April 2015 repertoire/recordings: IRELAND TOUR PREVIEW

CONCERT CHOIR

EARLY AMERICAN

Halleluia – Sacred Harp arr. Brad Holmes

Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah – Traditional Appalachian

David’s Lamentation – William Billings

EUROPEAN FAVORITES

Alma Redemptoris Mater – G. P. da Palestrina

Ave Maria – Franz Biebl

Ubi Caritas – Ola Gjeilo

Alleluia: Incantations (from Celtic Mass) – MichaelMcGlynn

MODERN AMERICAN

Kyrie eleison (from Missa Romantica) – James Mulholland (scroll down to “AUDIO SAMPLE”)

Gloria (from Missa Romantica) – James Mulholland (scroll down to “AUDIO SAMPLE”)

Pilgrim’s Hymn – Stephen Paulus

Great Is the Lord – Richard Waters

FOLK SONGS AND SPIRITUALS

Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveler – Nathaniel Dett

Calling My Children Home – arr. Joseph Jennings

Fare Ye Well – Brazeal W. Dennard

BENEDICTION

Irish Blessing – Ross C. Bernhardt

March 2015 repertoire/recordings: MINIATURE MASTERWORKS

CHAMBER SINGERS

In Windsor Forest – Ralph Vaughan Williams

  1. The Conspiracy (SSA)

  2. Drinking Song (TTBB)

  3. Falstaff and the Fairies (SATB)

  4. Wedding Chorus (SATB)

  5. Epilogue (SATB)

UNIVERSITY SINGERS

Frostiana – Randall Thompson

Spring 2015 rosters for Chamber and U.Singers

CHAMBER SINGERS

SOPRANO
Kelsey Dunn
Julia Holland
Nastosha Robinson
Clarissa Smith

ALTO
Bridgett Beichler
HD Burnett
Beth Collett
Katie Cornett
Lindsay G. Harper

TENOR
Chase Moore
Connor Sands
Michael Brian Welch
Will Whalen

BASS
Michael Beasley
Michael Church
Thomas Eastham
John Mathre

 

UNIVERSITY SINGERS

SOPRANO

Kelsey Dunn
Julia Holland
Amber Kenya Lewis
Sara Marksberry
Nastosha Robinson
Taylor Royse
Emily Schrader
Clarissa Smith
Taylor Wells

ALTO
Bridgett Beichler
HD Burnett
Taylor Cochran
Beth Collett
Katie Cornett
Lindsay G. Harper
Reanne Melhorn
Emma Tompkins

TENOR
Chris Arvin
Andrew Hainley
Ryan Kramp
Chase Moore
Connor Sands
Buddy Tyree
Michael Brian Welch
Will Whalen

BASS
Jonathan Adams
Shane Allen
Michael Beasley
Michael Church
Jordan Durham
Thomas Eastham
Adam Kern
John Mathre
Kevin Sexton
Andrew Singleton

IRELAND: passport

IRELAND SINGERS: Have you started the process of getting your passport?

http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/passports.html

http://travel.state.gov/content/passports/english/passports/photos/photo-examples.html

"DECK THE HALLS" tickets on sale Nov. 10

Tickets for our annual holiday dinner and concert - Deck the Halls! - will go on sale November 10. Please support the biggest fundraiser of the year for the EKU Choirs! Click here for more information.

U.SINGERS: inauguration reminders

UNIVERSITY SINGERS: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24

Arrive by 1:45 pm if at all possible. Parking at the EKU Center will not be available. You may either park at Alumni Coliseum, or walk from campus (recommended).

2:00-3:00 pm Rehearsal

We will have one of the large dressing rooms in the basement available as a “hang-out” area in between the rehearsal and the beginning of the ceremony. We will not have separate rooms for men and women, so you will need to use a restroom if you do not arrive in concert attire.

ATTIRE: tux/dress

4:20 pm line-up backstage

Much like we do at commencement, we will sing My Old Kentucky Home near the beginning of the ceremony, and the Alma Mater at the very end of the ceremony. We will exit the stage after My Old Kentucky Home. You will have the option of watching the ceremony (very quietly) from backstage, or going back downstairs to our dressing room until it is time to go back out for the Alma Mater.

The ceremony is scheduled to conclude at 6:00 pm

ALL CHOIRS: homecoming reminders

ALL CHOIRS: SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25

Arrive NO LATER than 2:15 pm.
Earlier is better; anticipate traffic/parking delays.

We will meet OUTSIDE of Roy Kidd Stadium by the entrance to Gate 4 (home side, close to scoreboard and highway, bottom left of picture below). We will enter the stadium with the marching band, then walk to the other side (behind the visitor's stands) to warm-up and line up. PLEASE NOTE THIS IS DIFFERENT PROCEDURE THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS.

We sing at approximately 2:45 pm (National Anthem and Alma Mater)

ATTIRE: CHOIRS t-shirt, polo, or hoodie; jeans