Future Concerts

Fall Concert - October 2008

Brahms'
Ein Deutches Requiem

featuring

The combined choirs of the Singers of Summerville
and the Charleston Southern University Concert Singers

Dates, Times, and Locations announced in August.

Past Concerts

2007 - 2008 Season

Piccolo Spoleto
Choral Artists Series Concert - May 2008
"Songs of Faith and Freedom"
by the
Combined Choirs
of the
Singers of Summerville
and the
Charleston Southern University Concert Singers

The Piccolo Spoleto Festival is produced and directed by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs and is funded in part by grants from the City of Charleston; Charleston County; South Carolina Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; and the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. Piccolo's mission is to provide access to the Spoleto Festival experience for everyone, regardless of their economic, social or physical circumstances and to provide the opportunity for excellent local and regional artists, writers and performances to be presented in Piccolo's "local venue." Featured works and composers for the performance at St. Matthew's Church were:
Songs of Faith by Paul Basler (b.1963)   Featuring Brandon Nichols, French Horn and Susan Cadwell, Piano - Psalm 150, Be Thou My Vision, Ubi Caritas, Psalm 23, and Alleuia.
 The Testament of Freedom by Randall Thompson (1899-1984)  A Setting of Four Passages from the Writings of Thomas Jefferson composed in honor of the two hundredth anniversity of his birth. Featuring The CSU Festival Wind Ensemble - I-The God who gave us life, II-We have counted the cost, III-We fight not for glory and IV-I shall not die without hope.

Spring Concert - March 2008
"Musicals of the 50's and 60's"

A musical tribute to the great era of Musicals. Featured works, and composers for the performance at Summerville Baptist Church in beautiful downtown Summerville were:
- Oliver (1960) by Lionel Bart (1930 - 1999)  (1. Consider Yourself   2. Where Is Love?  
3. Oom-Pah-Pah   4. As Long As He Needs Me   Soloist: Soprano - Jennifer Gossett 
5. I'll Do Anything   6. Who Will Buy   Soloist: Soprano - Mary Fabel  7. Consider Yourself)
- Paint Your Wagon (1951 ) by Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) and Frederick Loewe (1901-1988)   (1. I'm On My Way   2. Wand'rin Star   3. There's a Coach Coach Comin' In   Soloists: Larry Kruger, Betsy McAmis and Stephanie Mellot   4. I Talk to the Trees   5. I Still See Elisa  
Soloist: Bass - Greg Spires 6. They Call the Wind Maria   Percussion: Frank Miley)
- My Fair Lady ( 1956 ) by Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) and Frederick Loewe (1901-1988)
 (1. Get Me to the Church on Time  2. Wouldn't It Be Loverly   Soloist: Alto - Kelley Magnuson 3. The Rain In Spain  Soloists: Edward Barnes and Donna Gietl 4. With a Little Bit of Luck  
5. I Could Have Danced All Night   6. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face   Soloist: Baritone - Tony Dunlap  7. I Could Have Danced All Night  Dancers: Rachael Hedrick and Tony Dunlap)
- Music Man ( 1950 ) by Meredith Wilson (1902-1984)  (1. Seventy Six Trombones  2. Pick A Little, Talk a Little and Good Night Ladies  3. Lida Rose and Will I Ever Tell You  4. The Wells Fargo Wagon   Soloists: Greg Spires, Lorraine White, Nate Nelson, and Susan Storm
5. Till there Was You  6. Seventy Six Trombones)
- Camelot (1960 ) by Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) and Frederick Loewe (1901-1988)  
( 1. Camelot  2. I Loved You Once in Silence  3. How to Handle a Woman  4. If Ever I Would Leave You)
- West Side Story (1956 ) by Stephen Sondheim (b. 1930) and Leonard Bernsteim (1918-1990)  
( 1.Tonight  2. I Feel Pretty  3. Maria Soloists: Kip Coerper, Al Abbott and Larry McKee
4. America  Soloists: Mishonna McCottry, Larry McKee, Donna Gietl and Betsy McAmis
5. One Hand, One Heart  Soloists: Larry Fitch and Sarah O. Carroll  6. Somewhere)

