Summer Festival Sponsor
Sallie Bingham
Program Sponsors
Catherine and Guy Gronquist
Conductor
Joshua Habermann
Artistic Director
Sponsored by Carmen Paradis and Brian McGrath
July 20–31, 2025
Connect to our deep relationships with nature and each other through the universal language of music. A chamber orchestra joins the twenty-four Desert Chorale vocal artists for two captivating works by brilliant American women composers. Known as “a hymn for the voiceless and the discounted,” Sarah Snider’s Mass for the Endangered is an evocative meditation on the fragility of the natural world and a plea to defend it. After including a single movement of Caroline Shaw’s To the Hands in our acclaimed 2023 program The American Immigrant Experience, we are now thrilled to perform this work in its entirety, exploring themes of welcome and belonging. Join us for an evening of musical storytelling that reminds us of our shared struggles and triumphs as members of the human family.
Planned Repertoire:
To the Hands – Caroline Shaw (b. 1982)
I. Prelude
II. in medio / in the midst
III. Her beacon-hand beckons
IV. ever ever ever
V. Litany of the Displaced
VI. i will hold you
Mass for the Endangered – Sarah Kirkland Snider (b. 1973)
I. Kyrie
II. Gloria
III. Alleluia
IV. Credo (on a ground by Caroline Shaw)
V. Sanctus/Benedictus
VI. Agnus Dei
Performances
Guest Artists
David Felberg
Violin
Elizabeth Baker
Violin
Kim Fredenburgh
Viola
Amy Huzjak
Cello
Sam Brown
Bass
Jeffrey Brooks
Clarinet
Jesse Tatum
Flute
Kevin Vigneau
Oboe
Judy Farmer
Bassoon
Keryn Wouden
Harp
Nathan Salazar
Piano
Jeff Cornelius
Percussion
Guest Artist Sponsors
Sheryl Kelsey and George Duncan
David Felberg, Violin
Barbara and Gregory Kok
Jeffrey Brooks, Clarinet
Diane and Bill Graves
Nathan Salazar, Piano
Barbara and Rod Slaton
Amy Huzjak, Cello
Elaine Wang Meyerhoffer
Jeff Cornelius, Percussion
Santa Fe Desert Chorale Singers
Chelsea Helm
Soprano
Elijah McCormack
Soprano
Sarah Moyer
Soprano
Savannah Porter
Soprano
Kathlene Ritch
Soprano
Addy Sterrett
Soprano
Sarah Brauer
Alto
Kerry Ginger
Alto
Dianna Grabowski
Alto
Kate Maroney
Alto
Sarah Nickerson
Alto
Pamela Terry
Alto
George Case
Tenor
Brad Diamond
Tenor
Michael Jones
Tenor
Erik Gustafson
Tenor
Bradley Naylor
Tenor
Steven Soph
Tenor
James K. Bass
Bass
John Buffett
Bass
Harrison Hintzsche
Bass
Enrico Lagasca
Bass
Edmund Milly
Bass
Marques Jerrell Ruff
Bass
Singer Sponsors
Dr. J. Randle Adair DO, PhD
Kathlene Ritch
Murray and Nancy Bern
John Buffett
Sallie Bingham
Kate Maroney
Bill and Susan Cammock
Brad Diamond
Douglas P. Clark MD and Scott Allocco
Elijah McCormack
Thomas and Anne Conner
Addy Sterrett
Allegra and Jim Derryberry
Sarah Moyer
Gregory Dove
Erik Gustafson
Jeffrey Fort and Diane Locandro
Harrison Hintzsche
Marques Jerrell Ruff
Richard and Chris Frenk
George Case
Diane and Bill Graves
Sarah Brauer
Rick Gustafson
Kerry Ginger
Sheryl Kelsey and George Duncan
Dianna Grabowski
Michael Jones
Pamela Terry
Phyllis Lehmberg
Sarah Nickerson
Stephen Marquart and Audrey La Fehr
Edmund Milly
Laurie Meyer
Savannah Porter
James Murphy and Roxanne Howe-Murphy
Enrico Lagasca
Carmen Paradis and Brian McGrath
Bradley Naylor
Marianne Reuter
Chelsea Helm
Peter and Sara Rutenberg
Steven Soph
Dr. Donald Shina and J. Kevin Waidmann
James K. Bass
