1962-1963

Choirs
     A Cappella Choir
     The Oratorio Society
     Motet Singers
     Others unknown

Small groups
     Victory Quartet
     Clarion Quartet
     others unknown

Directors
     Lawrence R. Schoenhals, Dean of Administration, Director of School of Music, Director the Oratorio Society.
     Philip J. Mack, Director of A Cappella Choir.
     Carl Reed, Director of Motet Singers.

Notes

Philip Mack directed the A Cappella Choir in 1962-1963. Lawrence Schoenhals conducted the Oratorio Society and continued as Director of the School of Music. Carl Reed directed the Motet Singers.

The A Cappella Choir performed at the Founder's Day Banquet, the dedication of the new Gwinn Commons, the Baccalaureate service and at various local churches. Their spring tour took them to Oregon and California.
1962-1963 Repertoire

The Motet Singers performed numerous Buxtehude cantatas including "Open to Me Gates of Justice" and "The Infant Jesus."

On December 5 and 7, the Oratorio Society presented Handel's "Messiah". Due to the numerous requests for tickets, after all the seats in McKinley Auditorium were taken, the concerts were moved to First Free Methodist Church. Soloists were Wadad Saba, soprano; LaVerne Poet, alto; Ira L. Jones, tenor; and Philip Mack, baritone.

Photos

The A Cappella Choir


The Oratorio Society


The Motet Singers


The Victory Quartet


The Clarion Quartet


Members
     A Cappella Choir
          Ken Andrews
          Sharon Backer
          Dorothy Baldwin
          Sharon Bell
          Mary Bowerman
          Myrtle Bowerman
          Barbara Bowers
          Don Brumfield
          Lonnie Butz
          Richard Capp
          Alvin Carlson
          Tom Carlson
          Julie Claassen
          Esther Cooke
          Judy Faulkner
          Julie Fisher
          Zella Garber
          Sharon Gardner
          Byron Gjerde
          Helmer Gunhus
          Roselyn Halvorson
          Dave Jeffrey
          Tom Johnson
          Dave Joy
          Roger Keller
          Donna Kosanke
          Alvin Kroon
          Carol Larson
          MaryAnn LeCompte
          Linda Marbut
          Alger Marsh
          Marvin Marston
          Ken Martinson
          Dave McBride
          Mary McKean
          Linda Miller
          Ron Montgomery
          Sarah Moore
          Arlene Nordlund
          Tom Oldham
          Fred Olson
          Renee Renado
          Jeri Sandelius
          Gloria Schlottmann
          Glenn Settle
          Laverne Traina
          Frank Varro
          Ron Weden

     Motet Singers
          David Nywall
          Roger Dexter
          Tom Johnson
          Ed Poyneer
          Dave Deffenbacher
          Stan Miller
          Chuck Graber
          Tom Oldham
          George Kooshian
          James Pengra
          Phyllis Macy
          Ardie Murphey
          Mary Bowerman
          Diane Eggleston

     Victory Quartet
          Don Brumfield, baritone
          Glenn Settle, bass
          Neil Craig, accompanist
          Frank Varro, 1 tenor
          Byron Gjerde, 2 tenor

     Clarion Quartet
          Alvin Kroon, 2 tenor
          Ron Weden, bass
          Fred Olson, baritone
          Ron Montgomery, 1 tenor
          Richard Capp, accompanist

