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MOS Program Information, 1989 - Present
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Menu of Programs
May 6, 2005 - MOS at the POPS
March 13/14, 2005 - Mendelssohn's Elijah
February 12/13, 2005 - Lovers and Poets
December 5, 2004 - Christmas Echoes
Oct 22, 2004 - A World of Song
May 14, 2004 - Music of the Stage: Opera and Musical Theatre Favorites
March 14 and 15, 2004 - Rachmaninoff Vespers
February 15 and 20, 2004 - Miniature Masterpieces
December 5 and 7, 2003 - 'Tis the Season: Christmas with MOS
October 24, 2003 - Salute America! A Musical Tribute to Our Nation
May 16, 2003 - Hooray for Hollywood: MOS Goes to the Movies
Mar 23, 2003 - Mozart Requiem
Feb 9/21, 2003 - MOCS: An American Journey
Dec 6/8, 2002 - Messiah
Oct 18, 2002 - Choral Majesty: Music for Regal Occasions
May 17, 2002 - Songs of Hope and Freedom
Mar 15, 2002 - Return to Old Ireland
Feb 12/17, 2002 - MOCS: Timeless
Dec 7, 2001 - Gloria: A Christmas Celebration
Oct 21, 2001 - Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem
May 18, 2001 - The Gospel According to Andrew Lloyd Webber
Mar 25, 2001 - B Minor Mass (Bach)
Feb 11/13, 2001 - MOCS: Faith, Love, and Fancy
Dec 1, 2000 - Sing We Now of Christmas
Oct 27, 2000 - Te Deums! Expressions of Praise
May 12, 2000 - America Sings! Songs of the 20th Century
Mar 17, 2000 - The Music of Ireland: A Saint Patrick's Day Celebration
Feb 13, 2000 - MOCS: Songs of Love (and other subjects)
1989 - 1999
 PROGRAM NAME: MOS at the POPS
DATE: May 6, 2005
TITLES/ENSEMBLES/SOLOISTS
1900s
Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin) Tom Alderman, organ
Let Me Call You Sweetheart (Friedman) men of MOS
By the Light of the Silvery Moon (Edward) men of MOS
1910s
I'm Always Chasing Rainbows (Carroll arr. Strommen)
I Love a Piano (Berlin arr. Kern)
1920s
I Can't Give You Anything But Love (McHugh arr. Riley and Althouse)
It Had to Be You (Jones arr. Robinson)
Embraceable You (Gershwin arr. Shaw) women of MOS conduct. by Toni Myers
1930s
42nd Street (Warren arr. Strommen)
Summertime (Gershwin) Patty Dontje, soprano solo
1940s
I'll Be Seeing You (Fain arr. Spevacek)
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (Raye and Prince arr. Metis) Andrea Ferrard and Shannon Wallon, S1; Ginny Coulter and Melanie Forrester, S2; Melissa Lavey and Julie Thompson, A
1950s
Somewhere (Bernstein arr Edgerton)
Mister Sandman (Ballard arr. Lojeski) women of MOS conduct. by Toni Myers
1960s
What'd I Say: A Tribute to Ray Charles (arr. Kirby Shaw)
Moon River (Mancini arr. Zegree)
Can't Help Falling In Love (Weiss, Peretti, Creatore arr. Emerson)
1970s
Theme from New York, New York (Kander arr. Strommen)
For All We Know (Karlin arr. Chinn)
1980s
The Rose (McBroom) Heather Jones, alto
1990s
The Prayer (Sager and Foster arr. Chinn)
Finale
Phantom of the Opera Medley (Lloyd Webber arr. Lojeski)
Encore
What'd I Say from What'd I Say (arr. Kirby Shaw)
 PROGRAM NAME: Mendelssohn's Elijah
DATE: March 13th (RUMC) and 14th (The Temple on Peachtree
), 2005
TITLES/ENSEMBLES/SOLOISTS
John LaForge, baritone; Benjamin Pruett, tenor; Deborah Benardot, soprano; Karen Sikorski, alto; Debbie Rostad, youth; Bucky Johnson, timpani; Tom Alderman, organ;
Introduction
As God the Lord of Israel liveth (Elijah)
Overture
Scene I – The Drought Prophecy
Help, Lord (Chorus)
Lord, bow thine ear to our prayer (Duet with Chorus)
Ye people, rend your hearts (Obadiah)
If with all your hearts (Obadiah)
Yet doth the Lord (Chorus)
Scene II – Raising the Widow's Son
Now Cherith's brook is dried up (Alto Angel)
What have I to do with thee (The Widow)
Give me thy son (Elijah)
Blessed are the men who fear him (Chorus)
Scene III – Confrontation with the Baalites
As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth (Elijah & Ahab with Chorus)
Baal, we cry to thee (Chorus)
Call him louder (Elijah)
Hear our cry, O Baal! (Chorus)
