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Concert Program
Processional for
Trumpet & Organ (1986)
Richard Webb, organ; David
Champouillon, trumpet
This piece was written
for organ solo and commissioned for the wedding of Dr. and Mrs. Fred Mackara
in 1986. This year, the trumpet and
piano arrangement was played at their daughter’s wedding.
Three (3) Organ
Preludes (1983-1990)
Faith of Our Fathers (St.Catherine)
Let Us Break Bread Together
Fairest Lord Jesus (St. Elizabeth)
Richard Webb, organ
The composer has
written three (3) books of Organ Preludes with six (6) pieces in each
book. All are based on well-known hymn
tunes. Book 1: Southern Hymn-Tunes;
Book 2: Christmas Hymns: and Book 3: Saints.
Many of these works were premiered at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South
Carolina, by Dr. Stephen Hamilton, organist at the
Church of the Holy Trinity in New
York.
From a Train Window (2003)
The East Tennessee Children’s Choir
and Jud Barry, oboe; Jim Benelisha,
cello; Jane DeLoach Morison , piano
Beth Perkinson McCoy, Director
This selection is the
third piece of a set of three songs to poems from “A Child’s Garden of Verses” by Robert Louis
Stevenson. The work was commissioned
by the East Tennessee Children’s Choir
and was first performed in 2003.
A Quiet Alleluia (1992)
The Highland
Singers / Ensemble
Beth Perkinson McCoy, Director
An a capella setting written in
1992 as a birthday present for the composer’s sister-in-law, Sally
Gillespie Coe. The work was sung by
the ETSU Chorale on their most recent European tour.
Second Fantasy for
Organ (world premier 2004)
Richard Webb, organ
The 2nd
Fantasy was begun in 2003 and completed in 2004. As in the 1st Fantasy, the
single movement work employs multiple motifs which eventually pile up onto
each other, but with the effect of an A-B-A construction.
Intermission
Music for James Agee,
Suite from the film “Agee”
(1991)
Richard Webb, organ; Jud Barry, oboe
A suite arranged from
the music for Ross Spears’ film on the life of Tennessee author, James Agee. The Knoxville
Symphony and the Johnson City
Symphony will perform the oboe and string orchestra arrangement during the
2004/05 season celebrating the 50th anniversary of the
writer’s death. The film was
nominated for an Academy Award for Best Feature Length Documentary in 1980.
Three Anthems for Two
Sopranos (1990s-2004)
That I May Dwell in the House of the Lord
(Psalm 27)
To You, O Lord (Psalm 25)
Blesses are Those Who Trust in the Lord
(Jeremiah 17: 7-8)
Ann Yates Jones, soprano, and Charlotte Anderson, mezzo-soprano;
and Lynn
Rice-See, piano
The first two anthems
were commissioned in the 1990s as 4 part anthems. The third anthem was written as a birthday
gift to Allen Cargile, Jr., in 2004.
The 2-part arrangements were first performed this year by our two
sopranos at the Church of the Transfiguration in Saluda, North Carolina.
Sonata for Piano
(1960)
II. Lento
Lynn Rice-See, piano
The Sonata for Piano
was completed in 1960 in New York. The first movement was the last piece
written while the composer was still a pupil of Nadia Boulanger
in Paris. The 2nd movement has a bluesy
melody inspired by the composer’s favorite jazz performers, Chet Baker
and Gerry Mulligan, interrupted by a rapid-fire middle section.
“How Like a Boy He Seems” from
“Rachel” (1989)
Text by
Anne Howard Bailey
Charlotte Anderson, soprano; and Ann Yates
Jones, piano
The opera was first performed
by the Knoxville Opera Company in 1989 in Knoxville and Nashville.
It had been commissioned originally for the opening of the Tennessee Performing Arts
Center with “many
a slip ‘twixt the cup and the lip’, so familiar to
composers. The aria is sung by Rachel
at the bedside of her sleeping husband, Andrew Jackson. He has been wounded in a duel over her
honor and she regrets his insatiable ambition to clear her name from the
scandal of her first marriage.
