Magnfiicat: The Csehy Magazine, Fall 2019

Volume 3, Issue 2 | Fall 2019 THE CSEHY MAGAZINE Executive Director Board of Trustees David (DJ) Jeavons, CPA, Janette LaBarre Graeme Burgan Eric Runion, Treasurer Dr. Paul Neal William Priebe Artistic Director President Shelley Baluch Colleen Sweetsir Andrew Harry Dr. David Shockey, Sandra Cavazos Dr. Guy Kinney, Emeritus Daniel Davis Founders Student Life Director Vice-President Virginia Formella Wilmos & Gladys Csehy Lauren Holland Dr. Barbara Hull, Timothy Hayes Secretary

The Question of MUSIC AND FAITH “All that we do as ransomed sinners should be for the glory of our Lord.” Andrew Harry, Artistic Director time at Csehy, I became grounded practice. All that we do as ransomed in the knowledge that I am first and sinners should be for the glory of I often ask myself the question, foremost a Christian. Beyond that, our Lord. what does it mean to be a Christian God gave me a gift for music, and musician? As a teenager, I felt it is my joyful responsibility to use I work in a secular musical environ- conflicted between my art and my whatever means I have to serve ment today, and I believe much of faith because the serious musicians my Savior. what God taught me through the I knew were not believers. It seemed work of Csehy continues to influence that music would have to be all- The summer of 2008 stands out the way that I operate on a daily consuming in order for me to be a to me as another pivotal moment basis. It is still easy to struggle with successful musician. in my faith. Dr. Samuel Hsu, a the balance of faith and everyday long-time piano faculty member life, but even now, many friends I I attended Csehy for the first time and dean of the faculty, shared his made at Csehy are part of my life, in 2006. That summer was my first testimony with the male campers, spurring me on as we serve Christ experience with respected profes- talking about the importance of in different geographic locations. sional musicians who were strong Scripture in his life. He said that he I am also particularly encouraged in their faith, and it opened my eyes felt to be asked to read Scripture as I see many current students at to the Gospel in a new way. I learned in his church required practice Csehy asking the same questions that I was not called to a foolish, and preparation not unlike being as I did as a student. I am thankful impractical faith that was based asked to play a concert. Dr. Hsu’s to have the opportunity to share on my family or my church. It truly testimony helped me see what spiritual lessons I have learned with became my own faith. During my my identity in Christ looked like in current students. I

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Chamberfest GUEST ARTIST We are pleased to welcome Heidi Louise Heidi Louise Williams, piano, has concertized Williams as our 2020 ChamberFest guest artist. Ms. Williams will be working with as soloist and collaborative pianist across North America our ChamberFest students throughout and internationally. Praised by New York critic Harris Gold- the week, and performing a concert smith for her “impeccable soloistic authority” and “dazzling on Thursday, July 2. performances,” her playing has been described as “veritably operatic,” “bold yet thoughtful,” “provocative and stimulat- ing” (Fanfare), possessing “muscularity and poetic power” (American Record Guide). She has recorded solo, concerto, and chamber music on Naxos, Albany, and Neos labels, and has worked with many distinguished American composers. Currently Associate Professor of piano at Florida State University, Williams holds three degrees from Peabody Conservatory, having studied solo with Ann Schein and chamber music with Earl Carlyss, Samuel Sanders, Stephen Kates, and Robert McDonald. Her growing roster of graduate and undergraduate students have won regional, national, and international recognition, and are actively employed in teaching and performing roles across the U.S. and abroad. For more information, visit www.heidilouisewilliams.com. Week 4 GUEST ARTISTS Tim Zimmerman will be running a workshop for campers and then performing with the King’s Brass on Tuesday, July 28. Tim Zimmerman and the King’s Brass provide innovative worship for young and old alike through the “best in sacred brass music.” By teaming together, these Christian professionals from around the United States perform their original arrangements as heard on their fifteen recordings. For forty years, The King’s Brass have performed over one hundred concerts each season with three trumpets, three trombones, a tuba, keyboards, and percussion. Playing a wide variety of music from Gabrieli to hymn classics, from Handel to jazz spirituals, from Christmas carols to patriotic marches, The King’s Brass uses all corners of the concert hall to lift hearts and spirits in praise. For more information, visit www.kingsbrass.com.