Call him louder (Elijah)
Baal! Baal! (Chorus)
Draw near all ye people, come to me (Elijah)
Cast thy burden upon the Lord (Chorus)
O Thou, who makest Thine angels spirits (Elijah)
The fire descends from Heaven (Chorus)
Is not His word like a fire? (Elijah)
Scene IV – The Rain Returns
O man of God, help Thy people (Obadiah)
O Lord, Thou hast overthrown (Elijah and the Youth with Chorus)
Thanks be to God! (Chorus)
PART II
Scene V – Elijah and Jezebel
Hear ye, Israel! (Soprano Angel)
Be not afraid (Chorus)
The Lord hath exalted thee (Elijah with Chorus)
Have ye not heard (Jezebel with Chorus)
Woe to Him! (Chorus)
Scene VI – Elijah's desert sojourn
Introduction
Man of God (Obadiah and Elijah)
It is enough (Elijah)
In the Wilderness
See, now he sleepeth (Obadiah)
Lift thine eyes (Women's Chorus)
He, watching over Israel (Chorus)
At Mount Horeb
Arise, Elijah (Alto Angel)
O Lord, I have labored in vain (Elijah)
O rest in the Lord (Alto Angel)
He that shall endure to the end (Chorus)
Scene VII – The Coming of the Lord
Night falleth 'round me (Elijah)
Arise, now! (Soprano Angel)
Behold, God the Lord passed by (Chorus)
Scene VIII – Elijah's Return to Israel
Go, return upon thy way (Chorus)
I go on my way (Elijah)
For the mountains shall depart (Elijah)
Scene IX – Elijah Taken to Heaven
Then did Elijah (Chorus)
Then shall the righteous shine forth (Obadiah)
Scene X – Final Reflection
And then shall your light break forth (Chorus)
 PROGRAM NAME: Lovers and Poets
DATE: February 12 (Oglethorpe) and 13th (RUMC), 2005
TITLES/ENSEMBLES/SOLOISTS
MOCS
Now is the Month of Maying (Morley)
Lebenslust (Schubert)
Mouth Music (arr. Keane/Faulkner)
Of the Father's Love Begotten (arr. P.Christiansen)
If Ye Love Me (Tallis)
Vita De La Mia Vita (Tasso/Hawley)
Chinese Melodies (Washburn) MOCS; Heather Jones; Jonathan Caylor
1. Kang Ding Love Song
2. Looking for Plum Blossoms in the Snow
Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103 (Brahms)
1. He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten
2. Hochgetürmete Rimaflut
3. Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen
4. Lieber Gott, du weisst
5. Brauner Bursche führt zum Tanze
6. Röslein dreie in der Reihe
7. Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn
8. Horch, der Wind lagt in den Zweigen
9. Weit und breit schaut niemand mich an
10. Mond verhüllt sein Angesicht
11. Rote Abendwolken ziehn
INTERMISSION
Les Chansons des Roses (Lauridsen)
La Rose Complete
Dirait-on
Oh My Luve's Like a Red, Red Rose (Clausen)
She Walks in Beauty (Foltz)
Gentle Annie (Foster) men of MOCS
How Do I Love Thee? (Christensen) Patty Dontje, Lisa Young, Heather Jones,
Toni Myers
Love Walked In (Gershwin arr. Zegree)
All the Things You Are (Kern) Larry Frazier
When I Fall In Love (Young, arr. Azelton)
Water Night (Whitacre)
ENCORE: Turn the World Around (Belafonte and Freedman/arr. Farrow)
 PROGRAM NAME: Christmas Echoes
DATE: December 5, 2004
TITLES/ENSEMBLES/SOLOISTS
Gloria (Vivaldi)
Gloria in excelsis
Et in terra pax
Laudamus te -- Debbie Rostad and Karen Lupton
Gratias agimus tibi
Propter magnum gloriam
Domine Deus – Patty Dontje
Domine Fili Unigenite
Domine Deus, Agnus Dei – Toni Myers with chorus
Qui tollis
Qui sedes ad dexteram – Karen Sikorski
Quoniam tu solus sanctus
Cum Sancto Spiritu
Heavenly Light (Kopylow)
O Nata Lux (Lauridsen)
Lux Aurumque (Whitacre) Debbie Rostad
Pastoral Symphony from Messiah (Handel) orchestra
O Green and Shimmering Tree, Good Day! (Weyse/arr. Wilberg)
Fum, Fum, Fum! (arr. Wilberg)
Away in a Manger (Kirkpatrick/arr. Wilberg)
I Saw Three Ships (arr. Wilberg)
Hallelujah from Messiah (Handel)
 PROGRAM NAME: A World of Song
DATE: October 22, 2004
TITLES/ENSEMBLES/SOLOISTS
Ching-A-Ring-Chaw (Copland/arr. Irving Fine)
At the River (Copland/arr. R. Wilding-White)
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need (arr. Mack Willberg)
