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Concert Update: Our 2022 concert "Songs of Survival" (below) was picked up by the National Archives of the United Kingdom and excerpts of our performance were on display in London from February - July 2024. Read the full story. View the virtual exhibition. Visit the archives. Congrats to the Concert Choir for this one-of-a-kind honour.
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Recent Concert Recordings:
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Thank you for helping us achieve a 6th consecutive SOLD OUT concert!
View our concert videos of From the First City of Florida Filmed live on November 21, 2024 in the Rolfs Music Hall. Video will be available Nov. 25 through Dec. 10. Program information can be found here. |
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View our concert video of Carmina Burana - a combined effort with the UWF Singers and the Choral Society of Pensacola
Filmed live on March 8, 2024 in the MainStage Theatre |
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Archived Performance Videos:
Les Chansons des Roses and other works
Spring 2023
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Les Chansons des Roses - Morten Lauridsen (complete 5 mvts.)
UWF Singers - April 20, 2023 I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash / arr. Beth Hanson in the style of Holly Cole UWF Singers - February 21, 2023 |
Lo, How a Rose/The Rose - Praetorius/McBroom/arr. Craig Hella Johnson
UWF Singers & Concert Choir- April 20, 2023 He'll Make a Way - Byron J. Smith UWF Singers - April 20, 2023 Come, Sweet Death - aleatoric treatment of J. S. Bach UWF Singers - April 20, 2023 Overture to the Marriage of Figaro - W. A. Mozart / arr. Howard Cable Concert Choir - April 20, 2023 A Blessing of Cranes - Abbie Betinis Concert Choir - April 20, 2023 Os Justi - Anton Bruckner UWF Singers - April 20, 2023 |
A Heart that Still Can Feel
Fall 2022
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Joy, from Three By Langtson - Ricky Ian Gordon/Langston Hughes
UWF Singers - November 22, 2022 Madre, la de los primores - Sor Juana Inès de la Cruz UWF Singers - November 22, 2022 A Prayer of Compassion - Gwyneth Walker UWF Singers - November 22, 2022 Say Her Name - Alysia Lee UWF Singers - November 22, 2022 Somewhere, from West Side Story - Bernstein/arr. Edgerton UWF Singers - November 22, 2022 Cantate Canticum Novum - Dań Forrest UWF Singers - November 22, 2022 |
Messe Basse - Gabriel Fauré
Concert Choir - November 22, 2022 This is the Day - Gerald T. Smith Concert Choir - November 22, 2022 |
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Many of the above videos are from our performances as we prepared to sing at Florida ACDA in Orlando. The printed program from our performance, including program notes, personnel, and publishing information can be viewed here. The link for the entire performance set in its unbroken form can be found here. We are grateful for the many contributors thad made this experience possible.
Nada te turbe - Joan Szymko
Concert Choir - November 22, 2022 I Can See Clearly Now - Nash/Cole/Hanson UWF Singers - February 21, 2023 |
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Song of Survival
Spring 2022
In the early 20th Century, the Dutch East Indies, now modern-day Indonesia, had become home to hundreds of thousands of Dutch, Australian, and British settlers. As the Second World War broke out and the Japanese began to occupy this region, European and Australian civilians were rounded up and placed in internment camps. Over 60,000 of them were women and children, confined in more than 18 camps, who experienced horrifying conditions that worsened as the war years rolled on. In one such camp, two women, found creative ways to keep hope alive and inspire solidarity among the interned. Margaret Dryburgh, a Presbyterian missionary, had received a BA in education and music. She was an organist and earnest teacher. After being imprisoned for a year-and-a-half, she began to write down the notation for piano and orchestral scores. Then she, with the help of Norah Chambers, who had studied violin, voice, and piano at the Royal Academy of Music in London, condensed the scores and rearranged them for unaccompanied voices without losing the aspects of the original instrumentation – all this was accomplished from memory, written on scraps of paper, without access to a published score or musical instrument. The UWF Concert Choir researched and realized a few of these songs in our April 21, 2022 concert: Song of Survival.
