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What We Sing
We sing two main concerts each year. In the fall we rehearse for our Christmas concert featuring traditional carols and varied seasonal fare representative of the various styles and moods of the season. The spring season is highlighted by show tunes, Americana, popular and movie classics. Here are some of our recent programs with links to a few recorded selections.
Holiday Potpourri
Winter Concert - December 3, 2011 |
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- Rejoice and Be Merry - English Traditional/John Rutter
- Angels From the Realms of Glory - James Montgomery/Henry T. Smart; arr. Jack Schrader
- Hanukkah Flame - Linda Marcus/Vicki Tucker Courtney
- In the Bleak Midwinter - Christina Rossetti/Gustav Holst; arr. Tom Fettke/Thomas Grassi
- Every Stone Shall Cry - Richard Wilbur/Will Todd
- Peaceful Was the Night - John Milton/Eugene Butler
- Murmurs in a Stable - Susan Bentall Boersma/Craig Courtney
- The Five Joys - Fifteenth Century English Carol/Curt Oliver
- Jesus Child - John Rutter
- Never Been a Night Like This! - Lloyd Larson
- Angels in Seven - Charles Wesley/Felix Mendelssohn; arr. Philip Kern
- Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Sammy Cahn/Jule Styne; arr. Mark Hayes
- Nuttin' for Christmas - Roy C. Bennett/Sid Tepper; arr. Carl Strommen
- 'Zat You, Santa Claus? - Jack Fox; arr. Kirby Shaw
- Fall on Your Knees - Pepper Choplin
- Where You There on That Christmas Night? - Natalie Sleeth
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Kelley's Kaleidoscope
Spring Concert - April 16, 2011 |
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- Come On, Get Happy!: The Music of Harold Arlen - arr. Kirby Shaw
(Get Happy, Stormy Weather, It's Only a Paper Moon)
- The Ash Grove - Traditional Welsh Folk Song; arr. Linda Spevacek
- Coffee Grows on White Oak Trees - Traditional American Folk Song; arr. Jack Boyd
- L-O-V-E - Bert Kaempfert, Milt Gabler; arr. Kirby Shaw
- Skylark - Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer; arr. John Rutter
- Dream a Little Dream of Me - Gus Kahn, Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt; arr. Tom Fettke
- Sticks and Stones - Larry Nickel
- The Little Old Lady (from Pasadena) - Don Altfeld, Roger Christian; arr. Alan Billingsley
- A Lot of Livin' to Do (from Bye Bye Birdie) - Lee Adams, Charles Strouse; arr. Ed Lojeski
- Singin' in the Rain - Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown; arr. Mark Hayes
- I Can See It (from The Fantasticks) - Tom Jones, Harvey Schmidt; arr. Larry Shackley
- I Love a Piano - Irving Berlin; arr. Mark Hayes
- Walk in My Shoes - Niel Lorenz, André J. Thomas
- O, America! - Brendan Graham, William Joseph; arr. Roger Emerson
- Armed Forces Salute - arr. Joyce Eilers (The Caisson Song; Semper Paratus; The Marine's Hymn; The U.S. Air Force; Anchors Aweigh)
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Comin' Up Christmas Time
Winter Concert - December 4, 2010 |
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- Rejoice Greatly! - arr. Marty Sparks
- Born on This Day - English Folksong; arr. Tom Fettke
- Angelus ad Pastores Ait - Mauro Zuccante; Edited by William Bausano
- God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen with Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite - arr. Larry Shackley
- Run to the Manger - Victor C. Johnson
- Hanukkah Wish - Audrey Snyder
- Glorious Christmas Refrains - arr. Tom Fettke
- The Holly and the Ivy - Trad. English Carol, John A. Behnke
- Comin' Up Christmas Time - Joseph Barbera, William Hanna, Hoyt Curtin; arr. Andy Beck