Savory, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme (arr. Donald Patriquin)
Zigeunerlieder, Opus 103 (Brahms) MOCS
1. He, Zigeuner, greife in die Saiten
3. Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen
5. Baruner Bursche fuhrt zum Tanze
7. Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn
11. Rote Abendwolken zieh'n
The Finnish Forest (arr. Bryan Davies) ladies of MOS; Patty Dontje
The Greenland Whale Fishery (arr. David Poole) men of MOS; Paul Sewell
Around the Campfire (arr. Joshua Jacobsen)
1. Finjan
2. Rad HaLailah
3. Zemer Lach
Mouth Music (Keane and Faulkner/transc. Joseph Byrd) MOCS
Turn the World Around (Belafonte and Freedman/arr. Larry Farrow) MOCS
Dravidian Dithyramb (Paranjoti)
Potong Padi (Lai)
Dörven Dalai (Yongrub)
Sakura, Sakura (Yi)
Chinese Melodies (Washburn) MOCS; Heather Jones; Jonathan Caylor
1. Kang Ding Love Song
2. Looking for Plum Blossoms in the Snow
Natafurahi Siku Ya Leo (Mganga)
Vamuvamba (Mganga)
Let There Be Peace on Earth (Miller and Jackson/arr. Hawley Ades)
Instrumentalists: Tom Alderman, organ; Diane Hargreaves and Rob Elliott, clarinets; Scott Jones, percussion; Jean Kavanagh, oboe; Sue Stenstrom, flute; Marissa Woodall, piano
 PROGRAM NAME: Music of the Stage: Opera and Musical Theatre Favorites
DATE: May 14, 2004
TITLES/ENSEMBLES/SOLOISTS
Guest artist Michael Sylvester and Michele Sylvester
- Voyagers' Chorus, Idomeneo (Mozart) – Karen Lupton
- Recondita Armonia, Tosca (Puccini) – Michael Sylvester
- Wach' auf, Die Meistersinger (Wagner)
- Bridal Chorus, Lohengrin (Wagner)
- Pilgrims' Chorus, Tannhäuser (Wagner) MOS men
- Chorus of Peasant Girls, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky) MOS Women conducted by Toni Myers
- Lenski's Area, Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky)—Michael Sylvester
- Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Nabucco (Verdi)
- Chorus of the Scottish Refugees, Macbeth (Verdi)
- Anvil Chorus, Il trovatore (Verdi)
- Humming Chorus, Madama Butterfly (Puccini)
- Love Duet, Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Michael and Michele Sylvester
- HMS Pinafore: A Choral Salute (Gilbert and Sullivan)
- A British Tar
- We Sail the Ocean Blue
- Never Mind the Why and Wherefore
- I Am the Captain of the Pinafore
- A British Tar (Reprise)
- Maria, West Side Story (Bernstein) – Michael Sylvester
- Ragtime: A Medley (Flaherty)
- Ragtime
- New Music
- Till We Reach That Day
- Wheels of a Dream
- Our Children
- Make Them Hear You
- Success
- Ragtime (Reprise)
- My Strongest Suit, Aida (Elton John)—Lisa Young, Patty Dontje, Toni Myers, Heather Jones
- Every Story is a Love Story/Fortune Favors the Brave, Aida (Elton John)
- Triumphal Scene, Aida (Verdi)
- Encore—Michael Sylvester
 PROGRAM NAME: Rachmaninoff Vespers
DATE: March 14th (RUMC) and 15th (Glenn Memorial UMC), 2004
TITLES/ENSEMBLES/SOLOISTS
MOS
VESPERS (All-Night Vigil)
Movements 1-15
Soloists DeWayne Trainer (March 14th) and Benjamin Pruett (March 15th)
PROGRAM NAME: Miniature Masterpieces
DATE: February 15 (RUMC) and 20th (Oglethorpe), 2004
TITLES/ENSEMBLES/SOLOISTS
 MOCS
- Fanfare for a Festival (Nelson)
- O Magnum Mysterium (de Victoria)
- O Magnum Mysterium (Lauridsen)
- Ave Maria (Bruckner)
- Ave Maria (Busto)
- O Vos Omnes (de Victoria)
- O Vos Omnes (Casals)
- Gloria from Masque of Angels (Argento)
- Quatre Motets pour un Temps de Penitence (Poulenc)
- 1. Timor et tremor
- 2. Vinea mea electa
- 3. Tenebrae factae sunt
- 4. Tristis est anima mea –Karen Lupton
- INTERMISSION
- Feller from Fortune (arr. Somers)
- Water Night (Whitacre)
- Laura (Raskin arr. Williams)
- My Funny Valentine (Rogers and Hart) Heather Jones
- Ain't Misbehavin' (Waller and Brooks arr. Gritton)
- Yesterday (Lennon and McCartney arr. Puerling)
- Twelve Gates into the City (arr. Shackley)
- Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (arr. Hogan) Karen Sikorski
- Ain'a that Good News (Dawson)