     Oratorio Society
          David Abbott
          Carolyn Andersen
          Kenneth Andrews
          Bonnie Ariss
          Shirley Artlip
          Vicky Aumann
          Sharon Backer
          Patricia Bailey
          Bette Barben
          Robert Bartlett
          Cheryl Bekcer
          Rex Bell
          Sharon Bell
          Jerryne Berglund
          Susan Berlin
          Cheryl Blackwell
          Evelyn Bodtcher
          Bill Boice
          Ellen Boling
          Lucy Bond
          Barbara Bower
          Mary Bowerman
          Mytle Bowerman
          Kathryn Branson
          Dawn Bressie
          Don Brumfield
          Clifford Burns
          Lonnie Butz
          Judith Calkins
          Dale Cannon
          Alvin Carlson
          Arlene Carlson
          Karen Carlson
          Naida Carlson
          Richard Capp
          Derin Carmack
          Marilyn Cathey
          Meta Chappuis
          Carolyn Christen
          Julie Ann Claasen
          Cheryl Ann Clark
          Judy Cook
          Esther Cooke
          Susan Correll
          Neil Craig
          Sharon Cross
          Ralph Cummings
          Priscilla Davis
          Judith DeVries
          Karen Dicus
          Jane Dyke
          Judith Easterling
          Nancy Edwards
          Roxie Edwards
          Karen Elander
          Carolyn Elde
          Merrilee Elwell
          Judy Faulkner
          Mary Lucille Fink
          Carol Finlay
          Julie Fisher
          Patricia Flanagan
          Mary Fletcher
          Linda Forrester
          Carlin Freeberg
          Rebecca Gamble
          Zeila Garber
          Sharon Gardner
          Carol Gephart
          Byron Gjerde
          Marilyn Godfrey
          Dan Gordon
          Ernest Goshorn
          Betsy Greenwood
          JoAnn Groeneveld
          Arlene Grow
          Alice Gulley
          Helmer Gunhus
          Roselyn Halvorsen
          Harriet Hamilton
          Jerry Hanson
          M. Jill Hardin
          Patricia Hardman
          Duane Hellum
          Marilyn Hellum
          Edward Helsel
          Henry Hergert
          Joan Hewitt
          Nancy Hildebrand
          Kathleen Hoff
          Janet Holic
          Lynn Holzwarth
          Arlene Hughes
          Colleen Hughes
          Judith Hulst
          Clella Iles
          Maxine Iveans
          Judy Iverson
          Dave Jeffry
          Larry Johnson
          Thomas Johnson
          Kenneth Jones
          C. David Joy
          William Julius
          Carrol Keeter
          Roger Keller
          Laurel Kenney
          Judy Kerns
          Roger King
          Carol Knudsen
          Thomas Knudsen
          Hiroko Komori
          Donna Kosanke
          Alvin Kroon
          Celeste Langer
          Lynwood Langer
          Robert Langer
          Clayton Lanum
          Carol Larson
          Mary Ann LeCompte
          Ida Lerew
          Joyce Lind
          Corajean Lintecum
          Judy Loehden
          Robert Lombardo
          Carol Longston
          Karon Lowen
          Sally Lowen
          Evangeline Luckman
          Pam Lund
          Phyllis Macy
          Linda Marbut
          Alger Marsh
          Christine Marshall
          Kenneth Martinson
          Beverly Matthews
          Marilyn Maxwell
          David McBride
          Doris McClain
          Mary McKean
          Joan Michael
          Linda Miller
          Ronald Montgomery
          Sara Moore
          Ardie Murphy
          Richard Nazarenus
          Patricia Nelson
          Winifred Nelson
          Brenda Noble
          Maxine Nord
          Arlene Nordlund
          Josephine Norris
          Linda Nordquist
          Larry Nutting
          Lorilee Nyholm
          Marjorie Nyman
          David Nywall
          Tom Oldham
          Cheryl Oliver
          Fred Olsen
          Barbara Oraker
          David Paine
          Merry Palmer
          Patricia Palmer
          Linda Parker
          Virginia Parrett
          James Pengra
          Tamara Penny
          Lona Peterson
          Elsie Pettengil
          Carol Phillips
          Julia Pickard
          Judy Poet
          D. Laverne Poet
          Madeline Post
          Beverly Pound
          Merilyn Pound
          Edmund Poyneer
          June Pryor
          John Reinmuth
          Donna Rempel
          Renee Renando
          Beverly Rich
          Judith Rich
          Robert Rich
          Sheryl Ripperda
          Linda Roberston
          Charlene Rockness
          Kathleen Rolph
          Gay Ronnne
          K. Alan Rose
          Mabel Rusher
          Wilho Saari
          Barbara Sampson
          Jeri Sandelius
          Lora Jean Schlosser
          Gloria Schlottman
          Karen Scholz
          Edward Seaton
          Richard Sennet
          Glenn Settle
          Bernice Seymour
          Vernice Sherman
          Norma Shrum
          Kay Slater
          Neil Slattery
          Dan Solbert
          Karen Stromberg
          Robert Stuart
          William Sutter
          Thyra Svidran
          Helen Swett
          Donna Thompson
          Gail Thuline
          Ron Thwing
          Judith Underwood
          Frank Varro
          Gene Waller
          Patricia Waller
          Lynda Walls
          Marguerite Watkins
          Ron Weden
          Philip Weeldreyer
          Charlene Wells
          Sterling Wells
          Janet Westmoreland
          Carolyn Wheeler
          Alberta White
          Malcolm Willems
          Barbara Willis
          Carolyn Wilson
          Eldon Wilson
          Robin Wilson
          Sherrill Wilson
          Carol Wilsted
          Marcia Wine
          Lucille Winslow
          Vera Winslow
          Madell Wonderly
          Diana Wright
          Darlene Young
          Harold Young
          Linda Young
          Mary Yuill
          Dennis Yule