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2019 UWF Summer Festival Chorus
​Dr. Peter Steenblik, Director

Registration opening soon!

Session One – Rutter & Wilberg
Highlighting two of the most prolific composers of our time, this is a concert experience not to be missed!  We will be joined by a core of instrumentalists on the Rutter Gloria!​ and other works.

• Rehearsals June 3-7, 7:00-9:30pm; and June 8, 4:00-5:30pm
• Performance June 8, 7:30pm @ UWF MainStage Theatre

Session Two – Choral Masterpieces
With pieces by Brahms, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Bernstein, Orff, Thompson, and others, this memorable and musical session will feature movements from landmark works of the choral repertoire.

• Rehearsals June 24-28, 7:00-9:30pm; and June 29, 4:00-5:30pm
• Performance June 29, 7:30pm @ UWF Music Hall

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For more information, please email Chorus Manager Rebekah Foushee - uwfsingers@uwf.edu .

*Students aged 17 will be permitted, but must provide a letter of recommendation from their choral director (church or school) -- have a short letter of reference sent directly to uwfsingers@uwf.edu .

The UWF Summer Festival Chorus is being jointly produced through the UWF Department of Music & Continuing Education.  For registration issues, contact Stephania Bustamante.
 
***Also available through UWF as a variable credit course.   If you wish to register for university credit, please do not register using the link above, but go through the UWF registrar.  If interested, contact Hannah Denaro for more info -  hsharp1@uwf.edu .***

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Archived Videos of the UWF Summer Festival Chorus

2018

Session One - Below are videos from our 2018 Summer Festival Chorus - Session One, Reinventions: 21st Century Choral Music.  View the printed program here.  Click on the titles to view any of the videos below:

• Alleluia - Paul Basler
• O Magnum Mysterium - Tomas Luis de Victoria / Serenity [O Magnum]  - Ola Gjeilo
• El Grillo - Josquin des Prez / Animal Crackers, vol. 1 - Eric Whitacre
• Love is Love is Love is Love - Abbie Betinis
• Sure On This Shining Night  - Samuel Barber / Sure On This Shining Night - Morten Lauridsen
• Litanei [Peace Be With You] - Franz Schubert / Blessing in the Leaving - Susan LaBarr
• Cantate Canticum Novum​ - Dan Forrest

Session Two - Below are videos from our 2018 Summer Festival Chorus - Session Two, Haydn's LORD NELSON MASS.  View the printed program here.  Click on the titles to view any of the videos below:

• Zadok the Priest - G. F. Handel; Ave Verum Corpus - W. A. Mozart

Missa In Angustiis / Lord Nelson Mass​ - F. J. Haydn

• Kyrie
• Gloria
• Credo/Sanctus
• Benedictus/Agnus Dei

2017

Session One - Below are videos from our 2017 Summer Festival Chorus - Session One, featuring the Fauré Requiem. View the printed program here.

• I Will Sing with the Spirit - John Rutter
  
• Locus Iste - Anton Bruckner
  
• Pilgrim Song - arr. Ryan Murphy
• Requiem​ - Gabriel Fauré, with the Pace High School Wind Ensemble in a new transcription by Anthony Denaro​​

Session Two - Below are videos from our 2017 Summer Festival Chorus - Session Two, featuring folksongs & spirituals. View the printed program here.

• British Isles - Highland Mary (J. Mulholland); Annie Laurie (Lady John Scott; arr. Shaw/Parker); The Minstrel Boy (Trad'l Irish; arr. Parker)
• Pacific Islands - Minoi, Minoi (Samoan Folksong; arr. Marshall); Ta mu re, Tahiti ne (Tahitian folksong; arr. Harris)
• South America - Tres Cantos Nativos dos Indios Kraó (Brazilian Tribal Melodies; arr. Leite)
• North American Folk - Amazing Grace (Trad'l tune; arr. Hatfield); Nelly Bly (Stephen Foster; arr. Halloran); The Road Home (Tune from Southern Harmony; arr. Paulus)
• Spirituals - Ride On, King Jesus (Traditional Spiritual; arr. Hogan); I Want Jesus to Walk with Me (Traditional Spiritual; arr. Hogan)
• Gospel - He'll Make a Way (B. Smith)

This concert significantly featured Meredith Stemen (piano), and Donovan Black (tenor), Recipient of the 2017 Grady-Rayam Prize in Vocal Performance.

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2017 Photo Gallery