- ENCORE: I Have Had Singing (Sametz)
 PROGRAM NAME: 'Tis the Season: Christmas with MOS
DATE: December 5 and 7, 2003
TITLES/ENSEMBLES/SOLOISTS
Atlanta Young Singers of Callanwolde
Chamber Orchestra
- O Magnum Mysterium (de Victoria)--MOCS
- O Magnum Mysterium (Lauridsen)--MOCS
- Of the Father's Love Begotten (arr. Pethel) Organ—Tom Alderman
- In the Bleak Mid-Winter (Darke) MOS
- Candlelight Carol (Rutter) MOS women; Toni Myers conducting
- Christmas Night (Rutter) MOS
- LAUD TO THE NATIVITY (Respighi)—Debbie Rostad,Karen Sikorski, Greg Jordan; MOS; Chamber Ensemble
- O Come, All Ye Faithful (Wade) audience and MOS
- In Dulci Jubilo (Bach) Organ—Tom Alderman
- A Ceremony of Carols(selections) (Britten)
- Wolcum Yole AYSC
- This Little Babe AYSC
- On the Bethlehem Town (Krape) AYSC
- Angels We Have Heard on High (arr. Ortlip) AYSC
- S'Vivon (arr Berteaux) AYSC
- Child Song (McAuliffe; American premiere) AYSC
- A Maiden Most Gentle (arr. Carter) MOS and AYSC
- Good King Wenceslas (arr. Wilcocks) MOS and AYSC; John LaForge, Matthew Hughes
- Away in a Manger (Kirkpatrick arr. Wilcocks) MOS and AYSC
- Joy to the World (Mason arr. Rutter) MOS and AYSC
 PROGRAM NAME: Salute America! A Musical Tribute to Our Nation
DATE: October 24, 2003
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:
- The Star-Spangled Banner (Smith arr. Courtney)
- When the Saints Go Marching In (Rutter)
- Gospel America (arr. Scott Farthing)
- My Country 'Tis of Thee
- America the Beautiful
- Battle Hymn of the Republic
- A Cohan Solute (Cohan arr. Besig)
- Give My Regards to Broadway
- Mary's a Grand Old Name
- Harrigan
- Yankee Doodle Boy
- You're a Grand Old Flag
- Seeds to Grow Plants from "Canticles of America" (Rutter)
- The Promise of Living from "The Tender Land"(Copland)
- Home on the Range (Hayes)
- Band of Angels (Thomas)
- The Testament of Freedom (Thompson)
- I. The God who gave us life
- II. We have counted the cost
- III. We fight not for glory
- IV. I shall not die without a hope
(Tom Alderman/organ; Marissa Woodall/piano; Bucky Johnson, timpani; Johnny Woodall, bass; Lyman Hammond, trombone; John Barbee, clarinet)
 PROGRAM NAME: Hooray for Hollywood: MOS Goes to the Movies
DATE: May 16, 2003
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:
- Hooray for Hollywood (Mercer arr. Schram) MOS
- Classics in the Movies
- O Fortuna (Orff) MOS
- Agnus Dei (Barber) MOS; Debbie Rostad
- O mio babbino caro (Puccini) Amber Brooke, soloist
- Ride of the Valkyries (Wagner) Tom Alderman, organ
- Oscar Winners and Losers
- As Time Goes By (Hupfeld arr. Robinson) MOS; Karen Lupton
- When I Fall In Love (Young arr. Robinson) MOS
- They Can't Take That Away from Me (Gershwin arr. Strommen)
- Mancini Medley (Mancini) Marissa Woodall, piano and instrumentalists
- The Pink Panther Theme
- Days of Wine and Roses
- Moon River
- Can You Feel the Love Tonight? (John/Rice arr.Huff) MOS, Patty Dontje
- John Williams Favorites
- Exsultate Justi (Williams arr. Perry and Perry) MOS
- Hymn to the Fallen (Williams arr. Lavender) MOS
- Dry Your Tears, Afrika (Williams ad. Snyder) MOS
- Recent Hits
- I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow (Stanley arr. Shaw) men of MOS; Larry Armstrong and Richard Ellison
- Down to the River to Pray (arr. Curry) MOS; Heather Jones
- You're Still You (Thompson and Morricone) Paul Sewell, soloist
- And All That Jazz (Ebb and Kander arr. Shaw) ladies of MOS conducted by Toni Myers
- Stage to Screen
- Look to the Rainbow (Harburg and Lane arr. Strommen) MOS
- They Call the Wind Maria (Lerner and Lowe arr. Martin) men of MOS
- Till There Was You (Willson arr. Shaw) women of MOS conducted by Toni Myers
- Seventy Six Trombones (Willson arr. Lojeski) MOS; Jeff Dimond
Instrumentalists: Marissa Woodall, piano; Tom Alderman, organ; Chris Bowman, guitar; Bucky Johnson, drums; Liz McCune, flute; Johnny Woodall, bass
 PROGRAM NAME: Mozart Requiem