Celebration Hymn (1992)
The Johnson City Civic Chorale
Beverly Gullett, soprano; Charlotte
Anderson, mezzo-soprano; Eric Hodges, tenor; and David Simoson, baritone; David Champouillon and Justin Stanton,
trumpets; David Bubsey and Bill Medearis,
trombones; Greg Searles, timpani; and Richard Webb,
organ
David Hendricksen,
Director
The anthem was
composed in 1992 to celebrate the election of William A. Jones, Jr., the
rector of St. John’s
Church, as the 7th
Bishop of Missouri. The texts were chosen by his wife,
Margaret, and the work was sung first by the St. John’s Choir and in 1993 at the
Bishop Jones’ installation at Christ Church
Cathedral in Saint Louis,
Missouri.
Solo Artists and Performers
Richard Webb, organ. A
well-known recitalist, teacher, clinician/ adjudicator and administrator, Dr.
Webb has performed solo concerts and appeared as guest artist with orchestras
and ensembles throughout the United
States, England and Spain. Dr.
Webb is Professor and Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at
Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, having served previously as
Dean of the College and Chief Academic Officer at Westminster Choir College
in Princeton, New Jersey as well as Professor and Chair of the Departments of
Music at San Francisco State University and East Tennessee State University.
He holds the Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honors College)
and Master of Fine Arts degrees from Ohio University,
whose School of Music Society of Alumni and Friends honored him with its 1990
Achievement in Music Award, and the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Musicology
from the College- Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati. Recognized as a facile and highly sensitive
accompanist on all keyboard instruments, he is in significant demand as a
collaborative partner for singers and instrumentalists. Dr. Webb currently is Organist and Music
Associate at the First United Methodist Church of Baton Rouge.
East Tennessee Children’s Choir under
the direction of Beth Perkinson McCoy. The East Tennessee Children's Choir is a non-profit,
tax-exempt organization chartered in the state of Tennessee. Its purpose is to provide
exceptionally talented fourth through seventh-grade children an opportunity
to experience a choral repertoire, which includes music of the masters, while
also enriching their lives with music representing the heritage of the
Appalachian region in which they live.
ETCC, numbering approximately 65 members annually, consists of
children from at least 12 different communities in the Mountain Empire, more
than 30 schools, private, public and home. It is open to all ethnic and
racial cultures, as well as children who are economically, physically and/or
mentally challenged. A scholarship program is available for disadvantaged
children.
Highland Youth Ensemble under the
direction of Beth Perkinson McCoy. The outgrowth of a successful music program can
be seen in the Highlands Youth Ensemble, now in its second year. Most
members of HYE are former members of the ETCC, i.e., young people who
wanted to continue to sing under the direction of Beth McCoy and who
especially want to expand their musical abilities to include a cappella
singing. As a result of this interest, McCoy started a mixed chorus of
ETCC graduates, 8th grade and older, limited to a maximum of 24 voices.
In just two years the group has expanded to include 25 youth, not all ETCC
graduates, from every part of the Tri-Cities area. The HYE rehearses at
First United Methodist
Church in Bristol, TN,
on Monday nights, and has sung at Rhythm & Roots Reunion, in
the Kingsport Symphony's Christmas Concert, at the Biltmore Estates
"Candlelight Tours," and at numerous churches. See A!
Magazine's November issue for their fall schedule of concerts
Johnson City Civic Chorale under the direction of Dr. David Hendricksen. Founded in 1973 under the leadership of Robert
& Jane LaPella, the JCCC provides opportunities
for adult singers to perform serious choral music and to contribute to the
cultural environment
in the Johnson City area and
northeast Tennessee
region. During its 30 year history the
chorale has performed at the opening of the Tennessee Performing
Arts Center
in Nashville
in 1980, the Knoxville World’s Energy Expo in 1982, and with both the
Johnson City Symphony and Kingsport Symphony Orchestras on numerous
occasions. The Chorale has
commissioned and premiered Kenton Coe’s The Light in This Room in 1986 and the Song of Creation in 1993 to honor the retirement of the LaPellas. Dr. Hendricksen has been Music Director and Conductor with
the Chorale since 1998.
 Charlotte Anderson, soprano. A distinguished performer, scholar and
teacher, Charlotte has extensive opera, recital, oratorio and symphonic song
experience. As a lecturer and
facilitator, she has presented workshops around the country on Voice, Body
Awareness and The Alexander Technique.
