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2019 UWF Summer Festival Chorus
Dr. Peter Steenblik, Director
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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.
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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.
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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 .***
*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 .***
Archived Videos of the UWF Summer Festival Chorus:
2019
Session One - Below are videos from our 2019 Summer Festival Chorus - Session One, Rutter & Wilberg. View the printed program here. Click on the titles to view any of the videos below:
- Saints Bound for Heaven - arr. Mack Wilberg
- Wonder - Mack Wilberg
- The Lord Bless You and Keep You - John Rutter / Thou Gracious God Whose Mercy Lends - arr. Mack Wilberg
- Shenandoah - arr. Mack Wilberg / Down By the Riverside - arr. John Rutter
- Gloria, mvt. 1 - John Rutter
- Gloria, mvt. 2 & 3 - John Rutter
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Session Two - Below are videos from our 2019 Summer Festival Chorus - Session Two, Choral Masterpieces. View the printed program here. Click on the titles to view any of the videos below:
- O Fortuna, from Carmina Burana - Carl Orff / In the Beginning and The Heavens are Telling, from The Creation - F. J. Haydn
- Salvation is Created - Pavel Chesnokov / Sicut Locutus Est from Magnificat - J. S. Bach
- Behold, God the Lord Passed By, from Elijah - Felix Mendelssohn / O Schöne Nacht - Johannes Brahms
- Choose Something Like a Star, from Frostiana - Randall Thompson / Hallelujah, from Christ on the Mount of Olives - Ludwig van Beethoven
- Make Our Garden Grow, from Candide - Leonard Bernstein
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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2017 Photo Gallery
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