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Lorna Cooke de Varon Lorna Cooke deVaron was born in Weston Springs, Illinois. Her parents came from the far West, and her great grandparents crossed the prairie to Oregon in covered wagons. She attended schools in Illinois and started piano lessons at the age of four. At the age of six she sang solos in church pageants and school operettas, When she was fifteen years old, she moved to Rhode Island with her family, and there took voice and piano lessons and accomp- anied dance groups. She was President of her high school Glee Club, and at the age of sixteen won the highest honors for Rhode Island in a piano contest conducted by the National Music Teachers Association. In Wellesley College, where she received her A.B. in 1942, she majored in music, studied theory and harmony with Nadia Boulanger, was the college song leader, and was active in the choir during her four years. She wrote and directed the music for the college musical show, studied piano with David Barnett, voice with Olga Averino, and organ with Carl Weinrick. She received her Master of Arts in Music at Radcliffe College where she was Assistant Conductor of the Radcliffe Choral Society and the Radcliffe Choir. At Radcliffe she studied choral com- position with Archibald Davison, composition with Walter Piston, and choral conducting with G. Wallace Woodworth. At the age of twenty-three she was appointed to the music faculty at Bryn Mawr College, where she conducted the choir and became Assistant Professor of Music at the age of twenty-five. She studied at Tanglewood in 1946 and 1948 with Robert Shaw, and joined the Tanglewood faculty as assistant to Hugh Ross in the Choral Department in the summer of 1953. In addition to teaching choral conducting, Mrs. deVaron has also taught theory, choral and vocal repertoire, harmony, counterpoint, composition, music history, and voice. In 1947 she came to conduct the chorus and teach choral conducting at the New England Conservatory of Music. When asked why she chose music as a career she replied: I went into music because it was the most natural thing to do— from earliest childhood. Music is less bound by dimensions than any other art form. It may be enjoyed by a greater number of people at the same time. There is no language barrier, and there are no space barriers, and more people can work together to re- create music than is possible in any other art form. I believe choral singing has more of this great advantage than any other form of music, for a group of people singing together can create more intense beauty in a united effort than any one person in the group can do alone. In answer to the question, how would you describe the mission of the New England Conserva- tory Chorus, she replied: To promote the movement of ensemble singing from the New England Conservatory out into as many schools and communities as possible. What a chance this is for you to help foster the positive, the creative, and the progress toward beauty in a world torn by friction and destruction. Chorus gives us a chance to get to know and to make great music to- gether. Your concerts at Jordan Hall, at Boston pops, at the museums, and at the Boston Arts Festival all round out your musical year with a wide variety of music which you get to know from the point of view of the executant and the performer, not just as a listener. In addition to re- pertory, you also learn the strict demand and the striving for perfection with which all artists must be involved in the making of great art. The magic of your Boston Symphony concerts, con- certs in which the most is demanded of you; your close association with a great orchestral con- ductor; your participation in what will be your closest brush with musical perfection; the fine polish of the detail, the deep tone and feeling and spirit of the whole; these high artistic mom- ents will stay with you and will inspire you as you go forward in music. Watching a freshman, green to Chorus and sometimes insensitive to choral singing, develop by senior year into a mature, loyal leader of chorus, a fine and enthusiastic musician ready to go out and spread ' the word . This is the most rewarding experience of all. Mrs. deVaron, the senior class proudly dedicates the 1956 Neume to you. We feel sure that you will continue your excellent work in guiding future music students as capably as you have guided us. Page nine