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Song of Survival Collection - arr. Dryburgh & Chambers
UWF Concert Choir - April 21, 2022 Individual movements:
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Stand Up - Campbell & Erivo, arr. Téa Douglas
UWF Concert Choir - April 21, 2022 The Fire Dance of Luna - Darius Lim UWF Concert Choir - April 21, 2022 |
Indodana - Traditional isiXhosa, arr. Barrett & Schmitt
UWF Singers - April 21, 2022 Imagine - John Lennon UWF Singers - April 21, 2022 Rejoice in the Lamb - Benjamin Britten UWF Singers - April 21, 2022 I Can Tell the World - Traditional Spiritual, arr. Hogan UWF Singers - April 21, 2022 Jabberwocky - Sam Pottle & Lewis Carroll UWF Singers - April 21, 2022 |
Considering Matthew Shepard
Fall 2021
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Considering Matthew Shepard
Excerpts have been made available for viewing: 1, 2, & 3. Prologue (Cattle..., Ordinary..., We Tell...) 2. Ordinary Boy More excerpts coming soon. |
Stories of Struggle & Strength
Spring 2021
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Stories of Struggle & Strength: Concert Link
UWF Singers - April 20, 2021 For Printable Concert Program click here |
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Virtual performances & various rehearsals
Fall 2020
We are proud to present these two Virtual Choir projects. Such videos were prepared in remote locations, and represent thousands of hours of work divided across the choir.
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Due to the 2020 pandemic, the UWF Singers moved all rehearsals to an outdoor location for the fall semester. The Singers wore masks at all times and observed proper distancing measures. They have demonstrated a heightened awareness for the health and wellbeing of each member of the group. While not without its challenges, this weekly outdoor rehearsal setting has proven to be quite special and I couldn't be prouder of what we have been able to accomplish. Check out some of our videos here. - Peter Steenblik
Week 1: The Lord Bless You and Keep You - John Rutter
Week 2: Pilgrim Song - Ryan Murphy
Week 2: Locus Iste - Anton Bruckner
Week 3: He'll Make A Way - Byron Smith - our joyous reunion post-hurricane Sally
Week 4: Let My Love Be Heard - Jake Runestad
Week 5: Let the River Run - Carly Simon / arr. Craig Hella Johnson
Week 6: O Magnum Mysterium - Tomás Luis de Victoria
Week 7: Lift Every Voice and Sing - arr. Roland Carter
Week 2: Pilgrim Song - Ryan Murphy
Week 2: Locus Iste - Anton Bruckner
Week 3: He'll Make A Way - Byron Smith - our joyous reunion post-hurricane Sally
Week 4: Let My Love Be Heard - Jake Runestad
Week 5: Let the River Run - Carly Simon / arr. Craig Hella Johnson
Week 6: O Magnum Mysterium - Tomás Luis de Victoria
Week 7: Lift Every Voice and Sing - arr. Roland Carter
Brahms Requiem and other works
Spring 2020
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The German Requiem, by Johannes Brahms, accompanied by 4-hand piano, presented by the UWF Singers on March 3, 2020 in the UWF Music Hall.
Johannes Brahms - Requiem: Performances by our Concert Choir completed the concert set: |
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All of Us
Fall 2019
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Cells Planets - Lloyd/Peterson
UWF Singers - November 3, 2019 Stomp on the Fire - Andrea Ramsey UWF Singers - November 3, 2019 On My Dreams - Jocelyn Hagen UWF Concert Choir - November 3, 2019 All of Us (from Considering Matthew Shepard) - Craig Hella Johnson UWF Singers - November 3, 2019 Ave Maria - Nathaniel Dett UWF Singers - November 3, 2019 |
Lamentations of Jeremiah, 1: O Vos Omnes - Alberto Ginastera
UWF Singers - November 3, 2019
Two Chinese Folksongs, 1: Fengyang Ge, 2: The Flowing Stream - arr. Chen Yi
UWF Singers - November 3, 2019
UWF Singers - November 3, 2019
Two Chinese Folksongs, 1: Fengyang Ge, 2: The Flowing Stream - arr. Chen Yi
UWF Singers - November 3, 2019
Christmas Cards
December 2019
Merry Christmas from the UWF Concert Choir. Here are three gifts for you:
- Lullaby - by F. Keel, arr. B. W. Hales
- Mary's Little Boy Child - by J. Hairston, arr. V. Shields
- Candlelight Carol - by J. Rutter
Duruflé Requiem and other works
Spring 2019
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Requiem by Maurice Duruflé with the UWF Singers, organist Paul Miller and the Woodlawn Beach Middle School choir. Recorded April 23, 2019 at the First United Methodist Church of Pensacola