Fall Concert - November 2007
"How Can I Keep From Singing"

A program of sacred and secular music by American Composers born since 1950. Featured works, and composers for the performance at Saint Luke's Lutheran Church in beautiful downtown Summerville were:
Songs of Faith by Paul Basler (b.1963)   Featuring Brandon Nichols, French Horn
Psalm 23, Ubi Caritas, Be Thou My Vision, and Psalm 150
Songs of Praise by Moses Hogan (1957 - 2003)
I'm Gonna Sing till the Spirit Soloists: Michael Weiss, Mary Fabel and Mishonna McCottry
Hear My Prayer, and Music Down in My Soul
Scottish Folksongs of Love by Mack Wilberg (b. 1955)
Susan Cadwell & Sharon Hough, accompanists
O, Whistle and I'll Come to ye Soloist: Audrey Bruce Darby
My Love's in Germany Soloist: Carrie Livingston and I'll aye call in by yon town
Songs of Celebration by Z. Randall Stroope (b.1953)
How Can I Keep From Singing?, Amor de mi alma, and Homeland

2006 - 2007 Season

Piccolo Spoleto
Festival of Churches Concert - June 2007
"Songs of Thankfulness and Praise"

The Piccolo Spoleto Festival is produced and directed by the City of Charleston Office of Cultural Affairs and is funded in part by grants from the City of Charleston; Charleston County; South Carolina Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency; and the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism. Piccolo's mission is to provide access to the Spoleto Festival experience for everyone, regardless of their economic, social or physical circumstances and to provide the opportunity for excellent local and regional artists, writers and performances to be presented in Piccolo's "local venue." Featured works and composers for the performance at St. Philip's Church were:
- O Sing Joyfully by Adrian Batten (1591 - 1637)
- Cantate Domino by Giuseppe Pitoni ( 1657 - 1743)
- Exultate Justi by Lodovico Viadana (C.1564 - 1645)
- Herr und Mund un Tat un Leben, BWV 147 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
- Hallelujah, Amen from Judas Maccabaeus by George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
- Laudate Dominum from Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Soloist: Soprano - Krista Thurston
- The Heavens are Telling from The Creation by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
Soloists: Soprano - Ashley Wulf, Tenor - John Stoney, Bass - Tony Dunlap
- Cantique de Jean Racine, Opus 11 by Gabriel Faure (1824 - 1924)
- Praise to the Lord arr. by F. Melius Christiansen ( 1871 - 1955)
- I Thank You God by Lloyd Pfautsch (1921 - 2003)
- Seeds Grow to Plants from "Canticles of America" by John Rutter ( b. 1945)
-Worthy to be Praised by Byron J. Smith (b. 1957)
Soloists: Tenor - Josh Gragg,  Mezzo Soprano - Lisa Mcleod

Spring Concert - March 2007
"A Grand Night for Singing"

A musical tribute to the works of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Featured selections of composer Richard Rodgers (1902 - 1979) and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein (1895 - 1960) at Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in beautiful downtown Summerville were:
- State Fair Choral Selection   (1. It's A Grand Night for Singing   2. That's For Me  
3. It Might As Well Be Spring   Soloists: Soprano - Susan Storm and Bass - John Nielsen  
4. All I Owe Ioway )
- Oklahoma Choral Selection   (1. Oh, What A Beautiful Morning   2. The Surrey With The Fringe On Top   3. People Will Say We're In Love   4. Oklahoma )
- Carousel Choral Selection   (1. A Real Nice Clambake   2. You'll Never Walk Alone   3. Blow High, Blow Low   4. If I Loved You   5. June Is Bustin' Out All Over )
- South Pacific Choral Selection   (1. Bali Ha'i   2. A Wonderful Guy   3. Younger Than Springtime   4. There is Nothin' Like A Dame   Soloist: Bass - Tony Dunlap   5. Some Enchanted Evening )
- The King and I Medley   and   Getting to Know You
- The Sound Of Music Choral Selection   (1. The Sound Of Music   2. My Favorite Things  
3. Do - Re - Mi   4. Climb Ev'ry Mountain )

