Lutheran High

School of

Kansas City

Christmas Music

Concert

December 7, 2014

7:00 p.m.

Lord of life Lutheran Church

Leawood, KS

Loving God, Help us remember the birth of Jesus,

that we may share in the song of the angels,

the gladness of the shepherds, and worship of the wise men.

Close the door of hate and open the door of love

all over the world. Let kindness come with every gift

and good desires with every greeting. Deliver us from evil

by the blessing which Christ brings, and teach us to be merry

with clear hearts. May the Christmas morning

make us happy to be thy children, and Christmas evening

bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts, forgiving and forgiven,

for Jesus' sake. Amen.

-- Robert Louis Stevenson

I always feel like one of the shepherds at Christmas time. In awe of

the splendor of the angels’ announcement, amazed at the spectacle of

God as a baby boy, dumbfounded and humbled as to why a deity

would care about me, and yet excited to know I can now live a life of

purpose. Our lives need to resemble the shepherds inasmuch as we

now know the complete story of Christmas. Praise Him, glorify Him

and spread the Good News in both our words and actions. Enjoy to-

night’s concert, be thankful for all your blessings, share with those

less fortunate, and be calm in the peace only a loving God can give.

Merry Christmas.

Dr. Stelmachowicz and the LHS Faculty and Staff

Christmas 2014 LHS

Luke 2:20 “The shepherds returned,

glorifying and praising God for all

the things they had heard and seen,

which were just as they had been

told.”

Lutheran High School of Kansas City Christmas Music Concert 2014

For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God,

Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. Isaiah 9:6

Welcome and Opening Prayer

Lutheran High School Chorale and Concert Choir

Directed by Peter Olson Accompanists Maya Laytham, Steve Hohnstadt

CHORALE:

Canticle Of Carols: Good Christian Men Rejoice Linda Spevacek O Come Little Children Infant Holy O Come All Ye Faithful

Christ Is Born, The Great Anointed Anna Laura Page

CHORALE AND CONCERT CHOIR:

The Twelve Days AFTER Christmas Frederick Silver

The first day after Christmas my true love and I had a fight, And so I chopped the pear tree down and burned it just for spite. Then with a single cartridge, I shot that blasted partridge my true love gave to me. The second day after Christmas, I pulled on the old rubber gloves, And very gently wrung the necks of both the turtle doves my true love gave to me. The third day after Christmas, my mother caught the croup; I had to use the three French hens to make some chicken soup. The four calling birds were a big mistake, for their language was obscene. The five gold rings were completely fake and they turned my fingers green . The sixth day after Christmas, the six laying geese wouldn't lay, I gave the whole darn gaggle to the A.S.P.C.A. On the seventh day what a mess I found, All seven of the swimming swans had drowned my true love gave to me. The eighth day after Christmas, before they could suspect, I bundled up the eight maids a milking, nine pipers piping, Ten ladies dancing, 'leven lords a leaping, Twelve drummers drumming and sent them back collect. I wrote my true love, "We are through, love", And I said in so many words, "Furthermore, your Christmas gifts were for the birds!"

CONCERT CHOIR:

White Christmas Irving Berlin/Roy Ringwald

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence Arr./Craig Courtney

Lutheran High School Bell Choirs Directed by Paula Meier

Good Vibrations

Angels We Have Heard on High Arr./Arnold B. Sherman

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! Gloria, in excelsis Deo!

We Three Kings Hopkins/Dobrinski

O star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright, Westward leading, still proceeding, Guide us to thy perfect Light.

Resounding Joy

Good King Wenceslas (Gentle Mary Laid Her Child) Arr./John A. Behnke

Gentle Mary laid her Child lowly in a manger; There He lay, the undefiled, to the world a Stranger. Such a Babe in such a place, can He be the Savior? Ask the saved of all the race who have found His favor!