DATE: March 23, 2003
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:
ASO Musicians
Tom Alderman, Organ
- Nanie (Brahms)
- Requiem (Mozart)
Arietha Lockhart, soprano
Karen Sikorski, alto
Bradley Howard, tenor
John LaForge, bass
 PROGRAM NAME: An American Journey
DATE: February 9, 2003 at RUMC and February 21, 2003 at Oglethorpe
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:
MOCS
- Devotion to God
- Endless Song How Can I Keep From Singing? (Lowry/arr. Wagner)
Kittery (Billings)
- Come Away to the Skies (Sacred Harp/arr. Parker)
- Saints Bound for Heaven (arr. Wilberg)
- Pilgrims' Hymn (Paulus)
- Dedication to Love
- Long Time Ago from 'Old American Songs' (arr. Copland) Amber Brooke
- Three Mountain Ballads (arr. Nelson)
- He's Gone Away
- Will He Remember? Barbara Allen
- Shenandoah (arr. Erbb)
- Deliverance from Bondage
- Deep River (arr. Hogan) John LaForge
- Good News, the Chariot's Comin' (arr. Hogan)
- Old Time Religion (arr. Hogan) Patty Dontje and Debbie Rostad
- Wade in the Water (arr. Hayes)
- Delight in Life
- A Jubilant Song (Dello Joio) Debbie Rostad
- A Simple Song (Bernstein) Paul Sewell
- Sure on this Shining Night (Barber)
- Make Our Garden Grow from 'Candide' (Bernstein/arr. Page) speakers Amber Brooke and Matthew Link
- Distraction from Cares
- My Romance (Rodgers) Heather Jones
- Smile (Chaplin/arr. Zegree)
- Night and Day (Porter/arr. Carter)
- Democracy for All
- This is My Country (Jacobs/arr. Ringwald)
- America the Beautiful (Ward/arr. Hayes) speakers Toni Myers, Joel Lillethun, Lisa Young, and Lamar Helms
 PROGRAM NAME: Messiah
DATE: December 6, 2002 and December 8, 2002
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:
Chamber Orchestra
- Hodie, Christus natus est (Willan)
- Angels We Have Heard On High (arr. Paulus)
- Sans Day Carol (arr. Rutter) MOCS
- I Wonder as I Wander (arr. Rutter) MOCS; Karen Lupton
- What Sweeter Music (Rutter) MOCS
- MESSIAH selections (Handel)
PART I
Sinfonia
Comfort ye my people – Paul Sewell
Ev'ry valley shall be exalted – Greg Sterchi
And the glory of the Lord
Behold, a virgin shall conceive – Lisa Young
O thou that tellest good tidings – Lisa Young
For unto us a child is born
Pifa
There were shepherds abiding in the field – Debbie Rostad
And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them –Debbie Rostad
And the angel said unto them – Debbie Rostad
And suddenly there was with the angel – Debbie Rostad
Glory to God
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion – Debbie Rostad (Patty Dontje was ill)
His yoke is easy, and his burthen is light
PART II
Behold the Lamb of God
He was despised – Karen Sikorski
Surely he hath borne our griefs
And with his stripes we are healed
All we like sheep have gone astray
Lift up your heads, O ye gates
Hallelujah
PART III
I know that my redeemer liveth – Karen Lupton
Since by man came death
Behold, I tell you a mystery – John LaForge
The trumpet shall sound – John LaForge
Worthy is the lamb & Amen
 PROGRAM NAME: Choral Majesty: Music for Regal
Occasions
DATE: October 18, 2002
TITLES/ ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS
- Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon
G.F. Handel (1685-1759) - Brass Quintet
- The Rejoicing from Royal Fireworks Music
G.F. Handel - Trumpets, Organ and Timpani
- Jerusalem
C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918) - The Michael O'Neal Singers
- Coronation Anthem No. 1 "Zadok the Priest"
Coronation Anthem No. 2 "The King Shall Rejoice"
G.F. Handel - MOS, Trumpets, Organ and Timpani
- O Taste and See
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) - MOS and Karen Lupton, Soloist
- The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune
Ralph Vaughan Williams - Audience, MOS, Brass, Organ and Timpani
1. All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; Him serve with fear, his praise forth tell, Come ye before him and rejoice.