She holds a Masters and Doctorate in vocal performance and pedagogy
from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins
University and is a
certified teacher of The Alexander Technique. Currently, she works with the Barter
Theatre Actors in Abingdon,
Virginia on voice and the AT
and teaches private and class Voice and the AT at
her studio (charlotteanderson.com) in Kingsport,
Tennessee.
Jud Barry, oboe. Oboist Jud Barry plays principal oboe in the
Johnson City Symphony, the Symphony of the Mountains, and the Pro Arte
Chamber Orchestra of Tusculum College. He has
been called upon to interpret Kenton Coe's oboe oeuvre in performances with
area symphonies, organist Stephen Hamilton, and the East Tennessee Children's
Choir. A native of Chattanooga,
he studied oboe at the Cadek
Conservatory. Also a professional librarian, holding an M.Ln from Emory
University, Barry is
the director of the Bristol Public Library.
Jim
Benelisha, cello. Jim started playing the cello in southern California, taking
lessons from JoAnn Johannsen. He has played in various groups in this
area for many years and is principal cellist for the Johnson City Symphony
Orchestra. Jim is the owner of the
Acoustic Coffeehouse on Walnut
Street in Johnson
City.
 David Bubsey, trombone. David is an instructor of applied trombone
in the Music Department at East
Tennessee State
University. He holds an undergraduate degree in music
education at Ohio
State University
and a master’s degree in trombone performance at Butler University. He is presently a doctoral student in the
DMA program in trombone performance at the University of Kentucky. He performed with the U.S. Army Field Band
in Washington DC and has been principal trombone with
both the Johnson City Symphony Orchestra and the Symphony of the Mountains in
Kingsport.
 David Champouillon, trumpet. David is associate
professor of music at East
Tennessee State
University with
responsibility for applied trumpet, jazz ensemble and jazz studies, as well
as brass methods and brass choir. He
holds an undergraduate degree in studio music and jazz from the University of Miami, a master’s degree in
trumpet performance from Eastern
Illinois University
and a doctorate in trumpet pedagogy/performance and theory/composition from
the University
of Northern Colorado. He holds memberships with the National
Association of Music Education, International Trumpet Guild, International
Association of Jazz Educators and the American Federation of Musicians. He is also the principal trumpet with the
Johnson City Symphony Orchestra.
Beverly Gullett, soprano. Beverly
studied voice and piano as an undergraduate at Appalachian State University
in Boone, North Carolina. She was twice the winner
of the regional National Association of Teachers of Singing vocal competition
during that time, as well as a winner of ASU's
annual Concerto-Aria competition in piano. After receiving her Bachelor of
Music degree in Music Education, Mrs. Gullett was a
high school choral director in Mebane,
North Carolina. She also sang
with the St. Louis Symphony Chorus for the 1999-2000 season.
David Hendricksen, director. David Hendricksen is Adjunct Professor of Music at Tusculum
College in Greeneville, Tennessee.
Until May, 2000 when he resigned full time work at the college to focus more
time on music-making, he served as Assistant Vice President for the
Residential College and Associate Professor of Music. He earned his
B.M. in Organ  Performance and Music
Education from Concordia
College, Moorhead, Minnesota.
The Master of Music and Doctor of Arts in Music degrees were earned at Ball State
University in Muncie, Indiana.
Prior to joining the faculty of Tusculum College
in 1988, Dr. Hendricksen taught at Freeman Junior College in South Dakota and at Ball State.
In 1992, he was presented with the Outstanding Teaching and Leadership Award
by his faculty colleagues. He was the
founding conductor of the Tusculum College Youth
Choir in 1990, and in January, 1996 he founded the Tusculum
College Community Chorus as a choral outlet for adults in the area. In
January, 1998 he was named Music Director of the Johnson City Civic Chorale,
the premier auditioned community chorus in northeast Tennessee, and in January, 2001, he
assumed leadership of the Walters State Community Chorale in Morristown.
In addition to his work at Tusculum College,
he serves Director of Music Ministry at First Presbyterian Church in
Greeneville, and has been active with Greene County Habitat for Humanity.