- Christmas Goes Baroque - arr. Mark Weston (themes of Johann Sebastian Bach,
Jean-Joseph Mauret, Johann Pachelbel and Antonio Vivaldi)
- My True Love Gave to Me - Andy Beck and Brian Fisher
- Merry Christmas, Mozart - arr. Jay Althouse (themes of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
- Holiday Craziness - James Austin
- Dig That Crazy Santa Claus - Albert Johnston, Jr., Leon Rene, and Rafael Rene, arr. Mac Huff
- Christmas on Broadway - arr. John Higgins
- Not Only for Christmas - words by John Greenleaf Whittier and Tom Fettke; Music by Tom Fettke
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Come On Along and Listen To:
A Medley of Music
Spring Concert - April 24, 2010 |
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- This Is It! - Mack David/Jerry Livingston; arr. Sally K. Albrecht
- Neighbors' Chorus from the comic opera "La Jolie Parfumeuse" - Jacques Offenbach
- Portrait of Duke Ellington - arr. John Cacavas
(Sophisticated Lady; Satin Doll; Mood Indigo; Solitude; It Don't Mean A Thing)
- The Rhythm of Life - Dorothy Fields/Cy Coleman; arr. Richard Barnes
- A Foster Collection - arr. David Eddleman (Camptown Races; Gentle Annie; I Dream of Jeanie; Oh, Susanna)
- An American Salute - arr. Ed Loojeski (America; When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again; Shenandoah; Battle Hymn of the Republic)
- The Joint Is Jumpin' from Ain't Misbehavin' - Andy Razaf/J. C. Johnson/"Fats" Waller; arr. Alan Billingsley
- Big Bad Bill - Jack Yellen/Milton Ager; arr. Ed Wells
- There Once was a Man from The Pajama Game - Richard Adler/Jerry Ross; arr. Andy Beck
- Selections from Forty-Second Street - Al Dubin / Harry Warren
- Lullaby of Broadway - arr. Jay Althouse
- Forty-Second Street - arr. Larry Shackley
- Climb Ev'ry Mountain from The Sound of Music - Oscar Hammerstein 2nd/Richard Rogers; arr. Charles Smith
- Armed Forces Salute - arr. Joyce Eilers (The Caisson Song; Semper Paratus; The Marine's Hymn; The U.S. Air Force; Anchors Aweigh)
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A Musicological Christmas
Winter Concert - December 5, 2009 |
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- Welcome Yule - Emily Crocker/James Curnow
- Christmas Is Coming (A Cantata of Carols) - Elie Siegmeister /Rufus Wheeler
- A Hanukkah Remembrance - Traditional /Victor C. Johnson
- Gloria (from "Mass in B-Flat") - Franz Schubert; arr. Patrick M. Liebergen
- O Night Divine - Johann Sebastian Bach; choral parts by Donald Miller
- Shepherd's Dance - Johann Sebastian Bach; edited and arr. William David Young
- To the Manger Softly Come - Jayne Rasmussen/Mark Shepperd
- Love Has Come - Traditional /Ken Bible /Lloyd Larson
- Soon and Very Soon - Andraé Crouch; arr. Rollo A. Dilworth
- Ding Dong! Merrily on High - George R. Woodward; arr. Richard Romiti
- A Musicological Journey through the Twelve Days of Christmas - Craig Courtney
- Little Tommy's Choir - Estonian Carol; arr. Ken Berg
- Run Rudolph Run - Johnny Mark /Marvin Brodie; arr. Roger Emerson
- 'Twas the Night after Christmas - J. Paul Williams /Mark Hayes
- You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch Albert Hague /Dr. Seuss; arr. Jeff Funk
- Swingin' at Santa's Place - Kirby Shaw
- Christmas Eve - Loonis McGlohon; arr. Richard Fote
- New Year - John Rutter
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Misbehavin'
Spring Pops Concert - April 25, 2009 |
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- Americana Jubilee - arr. Linda Spevacek
- Don't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News (from "The Wiz") - Charlie Smalls; arr. Larry Shackley