2. The Lord, ye know, is God indeed, Without our aid he did us make; We are his folk, he doth u feed, And for his sheep he doth us take.
3. Choir and trumpet
4. Choir and organ
5. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom heav'n and earth adore, From men and from the angel host, Be praise and glory evermore.
- Canzon I
Paul Peuerl (1575-1625) - Brass Quintet
- Jubilate Deo
William Walton (1902-1983) - MOS and Organ
- I Vow to Thee, My Country
Gustav Holst (1987-1934) - MOS and Organ
- I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me
C. Hubert H. Parry - MOS, Brass, Organ and Timpani
- Gloria in Excelsis
Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) - MOS and Organ, Debbie Rostad, Soloist
- Air and Allegro from King Arthur
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) - Brass Quintet
- Let the People Praise Thee, O God
William Mathias (1934-1992) - MOS and Organ
- O Clap Your Hands
Ralph Vaughan Williams - MOS, Brass, Organ and Timpani
- Antiphon from Five Mystical Songs
Ralph Vaughan Williams - MOS and Organ
Instrumentalists
Yvonne Toll, Trumpet I * Kevin Lyons, Trumpet II
Kathy Wood, French Horn * Mark McConnell, Trombone
Don Strand, Tuba * Jeff Kershner, Timpani
Tom Alderman, Organ
 PROGRAM NAME: Songs of Hope and Freedom
GUEST CONDUCTOR Moses Hogan
Accompanist Marissa Woodall
DATE: May 17,2002
TITLES/ ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS
- Ain'a That Good News! (arr. Dawson)
- There Is a Balm in Gilead (arr. Dawson) Paul Sewell
- SoonAh Will Be Done (arr. Dawson)
(These three conducted by Michael O'Neal)
- Great Day (arr. Hogan) Lisa Young
- I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray (arr. Hogan) Patty Dontje
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (arr. Hogan) Kelly Via, flute
- I Got a Home in-a Dat Rock (arr. Hogan) Pete Hagglund
- Solo: Deep River (arr. Hogan) John LaForge
- Wade in the Water (arr. Hogan) MOCS, Karen Sikorski
- My God Is So High (arr. Hogan) MOCS, Lee Herring
- I'm Gonna Sing 'Til The Spirit Moves in My Heart (arr. Hogan) MOCS
- Solo: He Never Said a Mumbalin' Word (Crucifixion) (arr. Hogan) Karen Sikorsk
- The Battle of Jericho (arr. Hogan)
- I Stood on the River of Jordan (arr. Hogan)
- I Got a Robe (arr. Hogan) Heather Jones
- My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord (arr. Hogan)
- His Light Still Shines—Choral Medley in Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (Moses Hogan) Oral Moses, narrator; Greg Stechi, Annie Easterly,
Charmaine Landrum
 PROGRAM NAME: Return to Old Ireland
DATE: March 15,2002
With Chamber Orchestra and Step dancers from The Mulligan School of Irish Dance and The Cregan-O'Biren School of Dance
TITLES/ ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS
- Irish Lullaby (arr. Abbs)
- Eriskay Love Lilt (arr. Carrington)
- A Little Bit of Heaven (Ball) Joel Lillithun
- A Dancer's Party (Irish Medley) Irish Step Dancers
- The Sally Gardens (arr. Britten) MOCS women
- Molly Malone (arr. Lawson)
- Mairi's Wedding (arr. Chilcott)
- Mother Machree (Olcott and Ball) Greg Sterchi
- 'Tis the Last Rose of Summer (arr. Lawson)
- She Moved Through the Fair (arr. Runswick)
- Phil the Fluter's Ball (arr. Langford)
- The Old House (O'Conner) Scott Poindexter
- Come Dance with Me in Ireland (traditional) Irish Step Dancers
- St. Patrick's Sing-A-Long
- My Wild Irish Rose
- Harrigan
- When Irish Eyes are Smiling
- Return to Old Ireland (McAuliffe) MOS with Chamber Orchestra
- Danny Boy (Londonderry Air) (arr. Peter Knight)
 PROGRAM NAME: Timeless - MOCS 2002 Program
DATE: February 17, 2002 (also Feb. 12th at Oglethorpe)
Accompanist Tom Alderman
TITLES/ ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS
- Ascendit Deus (Gallus)
- Missa "Bella Amfitrit' altera" Kyrie and Gloria (di Lasso) Debbie Rostad, Annie Easterly, Paul Sewell, Pete Hagglund