5 2020 20 2 0 CAMP DETAILS CONCERT SEASON Location: CAMP CONCERTS Cairn University, Langhorne, PA Middle School Fees: July 3 • High School: $820 per week Friday, 7:30pm • Middle School: $720 ChamberFest Discounts: • Family: 10% for additional siblings July 4 • Pastor/Missionary: 10% Saturday, 4pm • Referral: $250 for referring a new family High School Financial aid and scholarship opportunities available. See csehy.org/dates-and-rates for more information. July 11, 18, 25 & August 1 Saturdays, 4pm MIDDLE SCHOOL* CHAMBERFEST* Grades 6-9 RECITALS By Invitation Only Faculty Recitals June 28 - July 3 June 28 - July 4 July 9 & 23 HIGH SCHOOL** Thursdays, 8:00pm Grades 9-12 Student Recitals SESSION 1 SESSION 2 Week 1: July 5 - 11 Week 3: July 19 - 25 July 16 & 30 Week 2: July 12 - 18 Week 4: July 26 - Aug. 1 Thursdays, 8:00pm *ChamberFest and Middle School will run as concurrent but independent camps. GUEST ARTIST RECITALS **Rising 9th graders can attend Middle School and/or High School weeks. Graduat- Heidi Louise Williams, pianist ing seniors are also eligible for High School. Younger students may be considered with audition and letter of recommendation. July 2 Thursday, 8:00pm Tim Zimmerman & The King’s Brass July 28 Tuesday, 8:30pm For more concert information visit csehy.org/concerts

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201 9 AWARDS Elise Camillone - Violin GRADUATE AWARD Dalton Eberts - Horn Elizabeth Giles - Viola, Orchestra High School Session 1: Edmund La Dine - Organ, Tuba, Kathleen Mills - Trumpet, Audrey Michel - Clarinet, Orchestra David Johnson - Piano String Ensemble Orchestra, Band Haley Rasmussen - Cello, Orchestra Joshua Halberstadt - Viola, Katie Anthony - Oboe, Band High School Session 2: Lindsey Chalmers - Orchestra Georgia Sylvester - Clarinet Orchestra Margot LaBorie - String Ensemble Josiah Provan - Oboe Katelyn Walker - Voice Mark Hughes III - Piano Marian Downing - Violin Nicholas Hilliard - Cello, Orchestra AWARD OF HONOR Susanna Britton - Piano Salvatore LaMarca - Percussion Middle School: Zechariah Carter - Violin, Orchestra Sophia Camillone - Flute Avery Soca - Voice Julia Finney - Violin Eoin Anto - Piano, Handbells HONORABLE MENTION High School Session 2: Hannah Soca - Violin Middle School: Aaliyah Haider - String Ensemble Jacqueline Chow - Violin Anna Delair - Choir Abigail Rice - Voice High School Session 1: Anna Luther - Choir Abigail Stewart - Concert Bells Abigail Chung - Oboe, Orchestra Caleb Krpata - Percussion Andrea Harry - Piano Alexander Coble - Flute, Casey Dunham - Piano, String Athena Fortain - String Ensemble Candace Fox - String Ensemble Orchestra, Band Ensemble Davis Moore - Orchestra Aviya Baluch - Voice Elijah Hallberg - Theory Elizabeth Giles - Viola Benjamin McLaughlin - Elizabeth Runion - Voice Ersy Neal - Flute Ella Buczek - Cello Guy Grisham - Violin, Orchestra Bass Trombone, Orchestra, Band Ethan Wang - Piano Hannah Chen - Flute Jonathan Duan - Piano Grace Kwon - Violin Hannah Soca - String Ensemble Joseph La Marca - Bass Hannah Chen - Flute Joseph La Marca - Bass, String Joshua Halberstadt - Viola, Jayne Chen - Oboe Joshua Solomon - Cello Ensemble Orchestra Madison Dahlstrom - Euphonium Julia Dudek - String Ensemble Jude Giddens - Piano Maya James - Choir Kellen Mikesell - Violin Katie Baldwin - Cello, Orchestra Nathaniel Jarrett - Violin Micah Miles - Trombone Luke Pisani - Violin, Orchestra Sarah Hallberg - Piano Miriam Thompson - String Ensemble Morgan Chalmers - Horn, Orchestra Shelli Selby - Cello Timothy Thomas - Voice, Concert Bells Philip Duncan - Voice Toby Smith - Choir William Gilley - Cello Thomas Fantuzzo - Guitar Zuriel Patterson - Harp William Jerden - Trumpet Zakary Reynolds - Piano High School Session 1: High School Session 2: Amelia Branch - Viola Benjamin Thompson - Piano, Benjamin Vogan - Piano Catherine Runion - Violin String Ensemble Eilidh Anderson - String Ensemble

CAMPERS OF THE SESSION 9 Middle School: Corrie Bowers - Award of Honor ALUMNI WEEKEND Nathaniel Winton - Award of Honor Save the date for 2020: Casey Dunham - Honorable Mention Nathan Kwon - Honorable Mention July 23-25 High School Session 1: Candace Fox - Award of Honor 2020 Benjamin McLaughlin - Award of Honor ENROLLMENT Jillian Finney - Honorable Mention Joshua Halberstadt - Honorable Mention UPDATE High School Session 2: Kayla Harry - Award of Honor (AS OF 11/27/2019) Josiah Provan - Graduate Award Ruby Bloemsma - Honorable Mention 61 Edmund La Dine - Honorable Mention SAMUEL HSU campers PIANO AWARD Jude Giddens 44 HAROLD MCNIEL BAND AWARD families Benjamin McLaughlin