Requiem - Maurice Duruflé |
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Still I Rise - Rosephanye Powell
UWF Singers, Concert Choir, & WBMS Choir on Fire April 23, 2019 Man in the Mirror - (Michael Jackson) arr. Annie Nepomuceno UWF Singers - February 25, 2019 |
All Things Bright & Beautiful - Philip E. Silvey
UWF Concert Choir - April 23, 2019 How Do I Love Thee? - William Boland UWF Concert Choir - April 23, 2019 |
Robert Shaw Tribute Concert
Fall 2018
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Wearin' of the Green - Irish Folksong, arr. Alice Parker
UWF Singers - Nov. 20, 2018 My Gentle Harp - Irish Folksong, arr. Alice Parker UWF Singers - Nov. 20, 2018 My God is a Rock - Traditional Spiritual, arr. Parker & Shaw UWF Singers - Nov. 20, 2018 I Want to Die Easy - Traditional Spiritual, arr. Parker & Shaw UWF Singers - Nov. 20, 2018 |
Ceremony of Carols - Benjamin Britten
UWF Concert Choir - Nov. 20, 2018 Let All the World in Every Corner Sing - Ralph Vaughan Williams UWF Singers - Oct. 7, 2018 O Vos Omnes - Tomás Luis de Victoria UWF Singers - Nov. 20, 2018 Sicut Locutus Est, from Magnificat - J. S. Bach UWF Singers - Nov. 20, 2018 Liebeslieder Walzer, nos. 9, 11, 13, & 14 - Johannes Brahms
UWF Singers - Nov. 20, 2018 The Silver Swan - Orlando Gibbons UWF Singers - Nov. 20, 2018 Three Seas - Alice Parker 1) There is a Solitude of Space 2) As if the Sea Should Part UWF Concert Choir - Nov. 20, 2018 Old Grandma - Canadian Folksong, arr. Alice Parker UWF Concert Choir - Nov. 20, 2018 |
Arise
Spring 2018
Triptych - Tarik O'ReganTarik O'Regan's Triptych with the UWF Singers and the Pensacola West Percussion Ensemble. Recorded Apr. 17, 2018 at The Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Pensacola.
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At Such A Dizzy Height - Joan Szymko/Marc & Bella Chagall
UWF Singers - Apr. 17, 2018 Run to You - Pentatonix Cover UWF Quintet - Apr. 17, 2018 |
Anne Frank: A Living Voice, mvt. 4, Sunshine & Cloudless Sky - Linda Tutas Haugen/Anne Frank
UWF Concert Choir - Apr. 17, 2018 Loch Lomond - arr. Jonathon Quick UWF Singers - Apr. 17, 2018 Lumen - Abbie Betinis UWF Concert Choir - Feb. 26, 2018 Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da - Lennon & McCartney/arr. Ives UWF Quintet - Apr. 17, 2018 All Night Vigil, mvt. 6, Bogoroditse Devo - Sergei Rachmaninoff UWF Singers - Apr. 17, 2018 Where is the Door to the Tavern? - Joan Szymko/Hafiz UWF Concert Choir - Apr. 17, 2018 Gravity - Sara Bareilles/arr. Steenblik
UWF Concert Choir - Apr. 17, 2018 |
Christmas Cards
December 2017
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White Christmas - Irving Berlin/arr. Hales
UWF Singers - Dec. 4, 2017 Christmas Time is Here - Guaraldi & Mendelssohn/arr. Zegree UWF Chamber Choir - Apr. 26, 2017 The Gift - Elder Joseph Brackett/arr. Chilcott UWF Chamber Choir - Dec. 4, 2017 |
Good King Wenceslas - Piae Cantiones/arr. Willcocks
UWF Quintet - Dec. 4, 2017 Christmas Time is Here - Guaraldi & Mendelssohn/arr. Zegree UWF Chamber Choir - Apr. 26, 2017 The Gift - Elder Joseph Brackett/arr. Chilcott UWF Chamber Choir - Dec. 4, 2017 Silent Night - Gruber & Mohr/arr. Fissinger UWF Chamber Choir - Dec. 4, 2017 |
Traditions of Song
Fall 2017
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Kyrie from A Caribbean Mass - Glenn McClure
UWF Singers - Nov. 20, 2017 Two Ladino Folk Songs: Camini por altas torres/Cuando veo hija hermosa - Traditional Sephardic/arr. David Ludwig UWF Singers - Nov. 20, 2017 Niška Banja - Traditional Romani/Serbian - arr. Nick Page UWF Concert Choir - Nov. 20, 2017 Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal - Invitation/arr. Alice Parker UWF Singers - Nov. 20, 2017 Bai Mir Bisti Sheyn - Shalom Secunda/arr. Jacobson & Bailey
UWF Singers & Concert Choir - Nov. 20, 2017 The Road Home - Prospect/arr. Stephen Paulus UWF Singers - Nov. 20, 2017 |
I Remember Her - Ingrid Michaelson/arr. Steenblik
UWF Concert Choir - Nov. 20, 2017 Wondrous Love - Christopher/arr. Betty Berteaux UWF Concert Choir - Nov. 20, 2017 |
Eternal Light
Spring 2017
Lux Aeterna - Morten LauridsenMorten Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna with the Runge Strings Orchestra and the UWF Singers with Christopher Powell on organ. Recorded at First United Methodist Church of Pensacola.
