll is at rest.If I hear correctly, the rushingof the brook is less,So that here silence reigns --It has left its bluster behind.

An den AbendsternTo the Evening StarFloat upwards towards heaven,Lovely evening star!Your luster amongst the throngDelights everyone.

You rise and then setin heaven’s canopynot one of your brothersIs adorned with such vestments.

Der Hirt auf dem FelsenThe Shepherd on the Rock

When on the highest crag I stand, looking down to the valley and singing, far away from the deep dark valley, an echo rises. The farther my voice goes, the clearer it echoes from below. My sweetheart lives so far away from me; I fervently long to be down there with her.

I am consumed with the deepest grief, and all my joy is gone. All my earthly hopes have fled; I am so lonely here! So longingly rang my song in the woods, so longingly it rang through the night, it draws all hearts toward heaven with wondrous power.

Springtime is coming, springtime my joy!now I ready myself to wander and roam.The farther my voice goes, the more clearly it comes back to me.

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Meredith BrammeierCommissioned Composer

Dr. Meredith M. Brammeier is Professor of Music at California Polytechnic State university in San Luis Obispo, California, where she coordinates the music theory and musicianship programs. her piece for women’s chorus entitled Ocean Country won the 2002 California ACDA’s Choral Composition Competition; her setting of Ben Jonson’s Hymn for the Nativity f or mixed chorus received an honorable mention in the 2007 Roger Wagner International Choral Composition Competition. Recent works include The Passion According to St. Mark, commissioned by Mt. Carmel Lutheran, St. Stephen’s Episcopal, and united Methodist churches of San Luis Obispo; In Commendation of Music for mixed chorus, and A Christmas Carol for men’s chorus and English horn. Dr. Brammeier received her B.A. in Music from Princeton university, her M.M. in Composition from Eastman School of Music and her D.M.A. in Composition from uSC.

Thomas DaviesDirector, PolyPhonics

Dr. Thomas Davies has been a faculty member at Cal Poly State university since the fall of 1983, serving as Director of Choral Activities and Vocal Studies. In this role, he conducts three ensembles (PolyPhonics, The university Singers, and The Cal Poly Early Music Ensemble), as well as teaching conducting and choral literature and techniques classes. he was a recipient of the Cal Poly State university Distinguished Teacher Award for 2010-11.

Dr. Davies conducts the Cuesta Master Chorale, a community ensemble that performs major works for chorus and orchestra. he served as the Director of the Master Class in Choral-Orchestral Conducting at the Taipei Bach Festival in 2010 and 2012, and the Oregon Bach Festival from 2007-11. he received his Bachelor of Music Education degree at Bowling Green State university and his M.M. and D.M.A. degrees from uSC where his principal conducting teacher was Rodney Eichenberger.

Jill Anderson Cricket Handler

Jill Anderson holds a B.A. in Music/Voice from Pomona College, an M.M. in Opera from the university of Southern California, and a D.M.A. degree in Voice from the university of California at Santa Barbara.

She was co-founder of the Pacific Repertory Opera in San Luis Obispo, of which she was Artistic Director for 23 years before stepping down in 2008. During her tenure with PRO, she conducted more than ten productions, most recently Don Giovanni, La Traviata and Carmen.

She was also founder and director of Qualche Voce (“Several Voices”), a five-voice madrigal group formed in Los Angeles, which made three recordings of early music for the Musical heritage Society.

Dr. Anderson has sung professionally with the Los Angeles Master Chorale and the San Francisco Opera Chorus. She has also performed both as a soloist and as a chorister with several local groups, including the Mozart Festival Chamber Chorus, the Cuesta Master Chorale and the Vocal Arts Ensemble. She currently teaches Applied Voice lessons privately and at Cuesta College.

C ricket handler holds a B.A. in Choral Music from Pitzer College and an M.M. in Choral Studies from the university of Southern California where she studied with Dr. Thomas Somerville.

She held the position of Executive Director of the San Luis Obispo Symphony from 1985 until 1994, establishing a strong music education program that included the Music Van and the after-school string program. Since 1985, she has worked in the choral music department at San Luis Obispo high School as accompanist and choral assistant, traveling twice with the choir to new York City.

Ms. handler has sung with the Vocal Arts Ensemble, and held the position of assistant director from 2004 until 2009. She currently serves as a cantorial soloist at Congregation Ohr Tzafon in Atascadero.

She has performed in the Mozart Festival Chorus and as a member of the Cuesta Master Chorale. In the summer of 2011, Ms. handler studied conducting for two weeks with Dr. Angela Broeker at the university of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Mn.

Janis JohnsonAccompanist

Carolin TobinClarinet

Janis Johnson is a pianist, church organist, and choir director. She maintains a private piano studio in Morro Bay of about 30 students. Over the years she has served as an accompanist for Pacific Repertory Opera (now Opera San Luis Obispo), the Cal Poly choirs, Cuesta choirs, and various instrumentalists. She served as organist and choir director at St. Peter’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Morro Bay for many years and is currently serving as organist and choir director at Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church in Arroyo Grande.