Fall Concert - November 2006
"Praise and Thanksgiving"

A program spanning 500 years of sacred music. Featured works, and composers were:
- O Sing Joyfully by Adrian Batten (1591 - 1637)
- Cantate Domino by Giuseppe Pitoni ( 1657 - 1743)
- Exultate Justi by Lodovico Viadana (C.1564 - 1645)
- Hallelujah, Amen from Judas Maccabaeus by George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
- Laudate Dominum from Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) Soloist: Soprano - Krista Thurston
- The Heavens are Telling from The Creation by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
Soloists: Soprano - Amie Spitzer, Tenor - John Stoney, Bass - Tony Dunlap
- Break Forth, O Neauteous Heavenly Light from The Christmas Oratorio by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)
- Tollite Hostias from Christmas Oratorio by Camille Saint-Saens (1835 - 1921)
- Praise to the Lord arr. by F. Melius Christiansen ( 1871 - 1955)
- I Thank You God by Lloyd Pfautsch (1921 - 2003)
- Seeds Grow to Plants from "Canticles of America" by John Rutter ( b. 1945)
-Worthy to be Praised by Byron J. Smith (b. 1957)
Soloists: Tenor - Josh Gragg,  Mezzo Soprano - Lisa Mcleod

Special Fall Concert Presentation - October 2006
"Mozart Requiem KV626"

A 215th Anniversary Performance by the Combined Choirs of the Charleston Southern University Ensembles ( Bel Canto Woman's Chorale, The Concert Singers vocal ensemble, and the Singing Buccaneers Men's ensemble ) and the Singers of Summerville accompanied by a Combined Orchestra featuring instrumentalists from the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and the Charleston Southern University faculty and students. Soloists were:

Tenor - Walter Cuttino - Artistic Director of the Palmetto Opera, conductor of the Palmetto Mastersingers and Director of Music at Lake Murray Presbyterian Church
 Soprano - Dr. Jill Terhaar Lewis - Vocal Music Artist-In-Residence at CSU
 Mezzo Soprano - Dr. Jennifer Luiken - Asst Professor of Voice and Director of the Charleston Southern University Lyric Theater
Baritone - Dr. Anthony Offerle - University of Florida director of the opera workshop program, and the instrumental/vocal ensemble director for the fall musical.

The entire ensemble was conducted by: Dr. Valerie Bullock, Chair of the Horton School of Music, Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Charleston Southern University and current Director of the Singers of Summerville.

2005 - 2006 Season

Spring Concert - May 2006
"An American Sampler"

A celebration of choral music by American composers. Featured works and composers were:
- Modern Music by William Billings (1746 - 1800)
- Beautiful Dreamer by Stephen Foster (1826 - 1854)
- Soldier, Soldier, Won't You Marry Me? Early American, arr. by R. DeCormier (1905 - 1989)
- Come Ye That Love the Lord, God Is Seen and Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal arr. by Alice Parker
- Selections from Frostiana (Poems of Robert Frost) 1. The Road Not Taken 2. The Pasture 5. A Girl's Garden and 7. Choose Something Like A Star by Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
- Hosanna in Excelsis by Brent Pierce (b. 1940)
- Sing Me to Heaven by Daniel Gawthrop (b. 1949)
- All That Hath Life and Breath Praise Ye the Lord! by Rene Clausen (b. 1953)

Fall Concert - November 2005
"A Celebration of Anniversaries"

A program of choral selections representing milestones in the lives of composers whose birth or death dates we recognized in 2005. Featured works and composers were:
- Blessed are Those and O Nata Lux by Thomas Tallis (1505 - 1585)
- Jesus Christ the Apple Tree by Elizabeth Poston (1905 - 1985)
- I Believe This is Jesus, We Shall Walk Through the Valley, and Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord by Undine Smith Moore (1905 - 1989)
-Fa Una Canzona and Dolcissimo Ben Mio by Orazio Veecchi (1550 - 1605)
- Exaltation, Lamb of God, and Praise to the Lord by F. Melius Christiansen ( 1871 - 1955)
- O Little Town of Bethlehem by Dale Warland
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas by Arthur Warrell