Eric Hodges, tenor. Eric, a native of southwest Virginia, holds a
Masters of Music degree in vocal pedagogy and performance from Westminster
Choir College of Rider University. He has performed with many of the
world’s renowned orchestras, including New York Philharmonic and the
Philadelphia Orchestra. Hodges is currently Minister of Music at Abingdon Bible Church
in Abingdon, VA. He also serves on the music faculties
of King College, Milligan College,
and Northeast State Technical
Community College.
Ann Yates Jones, soprano, piano. Ann is a talented musician and serves as
accompanist for the East Tennessee State University Chorale. She teaches music at St. Mary’s
School and directs the St. Mary’s Chorus. She also teaches private piano lessons at
both East Tennessee State
University and St.
Mary’s School.
 Beth Perkinson
McCoy, artistic director. The East Tennessee
Children's Choir is under the direction of Beth Perkinson
McCoy of Abingdon, Va., a diaconal minister in the United Methodist Church.
Mrs. McCoy holds a master's degree in music education from Peabody of
Vanderbilt University and is a published author and composer. She teaches
private piano and vocal lessons and is in frequent demand as a clinician and
adjudicator. In 2000 McCoy
received the Conductor's Award from the Johnson City Symphony Orchestra and
in 2001 the Composer of the Year Award from the Appalachian Music Teachers
Association. She has been a featured composer in area concerts, including
King College's "Concert of Women
Composers" in 2003 and the Greater Tri-Cities Area Composers
Consortium's "Artistic Reflections" in 2004. McCoy wrote a
musical for the ETCC titled "The Ghosts of Featherstone Castle and Other
Tales of the Border Country," which was performed throughout the
Tri-Cities in May 2004. The musical was commissioned by the Johnson
City Area Arts Council and the Tennessee Arts Commission.
Bill Medearis, trombone. Bill is a veteran of
the U.S. Army Band – Pershing’s Own, in Washington, DC.
He has performed regularly with the Johnson City Symphony Orchestra and is
principal bass trombonist with the Symphony of the Mountains. He is in demand
throughout the region as a teacher of low brass and is a brass assistant at Sevier Middle School and Patrick Henry
High School.
Jane DeLoach Morison, piano. Jane DeLoach Morison graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor
of Music Education from East
Tennessee State
University, and
received the Master of Music degree from the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro. She also has studied at L'academie de musique de Sion in Switzerland,
where she performed at the Tibor Varga Festival and the Foundation Pierre Gianadda. A
student of Donald Conflenti at ETSU, Morison was
the recipient of a four-year performance scholarship and was twice named Most
Outstanding Music Student. She also was named to the academic honor society
Phi Kappa Phi. She studied with  Joseph DiPiazza at UNC-G, where she was inducted into the
musical honor society of Pi Kappa Lambda. She also has studied with Barbara
Lister-Sink and Clifton Matthews. For
nine years she was on the faculty of the Southern Park Music School in Charlotte, N.C.
While living in Charlotte,
she also taught at Central
Piedmont Community
College, was a guest lecturer at Winthrop University, and twice served on the
faculty of the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro summer music
camp. While a member of the North Carolina Music Teachers Association, she
was awarded the Certificate of Professional Advancement. She also holds
national certification with the Music Teachers National Association. She
served as president of the Charlotte Piano Teachers Forum and also held the
office of state secretary for NCMTA. Since moving back to this area, Morison
has become a member of the Appalachian Music Teachers Association, for whom
she recently served as master class clinician.
Morison is currently the director of the School of Music
at Sullins
Academy in Bristol, Va.,
where she maintains a piano and Kindermusick
school. An active performer and adjudicator, Morison and her family are
members of Central Presbyterian Church, where she directed a children's choir
and co-directs the summer music camp.
 Lynn Rice-See, piano. Since
her 1982 Carnegie Recital Hall debut, Lynn Rice-See has appeared as
recitalist, concerto soloist, and chamber musician in the United States
and in Europe. She holds the Bachelor of Music degree from
Peabody Conservatory, where she studied with Walter Hautzig,
the Master of Music from The Juilliard School where she studied with Beveridge Webster, and the Doctorate of Musical Arts from
the University
of Southern California,
where she studied with John Perry. She
is currently Professor of Piano at East
Tennessee State
University. The song cycle by Kenton Coe, A
Family Gathering, was commissioned by Ms .Rice-See and Sharon
Mabry and received its world premiere at ETSU in 1998.