- Agnus Dei (Barber) Debbie Rostad
- 'Alleluia' from Brazilian Psalm (Berger)
- Song for Athene (Tavener)
- 'Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix' from Samson and Delilah (Saint-Saens) Karen Sikorski
- When I Can Read My Title Clear (arr. Parker)
- Wondrous Love (arr. Parker and Shaw)
- Garden Hymn (arr. Parker and Shaw) Greg Sterchi
- Drei Volkslieder (Mendelssohn-Bartholdy)
- 1. Entflieh' mit mir
- 2. Es fiel ein Reif
- 3. Auf ihrem Grab
- Shenandoah (arr. Erb)
- Geographical Fugue (Toch)
- 'S wonderful (Gershwin arr. Blackwell)
- I Got Rhythm (Gershwin arr. Clapham) Patty Dontje
- Over the Rainbow (Arlen arr. Turner)
- Fanfare for a Festival (Nelson)
 PROGRAM NAME: Gloria: A Christmas Celebration
DATE: December 7, 2001
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn; v. 3 arr. David Willcocks)
- Four Motets for the Season of Christmas (Francis Poulenc) – MOCS
- The First Nowell (arr Willcocks)
- Gloria (John Rutter) Soloists: Karen Lupton, Patty Dontje, and Heather Jones
- Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (Edith M. Reed, arr. Willcocks)
- Wexford Carol (arr.Rutter)
- In the Bleak Mid-winter (Harold Darke)
- Star Carol (Rutter)
- God Rest You, Merry Gentlement (arr. Willcocks)
- I Saw Three Ships (arr. Willcocks)
- Jingle Bells (J. Pierpont, arr. Willcocks)
- We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. Warrell)
 PROGRAM NAME: Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem
*Dedicated to those who lost their lives in the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
DATE: October 21, 2001
TITLES/ ENSEMBLE/SOLOISTS
- Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230 (Bach) MOCS
- Ave Maria (Bruckner) MOCS
- Ave Maria (Biebl) MOCS; soloists Pete Hagglund, baritone, and Paul Sewell and Greg Sterchi, tenors
- A German Requiem (Brahms)
(performed in English)
Lisa Young, soprano, John LaForge, baritone
Tom Alderman, organ
Members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
 PROGRAM NAME: The Gospel According to Andrew Lloyd Webber
DATE: May 18, 2001
TITLES/ ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS
- Requiem (Lloyd Webber) Arietha Lockhart, soprano; Bradley Howard, tenor; Bruce I. Crabtree IV, treble; Marissa Woodall, piano; Tom Alderman, organ; Mike DelCampo, percussion; Johnny Woodall, bass
- Selections from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Lloyd Webber, arr. Emerson)
- Jacob and Sons
- Any Dream Will Do
- One More Angel in Heaven
- Song of the King
- Close Every Door
- Benjamin Calypso
- Go, Go, Go Joseph
- Selections from Jesus Christ Superstar (Lloyd Webber arr. Slater)
- Jesus Christ Superstar
- Heaven on Their Minds
- I Only Want To Say
- I Don't Know How to Love Him
- Everything's Alright
- Superstar
 PROGRAM NAME: B Minor Mass
DATE: March 25, 2001
TITLES/ ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS
Mass in B Minor (Bach)
Arietha Lockhart, soprano; Melissa Fontaine, mezzo-soprano
Laurie Stuart-Swann, contralto; Bradley Howard, tenor
John LaForge, bass
Members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
 PROGRAM NAME: Faith, Love, and Fancy MOCS 2001 Program
DATE: February 11, 2001 (also Feb. 13th at Oglethorpe)
TITLES/ ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS
- Cantate Domino (Hassler)
- Jesu dulcis memoria (de Victoria)
- Hodie Christus natus est (Sweelinck)
- The Lamb (Tavener)
- Worthy to Be Praised! (Byron Smith) Lee Herring
- He Never Failed Me Yet (Ray) Patty Dontje and Lisa Young
- A Red, Red Rose (Mulholland)
- She is my slender small love (Thiman)
- Go, Lovely Rose (Thiman)
- Dirait-on from Les Chansons des Roses (Lauridsen)
- But Beautiful (Van Heusen arr. Zegree) Joel Lillethun and Toni Meyers
- Never Never Land from Peter Pan (Syne, arr. Huff)
- Song for the Mira (MacFillivray arr. Calvert) Patty Dontje; Liz McCune,flute
- Two Songs from Five Childhood Lyrics (Rutter)