Caroline Tobin began studying the clarinet at age 13. She majored in Music at uCLA graduating with honors. She studied as a Master’s student at CSun with Dominick Fera. She pursued further study with Mitchell Lurie and Leon Russianoff, both of whom greatly influenced not only her playing, but her teaching as well.

After 25 years of playing with the Ventura and Santa Barbara Symphonies, Caroline moved to the Central Coast thinking of retiring only to find herself playing with many area orchestras and teaching at Cal Poly and Cuesta College. She is currently principal clarinet of SLO Symphony as well as many area orchestras.

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Poet

Bonnie Young, poet, was born and grew up in Mason City, Iowa. She holds a B.A. in English Literature from Cal State L.A. She was the main facilitator of a poetry workshop, Poets on the Edge, for five years. her work has been published in The Midwest Quarterly, Thema, Rattle and other literary journals. her poetry chapbook, Inside Pockets, was published in 2009. Young was named San Luis Obispo Poet Laureate for 2011-2012, concentrating on increasing poetry in the county libraries and, with poet-volunteers, sharing and eliciting poems from over 700 elementary students. She also formed a committee which sponsored poetry events to celebrate Arroyo Grande’s Centennial. Young lives and writes in Arroyo Grande, California.

Jill AndersonSuzan BoatmanMeredith BrammeierLaura CooperVicki L. EwartSusan FunkCricket handler

Chrystie OsborneRoxie PhillipsArlene StoneIva SvitekClara VanherwegLinda A. Wilson

C u R R E n T C A n z O n A M E M B E R S

P O LY P h O n I C S S I n G E R S

SOPRAnO

SOPRAnO

ALTO

ALTO

Christina BloomAnna CareySharon Carronicki EdwardsMarcy IrvingDonna Jones

hannah KenyonJanice MehringLaura Pryzgodanicole StromsoeKalila VolkovWendy Wendt

Canzona is a select group of 20-24 experienced female choristers. Auditions for the Spring 2014 concert will be held in December. If you would like to be considered for an audition, please send a brief résumé of your vocal/choral experience to:

jeanders@ccpathology.com or call (805) 773-8922.

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naomi CatterlinJulia hallShaina LevinYoko MatsudaLauren MoorePaige MorknerAlyssa Osberg

Lauren BeauchampAllison ChangGabby CrollaKelsey DodgeJennifer FordLeah GinskyAshley Gonzales

Kelly O’SheaSarah ReggiardoAlexis RubellLynda Tesillohannah Wilson

Kezia LiuAlexandra OngmanSarah RoyTaylor SafinaEmily SantorMaddie SpivekBrenna Swanston

PolyPhonics is one of three choral ensembles at Cal Poly. This ensemble will give a Showcase Performance for the World Project’s new York Choral Festival to be held at Carnegie hall, March 16-18, 2014. Additional concerts will be given at hunter College (nYC) and at St. Peter’s Church in Philadelphia.

Cal Poly’s PolyPhonics and theArab Music Ensemble in

Carnegie Hall!World Projects 2014 New York

Choral Festival March 16-18

Thomas Davies, PolyPhonics conductorKen habib, Arab Music Ensemble conductor

Additional performances: March 19: Hunter College (CUNY), Manhattan

March 20: St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Philadelphia

To learn more about the trip, or to help support student travel with a donation, please go to

choirs.calpoly.edu/carnegie or ame.calpoly.edu/carnegie, or call Dr. Davies: 805-756-1548 or Dr. Habib: 805-756-2741.

Gary Lamprecht, Director

Saturday, December 7, 2013 · 8 p.m.Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

Sunday, December 8, 2013 · 3 p.m.United Methodist Church of San Luis Obispo

Tickets: Online at VocalArts.org or call 805-541-6797

From troubadour love songs to cabaret

featuring Duane Inglish, accordion

Sunday, March 23, 2014 · 4 p.m.United Methodist Church

San Luis Obispo

Tickets: CanzonaWomen.org

WOMEN’SENSEMBLE

Canzona Women’s Ensemble is proudly supported by the following organizations and businesses.

The Community Foundation Art Inspires Fund has underwritten the development of Canzona’s new website.

R.E.Wacker Associates has underwritten Canzona’s first commissioned piece of choral music.

Winter Concert

“Tribute to Veterans” Featuring music of Praise & Peace

by American Composers

Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013, 3pm Atascadero Lake Pavilion

Tickets: $12/$10 student, senior 65+

Reservations: 805-546-3195

All proceeds go toward the 2014 Freedom Tour to give free concerts to veterans in VA Hospitals

The North County Chorus is offered through Community Programs at Cuesta College

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