Program
Crossing the Bar
Rani Arbo, arr. Peter Amidon
Holding the Light
B.E. Boykin
You Do Not Walk Alone
Elaine Hagenberg
I Am Loved
from “Poems of Sara Teasdale”
Christopher H. Harris
Hide and Seek
Soloist | Emma Gragan
Imogen Heap, arr. Jan Yngwe
Walk Together, Children
Moses Hogan
INTERMISSION
Magnificent Horses
Alyssa Pysola, flute
Sean McMasters, percussion
Arr. Yang Hong Nien
Adapted & arr. Jing Ling-Tam
When the Earth Stands Still
Don Macdonald
Caledonia
Soloists | Michael Bruno, Olivia Cuccaro, Amy Dick, Lauren Emrich, Samuel Sartore, Matthew Sartore, Leigh Usilton, Rich Williams
Dougie MacLean, arr. Blake Morgan
Poem of Praise
Florence B. Price
Farewell, My Joy
Charles Villiers Stanford
All Will Be Well
Sean McMasters, percussion
Will Todd
Text and Translations
Holding the Light
B.E. Boykin
Gather up whatever is glittering in the gutter,
whatever has tumbled in the waves or fallen
in flames out of the sky, for it’s not only our
hearts that are broken, but the heart of the world as well.
Stitch it back together.
Make a place where the day speaks to the night
and the earth speaks to the sky.
Whether we created God or God created us
it all comes down to this:
In our imperfect world
we are meant to repair and stitch together what beauty there is,
stitch it with compassion and wire.
See how everything we have made gathers
the light inside itself and overflows?
A blessing.
Farewell, My Joy
Charles Villiers Stanford
Farewell, my joy!
For other hearts the Spring,
For other eyes the roses; but for me
The iron gate, the shadowy cypress-tree,
The solemn dirge that cloistered voices sing.
Farewell, my joy!
Alas, I loved thee well!
For no light matter had I let thee go.
I cherished thee in rain, and wind, and snow.
I bound thee to my breast with many a spell.
Hail and farewell, my joy!
If I might give
To one sweet friend the rapture that I miss,
Read in her eyes that ecstasy of bliss,
Tho' death were in my own,
I yet should live.
Crossing the Bar
Rani Arbo, arr. Peter Amidon
Sunset and evening star
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar
When I put out to sea
But such a tide as moving seems asleep
Too full for sound and foam
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home.
Twilight and evening bell
And after that dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell
When I embark;
For tho’ from out our bourne of
Time and Place
The flood may bear me far
I hope to see my Pilot face
When I have crossed the bar.
Hide and Seek
Imogen Heap, arr. Jan Yngwe
Where are we?
What the hell is going on?
The dust has only just begun to fall
Crop circles in the carpet
Sinking feeling
Spin me 'round again and rub my eyes
This can't be happening
When busy streets amass with people
Would stop to hold their heads heavy
Hide and seek
Trains and sewing machines
All those years
They were here first
Oily marks appear on walls
Where pleasure moments hung before
The takeover, the sweeping insensitivity of this
Still life
Hide and seek
Trains and sewing machines
Oh, you won't catch me around here
Blood and tears, hearts
They were here first
Mm, what’d you say?
Mm, that you only meant well?
Well, of course you did.
Mm, what’d you say?
Mm, that it’s all for the best?
Of course it is.
Mm, what’d you say?
Mm, that it’s just what we need?
You decided this.
Mm, what’d you say?
Mm, what did she say?
Ransom notes keep fallin’ out your mouth
Mid-sweet talk, newspaper work cut-outs.
Speak no feeling, no I don’t believe you.
You don’t care a bit. You don’t care a bit.
You Do Not Walk Alone
Elaine Hagenberg
May you see God’s light on the path ahead
When the road you walk is dark.
May you always hear,
Even in your hour of sorrow,
The gentle singing of the lark.
When times are hard may hardness
Never turn your heart to stone,
May you always remember when the shadows fall
You do not walk alone.
Walk Together, Children
Moses Hogan
There’s a great camp-meetin’
There’s a great camp-meetin’
Lawd, a great camp-meetin’ in the promised lan’
Oh, walk together children, don’t you get weary,
Walk together children, don’t you get weary,
Walk together children don’t you get weary,
There’s a great camp-meetin’ in the promised lan’
Gonna walk and never tire,
Oh walk and never tire
Walk and never tire
There’s a great camp-meetin’ in the promised lan’
Gonna sing and never tire,
Oh sing and never tire
sing and never tire
Gonna shout and never tire,
Oh shout and never tire
shout and never tire
There’s a great camp-meetin’ in the promised lan’
Oh, walk together children, don’t you get weary
Sing together children, don’t you get weary
shout together children, don’t you get weary
There’s a great camp-meetin’ in the promised lan’.
When the Earth Stands Still
Don Macdonald
Come listen in the silence of the
moment before rain comes down.
There’s a deep sigh in the quiet
of the forest and the tall tree’s crown.
Now hold me.
Will you take the time to
hold me and embrace the chill?
Or miss me,
will you take the time to miss me
when the earth stands still?
Cause there’s no use running
cause the storm’s still coming
and you’ve been running for so many years.
Come listen in the silence of the
moment before shadows fall.
Feel the tremor of your heartbeat
matching heartbeat as we both dissolve.
Now hold me….
Cause there’s no use running
cause the storm’s still coming
and you’ve been running for so many years.
