2023 Season
2023 PERFORMANCES
Saturday, July 1, 2023 - Christ the King Catholic Church - Springfield
Sunday, July 2, 2023 - First Presbyterian Church - Springfield
2023 Repertoire:
Zion's Walls – Copland
Locus Iste – Bruckner
I Was Glad – Purcell
How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place – Brahms
Homeward Bound – arr. Wilberg
Deep River – Ringwald
Homeland – Holst/Stroope
I’m Goin’ Home – arr. Choplin
My God Is A Rock – Shaw/Parker
Will the Circle Be Unbroken – arr. Moore
The Road Home – Paulus
2022 Season
In 2022 the choir returned to live, in-person performances! The concert theme was “Hope is the Thing With Feathers” based on the piece by Joseph Eckman with the same title.
2022 PERFORMANCES
Saturday, July 2, 2022 - Christ the King Catholic Church - Springfield
Sunday, July 3, 2022 - First Presbyterian Church - Springfield
2022 Repertoire:
My Spirit Sang All Day - Finzi
O Magnum Mysterium - Victoria
Hope Is the Thing With Feathers - Joseph Eckman
America the Beautiful
Отче Наш [Our Father] - Леонтович. М (Ottsche Nasch - M. Leontowytsch)
How Great Thou Art - Dan Forrest
MLK - Chilcott
Clear Blue Morning - Johnson
Unclouded Day - Kirchner
I Sing Because I’m Happy - Dilworth (with “His Eye Is On the Sparrow”)
Benediction of Hope - Hoelscher
2021 Season
Even though an in-person performance wasn’t possible in 2020 or 2021, the (fully-vaccinated) choir met for four rehearsals in June 2021 and produced three videos. Special thanks to Christ the King Catholic Church and choir member Linda Younkin in Springfield for hosting us, and thanks to choir member Jeremy Hommowun for producing the videos!
2019 Season
2019 Performances
Saturday, July 20, 2019 - St. Francis of Assisi Church - Chiara Center
Sunday, July 21, 2019 - Westminster Presbyterian Church - Springfield
Saturday, September 21, 2019 - First Presbyterian Church - Jacksonville
2018 - Inaugural Season
2018 Performances
Premiere Concert
July 14, 2018
Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Springfield IL
Special Music at Worship Services
July 15, 2018
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Springfield, IL
First Christian Church, Springfield IL
Centenary UMC Fine Arts Series
September 8, 2018
Centenary United Methodist Church, Jacksonville IL
2018 Repertoire
I Will Praise Thee, O Lord - Knut Nystedt (1915-2014)
Sicut Cervus - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)
Sing Joyfully - William Byrd (c.1540-1623)
If Ye Love Me - Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)
Sicut Locutus Est - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
O Schone Nacht - Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
Ave Verum Corpus - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
The Heavens Are Telling - Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Ubi Caritas - Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Sing Me To Heaven - Daniel Gawthrop (1949- )
My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord - Moses Hogan (1957-2003)
In Dat Great Gittin Up Mornin - Jester Hairston (1901-2000)
The Lord Bless You and Keep You - Peter Lutkin (1858-1931)