- Monday's Child
- Sing a Song of Sixpence
- I Have Had Singing (Sametz)
 PROGRAM NAME: Sing We Now of Christmas
DATE: December 1, 2000
TITLES/ENSEMBLES/SOLOISTS
- Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence (Holst)
- A Ceremony of Carols (Britten) MOS women
- Selections from Messiah (Handel)—Comfort ye, Every Valley—Oliver Sueing
- And the glory. . .,For unto us…--MOS
- Three Noels (Grundman)
- Brightest and Best (Lloyd Webber, William)
- Away in a Manger (Kirkpatrick arr. Wilberg)
- Fum, Fum, Fum—(arr. Wilberg)
- A Celebration of Alfred Burt Carols (arr. Paul Johnson)—MOCS
- How Far is it to Bethlehem (arr. Paulus)
- Mary Had a Baby (arr. Whalum)—MOS men; Oliver Sueing
- Go Where I Send Thee (arr. Caldwell and Ivory)
- Hallelujah from Messiah (Handel)
 PROGRAM NAME: Te Deums! Expressions of Praise
DATE: October 27, 2000
TITLES/ENSEMBLE/SOLOISTS
- Te Deum (Haydn)
- Festival Te Deum (Vaughan Williams)
- Hymne d' Actions de grâces "Te Deum" (Langlais) Tom Alderman, organ
- Festival Te Deum (Britten) Brenda Lundy
- Coronation Te Deum (Walton)
- Te Deum (Rutter)
INSTRUMENTALISTS: Tom Alderman, organ; Jennifer Mautz, timpani
 PROGRAM NAME: America Sings! Songs of the 20th
Century
DATE: May 12, 2000
TITLES/ENSEMBLE/SOLOISTS
- Fanfare for a Festival (Nelson)
- Wake, Awake (Nicolai arr. F. M. Christiansen)
- Sixty-Seventh Psalm (Ives)
- The Last Words of David (Thompson)
- Sure on this Shining Night (Barber)
- The Promise of Living from The Tender Land (Copland)
- Make Our Garden Grow from Candide (Bernstein arr. Page)
- Gershwin Showcase: (Gershwin arr. Strommen)
- I Got Rhythm
- Strike Up the Band
- 'S Wonderful
- Somebody Loves Me
- Bidin' My Time
- Embraceable You
- Someone to Watch Over Me
- Swanee
- Liza
- He Loves and She Loves
- Mine
- Summertime
- I Got Rhythm
- Shenandoah (arr. Erb)
- Cindy (arr. Wilberg)
- Deep River (arr Ringwald)
- Soon Ah Will Done (Dawson)
- Give Me Jesus (arr. Hogan)— Patty Dontje
- Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel? (arr. Hogan)
INSTRUMENTALISTS: Tom Alderman, organ; Michael Crowe, piano; Henri Bulterman and Mike Del Campo, percussion
 PROGRAM NAME: The Music of Ireland: A Saint Patrick's
Day Celebration
DATE: March 17, 2000
TITLES/ENSEMBLE/SOLOISTS
- Beati Quorum Via (Stanford)
- The Blue Bird (Stanford)-MOCS
- Quick! We Have But a Second (Stanford)-MOCS
- Reel Medley (Traditional Irish Dance)-The Mulligan Irish Step Dancers
- Sing, Sing (arr. Parker)
- Avenging and Bright (arr. Parker)—MOS men
- Has Sorrow Thy Young Days Shaded (arr. Parker)
- The Minstrel Boy (arr. Parker)
- The Old House (O'Conner)—Scott Poindexter
- I Know Where I'm Goin' (arr. Parker)
- 'Tis Pretty to be in Balinderry (arr. Parker)
- The Girl I Left Behind Me (arr. Parker)
- The Croppy Boy (arr. Parker)
- Wear'n of the Green (arr. Parker)
- A Dancer's Party (Traditional Irish Medley)—The Mulligan Irish Step Dancers
- Return to Old Ireland-WORLD PREMIERE (McAuliffe)—MOS and Chamber Ensemble
- Londonderry Air (Irish Medlody arr. Grainger)
PROGRAM NAME: Songs of Love (and other subjects) MOCS 2000 program
DATE: February 13, 2000
TITLES/ ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS
- Liebeslieder Walzer (Op. 52) (Brahms)—Amber Brooke, Joel Lillethun
- O Magnum Mysterium (Victoria)
- The Silver Swan (Gibbons)
- April Is in My Mistress' Face (Morley)
- Now Is the Month of Maying (Morley)
- Quatre Motets pour un Temps de Penitence (Poulenc)
- Timor et Tremor
- Vinea Mea Electa
- Saul (Hovland)-Lamar Helms, narrator
- My God Is So High (arr. Moses Hogan)—Lee Herring
- Old Time Religion (arr. Moses Hogan)—Patty Donje
- I'm Gonna Sing Till the Spirit Moves in My Heart (arr. Moses Hogan)
- Let's Do It (Porter, arr. Blackwell)
- Laura (Roskin, arr. Williams)
- Ain't Misvehavin' (Waller and Brooks, arr. Gritton)
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