So stay with me, held in my arms
Like branches of a tree
They’ll shelter you for many years.
Poem of Praise
Florence B. Price
Swift things are beautiful:
Swallows and deer,
And lightning that falls
Bright-veined and clear,
Rivers and meteors,
Wind in the wheat,
The strong-withered horse,
The runner’s sure feet.
And slow things are beautiful:
The closing of day,
The pause of the wave
That curves downward to spray,
The ember that crumbles,
The opening flower,
And the ox that moves on
In the quiet of power.
All Will Be Well
Will Todd
There's a bloom that never fades,
there's a dream that stays
There's a hope which carries me
through all my days
So I will bring a shining light,
a story new to tell
In the end all things shall pass
and all will be well
I am here beside you,
I am holding you
I will be the hand of love in all you do
So I will bring a shining light,
a story new to tell
In the end all things shall pass
and all will be well
Caledonia
Dougie MacLean, arr. Blake Morgan
I don't know if you can see
the changes that have come over me
In these last few days, I've been afraid
that I might drift away
So I've been telling old stories, singing songs
that make me think about where I came from
And that's the reason why I seem so far away today
But let me tell you that I love you,
that I think about you all the time
Caledonia, you're calling me,
and now I'm going home
But if I should become a stranger,
you know that it would make me more than sad
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had
I have moved and I've kept on moving,
proved the points that I needed proving
Lost the friends that I needed losing,
found others on the way
I have kissed the ladies
and left them crying,
stolen dreams, yes there's no denying
I have travelled hard,
sometimes with conscience lying
somewhere with the wind
But let me tell you that I love you,
that I think about you all the time
Caledonia, you're calling me,
and now I'm going home
But if I should become a stranger,
you know that it would make me more than sad
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had
Now I'm sitting here before the fire,
the empty room, the forest choir
The flames that couldn't get any higher,
well they've withered, now they've gone
But I'm steady thinking,
my way is clear
and I know what I will do tomorrow
When the hands have shaken
and the kisses flow,
well I will disappear
But let me tell you that I love you,
that I think about you all the time
Caledonia, you're calling me,
and now I'm going home
But if I should become a stranger,
you know that it would make me more than sad
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had
I Am Loved
from “Poems of Sara Teasdale”
Christopher H. Harris
I am wild, I will sing to the trees,
I will sing to the stars in the sky,
I love, I am loved, he is mine,
Now at last I can die!
I am sandaled with wind and with flame,
I have heart-fire and singing to give,
I can tread on the grass or the stars,
Now at last I can live!
Our Singers
Michael Anderson
Kelsey Armstrong
Alex Bailey
Norrie Bastedo
Huck Beard
Josh Berkey
Peter Bianchi
Tim Black
Kaitlyn Breen
Bill Brinzer
Tom Brown
Michael Bruno
Cody Burke-Sweet
Douglas Burn
Speranza Capocci
Madilyn Carothers
Ashley Cesaratto
Lia Christulides
Liam Chute
Shannon Clontz
Shaun Cloonan
Kaitlyn Clougherty
Chelsea Cockburn
Evan Cuccaro
Olivia Cuccaro
Joe Dangerfield
Elizabeth Davis
Meghan DeHaven
John DeLuce
Amy Dick
Evan Diulus
Sasha Dudley
Beth Eger
Brian Eisiminger
Chris Elek
Liz Elek
Karen Emmett
Lauren Emrich
Sarah Esslinger
Michael Everhart
Lea Fanizzi
Ellen Fast
Ben Filippone
Douglas Florey
Mariann Fox
Megan Froehlich
Julie Galati
Abby George
Ronni Getz
Tevia Grimenstein
Liz Groch
Jeff Gross
Jaiden Gulick-Johnson
Nathan Hart
Kaitlyn Hayes
Stephanie Hefelfinger
Jim Heinrich
Garrett Hoffman
Courtney Kaplan
Jenna Keeling
Lana Kipp
Sarah Knobeloch
Erik Kolodziej
Yangming Kou
Todd Kuczawa
Dan Leonard
Braden Lloyd
David Lloyd
Lauren Maine
Sam Martin
Sydney Martin
Laura McClain
Collin McCormick
Kristin McCrory
Jay McDowell
Kelli McElhinny
Sean McMasters
Kamran Mian
Shane Michael
Lorraine Milovac
Lindsay Mitchem
Gail Mosites
Eileen Murray
Megan Murray
Hannah Oldham
D.J. Pickell
Bethany Pivik
Max Pivik
Caroline Poirier
Taylor Powell
Nate Presutti
Jen Prex
Preston Proctor
B Rauch
Andrew Roberts
Brandy Rockage
Joe Rogers
Daniel Rossi-Keen
Pamela Rossi-Keen
Mary Rumelfanger
Zoey Russell
Maura Saint
Jess Sapp
Matthew Sartore
Samuel Sartore
Jennifer Schetley
Janet Schock
Stephen Schramm
Kym Scott
Bekah Sedwick
Tiffany Sites
Lauren Smith-Lemesh
Emilee Spozarski
Cameron Stahl
Serena Tamburrino
Patrick Thibodeau
Matt Thomas
Emily Tiberi
Bethany Tome
Becki Toth
Lily Turner
Leigh Usilton
Neal Venters
Dave Verno
Lindsay Verno
Jarrod West
D’Artagnan Whalen
Jo Whalen
Rich Williams
Evan Wilson
Bri York
Em Yuretich