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To view the LUX AETERNA, click the links below:
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Chorale: Zion Hört die Wächter Singen, from Cantata 140 - J. S. Bach
UWF Singers & Runge Strings - Apr. 17, 2017 Circle of Life - John, Zimmer, & Lebo M/arr. Abalada-Piquero UWF Singers - Mar. 2, 2017 Always Look on the Bright Side of Life - Idle/arr. Ayres Come Sweet Death - aleatoric treatment of J. S. Bach UWF Singers - Apr. 17, 2017 Bring Me Little Water, Silvy - Leadbetter/arr. Smiley UWF Chamber Choir - Apr. 17, 2017 |
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Christmas Cards
December 2016
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Infant Holy, Infant Lowly - Traditional/arr. Wilberg
UWF Singers & Runge Strings - Nov. 30, 2016 Caroling, Caroling - Alfred Burt UWF Chamber Choir - Nov. 30, 2016 |
Jauchzet dem Herren - Heinrich Schütz
UWF Singers & UWF Brass Ensemble - Nov. 30, 2016 Jesu Dulcis Memoria - Tomás Luis de Victoria UWF Singers - Nov. 30, 2016 |
Sing On!
Fall 2016
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If Music Be the Food of Love - David Dickau/Henry Heveningham
UWF Singers - Nov. 14, 2016 Be Like the Bird - Abbie Betinis/Victor Hugo UWF Chamber Choir - Nov. 14, 2016 All My Trials - Traditional/arr. Luboff UWF Singers - Nov. 14, 2016 Revecy venir du Printans - Claude Le Jeune UWF Chamber Choir - Nov. 14, 2016 Mata del Anima Sola - Antonio Estévez UWF Singers - Nov. 14, 2016 |
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A Prayer for Peace
Spring 2016
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Chichester Psalms - Leonard Bernstein
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Bernstein's Chichester Psalms with the UWF Singers, Pensacola Children's Chorus, and the Pensacola West Percussion Ensemble, with Christopher Powell on organ. Recorded Apr. 18, 2016 at First Baptist Church of Pensacola.
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Let the River Run - Carly Simon/arr. Johnson
UWF Singers - Apr. 18, 2016 |
The Lamb; Soon-ah Will Be Done; True Light - Ken Neufield/William Blake; Traditional/arr. Dawson; Traditional/arr. Hampton
UWF Chamber Choir - Apr. 18, 2016 Lux Aurumque - Eric Whitacre/Edward Esch UWF Singers - Apr. 18, 2016 City Called Heaven - Traditional/arr. Poelinitz UWF Singers - Apr. 18, 2016 Hope for Resolution - Traditional/arr. Caldwell & Ivory UWF Singers - Apr. 18, 2016 Imagine - John Lennon/arr. Emerson UWF Chamber Choir - Apr. 18, 2016 |
Eric Whitacre Visit: Spring 2016In April, 2016, Composer/conductor Eric Whitacre came to the University of West Florida for 3 days of lecture, masterclass, and Q&A discussion.
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Lullabies, Love Songs, & Requiems
Fall 2015
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Animal Crackers, vol. 1 - Eric Whitacre/Ogden Nash
UWF Singers - Nov. 16, 2015 Sing Me to Heaven - Daniel Gawthrop/Jane Griner UWF Singers - Dec. 2, 2015 Come Travel with Me - Scott Farthing/Walt Whitman UWF Singers - Nov. 16, 2015 The Star-Spangled Banner - Smith & Key/arr. Asper UWF Singers - Oct. 12, 2015 Heart, We Will Forget Him - James Mulholland/Emily Dickinson UWF Singers - Nov. 16, 2015 Fair Ines - Eric William Barnum/Thomas Hood UWF Singers - Dec. 2, 2015 Love Walked In - George Gershwin/Ira Gershwin/arr. Zegree UWF Chamber Choir - Dec. 2, 2015 The Pasture - Z. Randall Stroope/Robert Frost UWF Chamber Choir - Oct. 12, 2015 |
Ach Weh Des Leiden - Hans Leo Hassler UWF Chamber Choir - Nov. 16, 2015 The Road Not Taken - Randall Thompson/Robert Frost UWF Singers - Nov. 16, 2015 |
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