2004 - 2005 Season

Spring Concert - May 2005
"Birds, Love, and Springtime"

A program of choral selections representing compositions about birds, love, or springtime. Featured works and composers were:
- Spring Returns by Luca Marenzio (1553 - 1599)
- Il bianco e dolcecigno by Jacob Arcadelt (1514 - 1557)
- Now is the Month of Maying by Thomas Morley (1557 - 1603)
- The Blue Bird by Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924)
- The Springtime of the Year by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
- The Lark in the Morn by Randall Thompson (1899 - 1984)
--Die Nachtigall and Lerchengesang by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
- Where the Earth Meets the Sky (1. In Time of Silver Rain, 2. The Pasture and 3. Song of the Earth) by Z. Randall Stroope (b. 1953)
- The Earth Adorned by Waldemar Ahlen (1894 - 1982)
- Beautiful Savior arr. by F. Melius Christiansen (1871 - 1955)

Fall Concert - November 2004
"Songs of Angels"

A program of choral selections making reference to angels featuring Latin motets of the late renaissance music, double chorus compositions, and twentieth-century American compositions. Presented works and composers were:
- Hodie Christus Natus Est byJan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562 - 1621)
- Angelus ad Pastores Ait by Hans Leo Hassler (1564 - 1612)
- Duo Seraphim by Jacob Handl (1550 - 1591)
- Marienlieder(1. The Annunciation 4. The Hunter) by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
- Glory to God from the Messiah by George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759)
- Glory to God in the Highest by Randall Thompson (1899 - 1984)
--The Angels and the Shepherds by Stephen Paulus (b. 1949 )
- Alleluia by Ralph E. Williams (b. 1953)
- Alleluia by Randall Thompson (1899 - 1984)
- Alleluia arr. by Sven Lekberg (1900 - 1984)

2003 - 2004 Season

Spring Concert - April 2004
"In Concert"

A program of late Renaissance English anthems, late eighteenth century compositions, late nineteenth century songs of nature, and folk songs which had their roots in America. Featured works and composers were:
- O Sing Joyfully by Adrian Batten (1591 - 1637)
- The Lord's Prayer by Robert Stone (1516 - 1613)
- If Ye Love Me by Thomas Tallis (1505 - 1585)
- Come Let's Rejoice by John Amner (1579 - 1641)
- The Heavens are Telling from The Creation by Franz Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
- Hallelujah from Christ on the Mount of Olives by Ludwig von Beethoven (1770 - 1827)
- Songs of Nature, op.63 (1. Songs Filled My Heart, 2. When Evening Comes Chimes Fill the Forest, 3. Golden Harvest, 4. Up Sprang a Birch Tree Overnight, and 5. Oh, Here's a Day for Joyful Singing) by Antonin Dvorak (1841 - 1904)
-Black Sheep arr. by John Rutter
- Buffalo Gals arr. by Alice Parker
- Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair arr. by Stuart Churchill
- Drunken Sailor arr. by Robert Sund

Fall Concert - November 2003
"Choral Music Through the Ages"

A sampling of sacred and secular choral music of the past five centuries. Featured works and composers were:
- Cantate Domino by Giovanni Francesco Anerio (C.1567 - 1630)
- O Vos Omnes by Tomad Luis de Victoria (C.1548 - 1611)
- Exultate Justi by Lodovico Viadana (C.1564 - 1645)
- Hear My Prayer by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
- Sing We and Chant It by Thomas Morley (1557 - 1603)
- The Silver Swann by Orlando Gibbons (1583 - 1625)
- Fair Phyllis I Saw by John Farmer (C.1565 - 1605)
- How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
- The Last Words of David by Randall Thompson (1899 - 1984)
- Ain't Got Time to Die arr. by Hall Johnson
- All My Trials arr. by Norman Luboff
- Ride the Chariot arr. by William Henry Smith