- One (from "A Chorus Line") - Marvin Hamlisch; arr. Anita Kerr
- Grandfather's Clock - Henry Clay Work; arr. Earlene Rentz
- The Drunken Sailor [YouTube] - Traditional Sea Shantey; arr. David P. DeVenney
- Appalachian Celebration - Appalachian Folksongs
- Jus' Gimme Some Joe! - John Purifoy
- Effervescence - Emma Lou Diemer
- Ain't Misbehavin' [YouTube]- Thomas "Fats" Waller/Harry Brooks
- They Can't Take That Away from Me - George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin
- The Ballad of Sweeney Todd - Stephen Sondheim
- Transylvania Mania (from "Young Frankenstein") - Mel Brooks
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Let There Be Peace On Earth
Winter Concert - December 6, 2008 |
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- Welcome Yule - Emily Crocker/James Curnow
- Angelic Christmas Fanfare - Traditional Carol; arr. Vicki Tucker Courtney
- He Made a Way in a Manger - Lee Black /Steve Merkel;arr. Camp Kirkland
- Glory to God in the Highest - G. B. Pergolesi
- Three Moravian Carols - arr. Phyllis Tate
- Hear the Lamb A-Cryin' - Pamela Martin/Craig Courtney
- Come on Down to Bethlehem - John Parker/Joel Raney
- The Shepherds' Story - Clarence Dickinson
- The Angel Gabriel - Basque Carol; arr. Robert H. Young
- Gentle Mary Laid Her Child - A Setting of Two Christmastide Carols; arr. Bob Burroughs
- Il Est NĂ© - Craig Courtney
- A Christmas Jazz Trio - arr. Michele Weir
- The Lesser Joys of Christmas - Marion Woodson/Gail Lund
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The Music, the Magic and the Memories
Spring Pops Concert - May 10, 2008 |
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- The Music of MGM: A Choral Medley - arr. Greg Gilpin (That's Entertainment, San Francisco, The Trolley
Song, Good Morning, Make 'Em Laugh, Singin' in the
Rain)
- Shenandoah - arr. Donald P. Moore
- If You've Only Got a Moustache - Stephen C. Foster; arr. Larry Shackley
- Weep, O Willow - arr. Sven Lekberg
- Selections from "Wicked" - Stephen Schwartz (Dancing Through Life - arr. Audrey Snyder
The Wizard And I - arr. Ed Lojeski)
- Give Them What They Want (from "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels") - David Yazbek; arr. Ed Lojeski
- The Funny Fifties - arr. Anita Kerr (Charlie Brown; See You Later, Alligator; Yakety Yak)
- Rhythm Of Life (from "Sweet Charity" - Cy Coleman; arr. Darmon Meader
- Over the Rainbow - Harold Arlen; arr. Mark Hayes
- Handful of Keys - Fats Waller
Java Jive - Ben Oakland; arr. Ed Lojeski
- Favorite Son (from "The Will Rogers Follies") - Cy Coleman
- The Music, the Magic & the Memories - Gary Fry; arr. Jay Althouse
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A Snug Harbor Christmas
Winter Concert - December 1, 2007 |
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- Welcome Yule - Emily Crocker/James Curnow
- Gloria De Noel - Traditional French Carol; arr. Thomas Niel
- Masters In This Hall - Traditional French Carol; arr. Alice Parker/Robert Shaw
- Carol Of The Bells - Mykola Leontovich; arr. Peter J. Wilhousky
- Sussex Carol - Traditional English; arr. Philip Stopford
- Joy To The World - George F. Handel; arr. Joseph M. Martin
- Celtic Advent Carol - David Angerman/Michael Barrett
- Every Stone Shall Cry - Will Todd
- Silent Stars - Joel Raney
- The Shepherds Go To Bethlehem - Robert Jager
- Hodie - Mark Patterson
- The Manger Carol - arr. Audrey Snyder
- Christmas Day In The Morning - arr. Douglas E. Wagner
- Snow, Snow, Beautiful Snow - Sherman Feller
- Cool Yule - Steve Allen
- Christmas Eve - Loonis McGlohon
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