Greg Searles, timpani. Greg is a 2004 graduate
of Science Hill High School
and is majoring in mass communications as a freshman at ETSU. He is a percussion student of Dr. Rande
Sanderbeck and performs with the ETSU Concert Band.
David Simoson, bass-baritone. David is a voice student
of Dr. W. Patrick Flannagan and sings bass with the
King College Choir. He is the son of
Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Simoson of Bristol, Tennessee,
and is majoring in computer science * performing and visual arts with a music
concentration.
Justin Stanton, trumpet. Justin
is a senior music education major. A
graduate of Elizabethton
High School, he studies
trumpet with Dr. David Champouillon.
He has competed at national jazz trumpet events in addition to his
classical studies and performs with the Johnson City Symphony Orchestra
regularly..
East Tennessee Children’s Choir
Beth Perkinson
McCoy, Artistic Director
Jane DeLoach Morison,
Accompanist
ETCC members 2004-05
Carter Grace Bagnall, Bridget Barnes, Connor Behrmann,
Olivia Bouton, Joseph Brooks, Mark Brown, Taylor Burkette, Haley Carpenter,
Sarah Compton, Andrea Faidley, Heidi Faust, Maddie
Gilmer,
Shelby Goodsell,
Ramsey Gross, Grace Grunstra, Rachel Grunstra,
Annie Hopson, Catie Horne, Tessa Hutson,
Carrie Mae Jones, Gabrielle Kees, Connor Klee, Harry Land, Alexander Leonard, Alison Lewis,
Valerie Lott,
Erin Luther, Will McConnell,
Christian McKinney, Katelyn Merrill,
Amanda Minutolo,
Taylor Moorefield, Claire Morison, Nicki Neilson,
Andrew Nichols, Shawnie Oaks, Mary Kate Ontaneda,
Victoria Peay,
Sarah Phillips, Madeline
Reynolds, Madison Rhoten, Millie Robinson,
Kayla Robinson, Florencia Rusinol, Joshua Sack,
Alex Schwob, Aaron Seifer,
Aaron Seneker,
Helen Shivell, Gabrielle Sillyman,
Sarah Smith,
Gabby Sparks, Hannah
Stephenson, Sarah Suiter, Melody Swartz,
Becky Sweitzer,
Emily Thompson, Natalie Van Dyke, Bianca Whitlock,
Olivia Whitlock.
Highland Youth Ensemble
Beth Perkinson McCoy, Artistic
Director
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Soprano I
Nikki Fritts
Kristie Strand
Maria Flaccavento
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Alto
I
Myra
Shanks
Rebecca Harris
Marianne Stevens
Lauren Arp
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Tenor I
Steven Mott
Jeremy Smith
Ryan Dowling-Soka
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Bass I
Samuel Nolen
Benjamin Loy
Devin Lyon
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Soprano
II
Rebekah Seifer
Martha Eason
Carissa Warner
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Alto II
Katie Horn
Elizabeth Loy
Sarah Strand
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Tenor II
Samuel Rosolina
Jonathan Strand
Jacob Phillips
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Bass II
Christopher Jennings
Ryan Thompson
Drad Fore
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Johnson City Civic Chorale
Dr. David Hendricksen, Director
SOPRANO: Pat M. Adams, Bridget
M. Barbour, Anne Carpenter,
Patty Denmark, Martha Egan, Beverly Gullett,
Sally Harris,
Druanne Hogstrom, Jeanna Kelly, Sharon
Morgan, Joy Nagy, Dorothy Slaughter,
Patricia Taylor, Elisa Wardeska,
Donna Williams, Vivian Yonkey.
ALTO: Peggy
Borden, Anita Crawford, Nancy J. Earnest, Jean Flanigan,
Ruth Freeman, Gwen Giles, Barbara Humphrys,
Rebecca Knight,
Barbara Knisley, Katy Libby,
Helen J. Rebmann, Sandra Smith,
Katherine White.
TENOR: Christopher
Bowen, Bob Carter, Arthur Daniels, Leo Harvill,
Thomas Huang, John Nash.
BASS: Randy Adams, Joe
Borden, Ken Denmark, Clark Hinkle, Harry Keuper,
Frank Knisley, Jeff Larsen, Al
Meeks, Jim Odom, David Runner,
Daryl Stephens.
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