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Works Performed by The J. H. - Jordan Hall B. S. O. — Boston Symphony Orchestra B. Art Fest. - Boston Art Festival Composer Piece Place Performed P Year erformed Abbott (arr) II Hi Ho The Preacherman— Appalachian Guillaume, Antoine, Pierre Christmas Day is Coming Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head The Seven Joys of Mary Jesus the Christ is Born B. Pops J. H J H. J. H. J. H. J. H. 1949 1949 1949 1950 1950 1950 Avshalomov Tom O ' Bedlam J, H. 1954 Bach ii IF II It 11 Cantata 142 -Unto us a Child is Given J. H. Magnificat J. H Christmas Oratorio (Parts I II) J. H. Cantata No. 50 J. H Two Chorales- M.M.M.H. Break Forth, Beauteous Heavenly Light How Can I Fitly Greet Thee Cum Sancto Spiritu J, H. Cantata No. 118 M.M.M.H, Es Wartet Alles Auf Dich from No. 187 J. H. Herr Christ, Der Ein ' ge Gollessohn from 96 J. H, 1948 1949 1949 1950 1950 1954 1951 1954 1954 Bartok Beethoven Four Slovak Folk Songs Prisoner ' s Chorus from Fidelio Choruses from Fidelio J. H. M.M.M.H B. Pops M.M.M.H. J. H. 1952 1951 1951 Berlioz L ' Enfance du Christ B.S.O 1953 Billings A Virgin Unspotted Two Fuguing Tunes: Be Glad Then America When Jesus Wept Modern Music J. H, B. Pops B.Art Fest B. Pops 1947 1948 1953 1955 Borodin Polovtzian Dances from Prince Igor B.S.O. 1953 Brahms Chorus of Homage B. Pops Liebeslieder Walzer, Op 52 B. Pops Opus 104 J H Nachtwache No, 1 M M.M H Nachtwache No. 2 Letztes Gluck Verlorene Jugend Im Herbst Six Folk Songs I S.G.M I ' d Enter Your Garden The Fiddler How Sad Flow the Streams At Night Awake, Awake! A House Stands ' neath the Willow ' s Shade How Lovely is My Dwelling Place from Requiem J. H 1948 1949 1950 1952 1951 Britten it The Ceremony of Carols (Selections) Selections from Cantata: A Boy Was Born Two Selections from Five Flower Songs Succession of the Four Sweet Months Ballad of the Green Broom Two Choruses from Peter Grimes Song of the Fishermen Old Joe has Gone Fishing J. H. J H. I S G.M. B. Pops J H B Art Fest. 1947 1948 1952 1953 Bron-Wright(arr)Hail the Crown J. H. 1950 Bruckner Buchanan (arr) Mass in E Minor Honor Baffin -from White Top Mountain Maria Durch Ein Dornwald Ging J H B. Pops J H. 1949 1949 1954 Buxtehude Zion Hort Die Wachter Singen In Dulci Jubilo J. H J. H. 1947,54 1952 Byrd ti Two Tudor Motets Lullabye Haec Dies J H. J. H. J H 1948 1952 1953 Carissimi Jephthah J. H. 1949 Charpentier Pie Jesu Regina Coeli J H M.M M.H. J. H M.M M.H 1952 1952 New England Conservatory M. M. M. II. — Methuen Memorial Music Hall I. S. G. M. — Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum B. Pops - Boston Pops Composer Piece Place Year Performed Performe Converse Peace Pipe J. H. 1951 Copeland In the Beginning J. H. 1948 Lark I S.G M, 1952 (adapted by) Boatman ' s Dance B. Pops 1952 Long Time Ago Simple Gifts B. Pops 1955 r» I Bought Me a Cat Costeley Allon, Gay, Gay J. H. 1954 Crane Die Kleine Mutter J. H 1949 Dallapiccola Canti Di Prigionia J. H. 1952 Preghiera Di Maria Stuarda Invocazione Di Boezio Congedo Di Girolamo Savonarola Daniels A Night in Bethlehem J. H. 1953 avis Shepherds Awake ! 1953 Quittez Pasteurs J. H. 1955 Davison O Shenandoah Natick 1954 Miracle of St. Nicholas J. H. 1955 Dawson Behold the Star J H. 1947 B. Pops 1948 „ Mary Had a Baby J H 1950 Lit ' l Boy Chile J H 1950 Balm in Gilead B Art Fest 1953 Soon Ah Will be Done My Lawd What a Mornin ' B. Pops 1954 Natick 1954 De Binchois A Solis Ortus Cardme J H 1949,54 Debussy Trois Chansons J. H. 1950 B S.O. Sirenes B.S.O. 1955 Le Martyr de Saint Sebastien B.S.O 1956 Delaney From the Proverbs J H 8z 1953 B Art Fest Dello Joio The Mystic Trumpeter J H 1954 de Pearsall(arr) In Dulci Jubilo J. H 1952 Dodd A La Puerta Del Cielo J. H. 1950 Dufay Magnificat in the Eighth Mode J H. 1952 Gloria ad Modum Tubae J H 1954 Erickson Song of the Christmas Presents J H. 1952 On the Feast of The Holy Kings J H 1952 Fine Three Choruses from Alice m I S G M. 1950 Wonderland B. Pops The Lobster Quadrille Lullabye of the Dutchess Father William The Hour Glass-cycle of six songs J. H. 1951,54 Have You Seen the White Lily Grow M.M.M.H. 1951 O Know to End, As To Begin Words M.M.M.H. 1951 Foss Biblical Cantata J. H 1951 Behold ! I Build an House I S G M- Gabneli Sacrae Symphoniae— 3 movements J. H 1951 Jubilate Deo, motet for double chorus J H 1952 From the Symphoniae Sacrae Gershwin Three choruses from Porgy Bess B Art Fest 1953 It Ain ' t Necessarily So B. Pops Summertime Oh Lawd, I ' m On My Way Page ten
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