God’s PERFECT TIMING Melissa Lander, clarinet faculty grace and brought me to faith. my life. My composition was finally Hearing a fellow clarinetist exclaim transitioning, and a new move- Only our great Creator he wasn’t nervous for his concerto ment was about to emerge. could have planned my performance, he was performing path to Csehy! The Tempo for God’s glory, was the catalyst MOVEMENT 3 of Transformation in God’s for dedicating my life to Jesus. Perfect Timing in Four Soon thereafter I met my husband This movement begins in a brisk Movements and in three and a half years had waltz tempo, an intricate dance of three beautiful children, at which balancing a busy household of MOVEMENT 1 time my professional musical life three elementary school aged came to a Wagnerian worthy children, with returning to school We begin our adult lives with a cymbal crash halt. at Peabody Conservatory, and stay- general vision of how it might ing up into the wee hours of the unravel. So we begin as composers MOVEMENT 2 night to practice and study. do, creating rhythms and themes involving work and relationships. As in an ironic opera twist, I quit God’s presence began to feel very The first pages of my composition my successful career as a full-time real to me during this time. Despite start with a robust flair, as in the musician to be a stay-at-home what seemed to be a Herculean opening page of Beethoven’s 5th mom. I didn’t want to travel 100+ feat to many, the ease and joy with Symphony, Ba, Ba, Ba, Bum… days a year and miss my children’s which I flowed through the days, youth. However, the days and years had me feeling secure that return- Blessed with an incredible edu- seemed long, God felt far away, ing to the music world was with cation from Interlochen Arts Acad- and kept closing doors to my desire God’s blessing. emy and Camp, Eastman School to homeschool. Six years into this of Music and the University of achingly beautiful movement, I was MOVEMENT 4 Michigan, coupled with disciplined clinically depressed. practice and a lucky audition win In standard Symphonic form, the with The Army Field Band in Wash- But in God’s perfect timing, a typical 4th movement is fast and ington, D.C., life had me believing I Christian brother and former co- hurried, which perfectly describes could do it all in my own strength. worker invited me to teach one our family life and the whirlwind of But during my years with the band, night a week. I accepted, even activities since graduating in 2018. God showed me His mercy and if it was only to ‘get out of the Alongside finally homeschooling house.’ I quickly realized though, my youngest daughter and per- forming, teaching clarinet students I was rediscovering a huge of all levels is a huge part of my part of God’s career. One of my dreams was to purpose for return to Interlochen to teach at the summer camp, but God had an even greater plan already unfolding. In the spring of 2017, one of my students asked me to write a recommenda- tion for a Christian music camp he wanted ▲ Mia, Ian, Melissa, and Ava Lander

Donor UPDATE 11 2019 FISCAL YEAR CONTRIBUTIONS $82,770 10/1/2018- 9/30/2019 We would like to thank our donors for their faithful and generous support. Many of our donors are alumni, faculty members, board members, parents, and even current campers. These gifts enable us to subsidize the weekly rate and to distribute financial aid so no camper misses out on the Csehy experience. “Last summer at Csehy, this was where I wanted to be. It FACULTY FUND was very much like Interlochen, MATCHING with my three children in at- but with a Christian setting! After CHALLENGE the concert, I made my way to tendance (and my husband Graeme, introduced myself and In the wake of the success adamantly exclaimed I would of the 2018 faculty fund cheering us on) was one of love to teach at Csehy if they ever challenge, generous donors needed a clarinet teacher. As it have stepped forward offer- the most precious times of turned out, they did need a clarinet ing another matching-gift teacher for the following summer challenge to continue to my life, and a perfect and this providential moment build the faculty fund changed our summer plans for in 2019. gift from God.” hopefully many more to come. FROM NOW UNTIL to attend. After hearing about Last summer at Csehy, with my DECEMBER 31, 2019 his experience that summer, my three children in attendance (and every donation to the oldest daughter decided to try it my husband cheering us on) was faculty fund will be with her best friend the summer one of the most precious times matched dollar-for-dollar of 2018. My experience of drop- of my life, and a perfect gift from up to $14,000. ping her off at camp, hearing God. He gave me the desire of all the practicing, meeting the my heart in a way I could have dedicated teachers and attending never anticipated. My prayer for the final performance, complete you is that whatever movement with the Benediction theme song your life happens to be in, whether at the end, brought me right back the tempo feels fast or slow, you to my years at Interlochen. I was are able to trust that God’s plan smitten and immediately knew will transform your life into an intricately beautiful symphony. I

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