Mary, Did You Know Lowry & Greene/Page

Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy is Lord of all creation? Mary, did you know that your Baby Boy would one day rule the nations? Did you know that your Baby Boy is heaven's perfect Lamb? The sleeping Child you're holding is the great I Am!

The Nutcracker Tchaikovsky/McChesney

She gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger because there was no room for them in the inn. Luke 2:7

Offering Remarks Principal/Executive Director Dr. Cary Stelmachowicz

Lutheran High School Concert Band Directed by Peter Olson

Salvation Is Created Pavel Tschesnokoff/Bruce Houseknecht

Salvation Is Created was originally composed as a choral work by Pavel Tschesnokoff in

1912. It was one of the very last sacred works he composed before being forced to com-

pose for the secular arts by the Soviet government. It was transcribed for wind band in

1945 by Bruce Houseknecht. Both the original choral piece and the band arrangement are

considered to be some of the finest music repertoire written in the Twentieth Century.

Hark The Glad Sound (Band, Audience and Choir) Philip Doddridge

Verse 1 (Audience): Hark the glad sound! The Savior comes,

Please stand The Savior promised long;

Let ev'ry heart prepare a throne

And ev'ry voice a song.

Verse 2 (Choir only)

Verse 3 (Audience): He comes the broken heart to bind,

Please stand The bleeding soul to cure,

And with the treasures of His grace

To enrich the humble poor.

Pachelbel's Canon in D/The First Noel Arr./Michael Green

Hark the Herald Angels Sing (Band, Audience and Choir) Charles Wesley

Verse 1 (Audience): Hark! The herald angels sing,

Please stand “Glory to the newborn king.

Peace on earth and mercy mild,

God and sinners reconciled!”

Joyful all ye nations, rise;

Join the triumph of the skies;

With angelic hosts proclaim,

“Christ is born in Bethlehem!”

Hark! The herald angels sing,

“Glory to the newborn king.”

Verse 2 (Choir only)

Verse 3 (Audience): Hail the heaven-born Prince of Peace!

Please stand Hail the sun of righteousness!

Light and life to all he brings,

Risen with healing in his wings.

Mild he lays his glory by,

Born that man no more may die,

Born to raise the sons of earth,

Born to give them second birth.

Hark! The herald angels sing,

“Glory to the newborn king.”

The Child and the Kings Timothy Broege

The Child and the Kings: Timothy Broege is a contemporary composer known for thinking

“outside the box.” This composition mixes the “Coventry Carol” with “We Three Kings” It

has several changes in tempo and meter throughout the piece and is an exciting way to

end a concert.

For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior - He is

Christ the Lord! Luke 2:11

The Faculty, Staff, and Students of the Lutheran High School of Kansas City wish you a Joyous Christmas and a Blessed New Year!

Resounding Joy Bell Choir

Drew Burris, Calvary, Kansas City, MO Whitney Ebert, St. Matthew, Lee’s Summit, MO Sam Fritz, Christ, Overland Park, KS Evan Gottschamer, Calvary, Kansas City, MO Rebekah Hinrichs, King of Kings, Kansas City, MO McKade Ivancic, Calvary, Kansas City, MO

Hope Kunkel, Calvary, Kansas City, MO Luke Kunkel, Calvary, Kansas City, MO Angel Meyer, Calvary, Kansas City, MO Emily Patterson, Our Savior, Kansas City, KS Sarah Reiser, St. John, Farley, MO

SOPRANOS Sara Gottschamer, Calvary, Kansas City, MO Stephanie Hatesohl, Bethany Lutheran, Overland Park, KS Maya Laytham, Christ Lutheran, Overland Park, KS Grace Marshall, Metro Missionary Baptist, KCMO Steele Schimming, Calvary Lutheran, Kansas City, MO

ALTOS Jackelyn Ogaz, Our Redeemer, Kansas City, MO Aubrey Pohlman, Ascension, Kansas City, MO Sarah Steensma, Timothy, Blue Springs, MO Emily Tanner, St. Matthew, Lee’s Summit, MO Shannon Thomas, Christ, Platte Woods, MO Ellie Wegener, St. Matthew, Lee’s Summit, MO

BARITONES Ben Hathhorn, John Knox Presbyterian, KCMO Joe Kasselman, St. Thomas More, Kansas City, MO Quinten Laytham, Christ, Overland Park, KS Al Ruiz de Chavez, Messiah, Independence, MO Aaron Tebbenkamp, Beautiful Savior, Lee’s Summit, MO Nathan Wagner, St. Matthew, Lee’s Summit, MO

Chorale

To God be the Glory!

