Sierra Master Chorale & Orchestra

Alison Skinner, Conductor

Sunday, May 18, 2025 ∙ 2pm

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 ∙ 7:30pm

SMC Music Director Alison Skinner intertwines themes of light, resilience, and connection, celebrating the brilliance of the human spirit through diverse musical artistry with "A Musical Journey of Light and Hope."

The Sierra Master Chorale and Orchestra invite you to experience an uplifting program that includes excerpts of choral masterpieces such as Mozart's Te Deum and Brahms' Requiem alongside contemporary gems like Lauridsen's Sure on This Shining Night and Gjeilo's Luminous Night of the Soul. Beloved musical theater favorites, including For Good from Wicked and Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz, add a touch of warmth and familiarity, rounding out the journey with a universal message of friendship, optimism, and celebrating the best in life.

Sunday: Tickets are $50, youth 18 and under $5
Tuesday: Tickets are "pay what you can" (minimum $20), youth 18 and under $5
(limited youth tickets - please reserve in advance)
Youth must be seated with a supervising adult.

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Seventh-day Adventist Church, 12889 Osborne Rd, Grass Valley

Program:

Splendor from Illuminare
Elaine Hagenberg

Laudate Coeli Domine
Hasse

Elijah, part 2, excerpts
Lift thine eyes
He, Watching over Israel
Be Not Afraid
Mendelssohn

Te Deum
Mozart

Requiem, How Lovely are thy dwelling places, in German
Brahms

Sure on this Shining Night, from Nocturnes
Lauridsen

Luminous Night of the Soul
Gjeilo

For Good from Wicked
Schwartz, arr. Mac Huff

Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz
Harold Arlen, Arr. Hayes

All things bright and beautiful
Rutter

Let All the World in Every Corner Sing, from Five Mystical Songs
Vaughan Williams

Sierra Master Chorale

Music Director: Alison Skinner

Altos:
Tristan Berlund
Sally Buckthal
Valarie Bush
Barbara Dakin
Dee Anne Dinelli
Kay Drake
Susan Duey
Kelly Flecksteiner
Leah Leddy
Linda Lyon
Annie Mikal
Berta Paradise
Kathleen O’Brien Powell
Jeanne Palmer
Patricia Roholt
Lynette Smith-James
Mara Unger
Mimi Vishoot
Diane Walker
Cynthia Yaguda
Nancy Zeisler*

Sopranos:
Chris Bennett
Connie Croker
Jenny Darlington-Person
Claire Diament-Turner
Shoshana Albin Doan
Andrea Fox
Judi Foy
Julia Glasse
Liladevi Householder
Jennifer Iverson
Patti Lemon
Carol McMillan
Mary Scovel
Nina Stillwell
Monique Wellise

Tenors:
Michael Bankston
Micah Cone
Mark Grove
Steve Mendoza
Dan Richards
John Simon
Keith Wilson

Baritone/Bass:
Brian Batoosingh
Thomas Crabb
John Darlington
Rod Fivelstad
Anthony Garafolo
Reed Hamilton
Barry Howard
Tom Kunicki
Mercer Martin
Steve Nicholson**
Bob Parker
Keith Porter
Sarito Whatley
Charlie Zimmerman

Rehearsal pianists:
Toby Thomas-Rose
Eric Howe

Legend:
* section leaders
** SMC committee

Orchestra

Violin I:
Jolán Friedhoff, concertmaster*
Emma McAllister*
Claire Tatman
Beñat Olano

Violin II:
Helen Graham, principal*
Paolo Reyes
Susan Denny
Rose-May Mickelson*

Viola:
Connie Kupka, principal*
Randy Fisher*

Cello:
David Speltz, principal*
Jia-mo Chen*

Bass:
Stephen Rice, principal

Flute:
Kirsti Powell, principal*
Shannon Devir*

Oboe:
Murray Campbell, principal*
Anne Shisko*

Clarinet:
Elizabeth McAllister, principal*

Horn:
Marilyn Johnson, principal

Trumpet:
Colin Matthewson, principal
Dan McCrossen

Percussion:
Nicholas Gabrielson, principal

Piano:
Eric Howe, principal

* denotes players who have performed with us for 10 seasons or more

Thank you to our Sponsors:
Season sponsors: Barbara & Denis Drew, Dr. George & Jo Ann Rebane, and Jeff Leiter & Diane Robertson
Concert sponsors: Vida & Frank Santos, Jim Bair, and Élan Clinic