SOPRANOS Allie Cambiano, Bethany, Overland Park, KS Rosie Hall, Calvary, Kansas City, MO Cassie Mars, Holy Trinity, Grandview, MO Elizabeth Rodriguez, St. Stephen, Liberty, MO

ALTOS Desirae Hunt, Jamison Memorial Temple, Kansas City, MO Mackenzie Klatt, Calvary, Kansas City, MO Lanae Shelly, Memorial Missionary Baptist, KCMO Canelle Vanderford, Shawnee Blvd. Christian, KCK

TENORS Mason Dickhut, Ascension, Kansas City, MO Michael Richardson, Bethlehem, Raymore, MO

BASSES Josiah Schultz, Beautiful Savior, Olathe, KS Peter Wegener, St. Matthew, Lee’s Summit, MO

Concert Choir

Lutheran High School Concert Band

FLUTE Mackenzie Klatt, Calvary, Kansas City, MO Jackelyn Ogaz, Our Redeemer, Kansas City, MO Emily Tanner, St. Matthew, Lee’s Summit, MO Laura Valencia, Sacred Heart-Guadalupe, Kansas City, MO Leigha Zank, Messiah, Independence, MO

CLARINET Haley Reifsteck, St. Paul, Independence, MO Martha Sanchez, Our Redeemer, Kansas City, MO

BASS CLARINET Aubrey Pohlman, Ascension, Kansas City, MO

ALTO SAXOPHONE Ellie Wegener, St. Matthew, Lee’s Summit, MO Sam Zerkel, Our Redeemer, Kansas City, MO

TENOR SAXOPHONE Mason Dickhut, Ascension, Kansas City, MO

BARITONE SAXOPHONE Albert Wegener, St. Matthew, Lee’s Summit, MO

FRENCH HORN Cole Chelton, St. Stephen, Liberty, MO

TRUMPET Joelle Hick, Messiah, Independence, MO Vincent Otto, St. Matthew, Lee’s Summit, MO Al Ruiz de Chavez, Messiah, Independence, MO

TROMBONE Dylan Hays, Community Christian, Kansas City, MO

BARITONE Mark Buchholz, Christ, Platte Woods, MO

TUBA Jacob Arnold, Christ, Platte Woods, MO

PERCUSSION Sam Hornbostel, Calvary, Kansas City, MO Ally Koenig, Ascension, Kansas City, MO Jim McAllister, St. Matthew, Lee’s Summit, MO Colton Slover, Rockbrook Church, Belton, MO

Avery Chancellor, St. Stephen, Liberty, MO Isabella Chrisman, Community Christian, KCMO Ally Ebert, St. Matthew, Lee’s Summit, MO Cami Hager, Timothy, Blue Springs, MO Molly Mathews, St. Stephen, Liberty, MO

Marissa Ouverson, Calvary, Kansas City, MO Hana Parkhurst,. . . Joshua Spencer, Calvary, Kansas City, MO Anna Vogts, Trinity, Paola KS

Good Vibrations Bell Choir

The Lutheran High School of KansasCity

Choirs atCrownCenter December 12, 2014: Choirs 5:45; Bells 8:00

Spring Music Tour March 13th - 17th, 2015

Spring Music Tour Home Concert Friday, March 27th , 2015 - 7:00 p.m.

Spring Drama April 10th and 11th, 2015 - 7:00 p.m.