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Program History - MOS Concerts - 1989-1999

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MOS Program Information, 1989 - 1999

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Menu of Programs
2000 - Present
Dec 3, 1999 - Carols of Christmas: Traditions Old and New
Oct 22, 1999 - Sing Requiems, Sing Alleluias! A Tribute to Robert Shaw
May 21, 1999 -
Mar 28, 1999 -
Feb 21, 1999 - MOCS:
Dec 4, 1998 - A Christmas Celebration
Oct 30, 1998 - Music Fit for a King
May 15, 1998 - Songs of the South
Mar 20, 1998 - Mass in C Major
Feb 22, 1998 - MOCS
Oct 24, 1997 - Alleluia: A Tribute to Randall Thompson
May 16, 1997 - Music of the Stage
Mar 14, 1997 - Glories of the Baroque
Dec 6, 1996 - Classic Christmas
Oct 25/27, 1996 - Choral Masterworks
May 17/19, 1996 - The Music of Gilbert & Sullivan
Mar 15/17, 1996 - Masses & Motets: Music from Germany & Austria
Dec 1/2, 1995 - Christmas Around the World
Oct 27, 1995 - America: A Celebration of Freedom
May 19/21, 1995 - P.D.Q Bach: Music, Mirth, & Mischief
Mar 17/19, 1995 - The Music of John Rutter
Dec 2/3, 1994 - Carols of Christmas
Oct 21, 1994 - Mozart "Requiem"
Apr 22/24, 1994 - A Concert of British Music
Apr, 1994 - Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah
Dec 3/4, 1993 - Messiah
May 21/23, 1993 - Songs of Love
Mar 19, 1993 - Requiem
Apr 15/23/25, 1993 - The Michael O'Neal Chamber Singers in Concert
Dec 4, 1992 - Christmas, 1992
May 24, 1992 - The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
May 11, 1992 - The Michael O"Neal Chamber Singers in Concert
Apr 26, 1992 - The Michael O'Neal Chamber Singers in A Sacred Concert
Mar 15, 1992 - The Killer B's
Jun 4, 1991 - It's a Grand Night for Singing
Mar 19, 1991 - Kind David by Arthur Honegger
Apr 28/30, 1991 - MOCS: Expressions of Praise
Dec 10/13, 1991 - Christmas 1991... Celebrating the Awe and Mystery
Dec 7/11, 1990 - A Joyous Noel
Dec 10, 1989 - The Michael O'Neal Singers with Chamber Ensemble in a Christmas Concert

PROGRAM NAME: Carols of Christmas: Traditions Old and New
DATE:  December 3, 1999
TITLES/ ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS

  • Voluntary in D (John Stanley)-Carol Doemel, trumpet-Tom Alderman, organ
  • Heavenly Light (Kopylow arr. Wilhousky)
  • Child in a Manger (arr. Rutter)
  • O Come, All Ye Faithful (Wade arr. Willcocks)
  • Coventry Carol (arr. Martin Shaw)
  • In the Bleak Mid-Winter (Darke)
  • Sussex Carol (arr. Willcocks)
  • O Little Town of Bethlehem (Redner arr. Paulus)- MOCS
  • What Sweeter Music (Rutter)-MOCS
  • Lord of the Dance (arr. Willcocks)-MOCS
  • Silent Night/Holy Night (Gruber arr. Head &Mitchell-Wallace)-Carol Doemel &Tom Alderman
  • Jesus Christ the Apple Tree (Poston)
  • Mary's Lullaby (Rutter)
  • Shepherd's Pipe Carol (Rutter)
  • The Shepherds' Farewell (Berlioz)
  • Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (Mendelssohn)
  • Go Where I Send Thee (spiritual arr. Caldwell and Ivory)

PROGRAM NAME: Sing Requiems, Sing Alleluias! A Tribute to Robert Shaw
DATE:  October 22, 1999
TITLES/ ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS

  • Air from Orchestral Suite (BWV 1068) ( J.S. Bach)-Members of Georgia Sinfonia
  • Alleluia-(Randall Thompson)-MOS
  • Requiem (Op. 9) (Duruflι)-MOS/GS/Tom Alderman on organ
  • Hallelujah from Messiah (Handel)-MOS/GS/organ

PROGRAM
DATE:  May 21, 1999
TITLES/ ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS

  • Overture to Candide (Berstein arr: Grundman)-Atlanta Wind Symphony
  • It's A Grand Night for Singing (Rodgers arr: Stickles)-MOS
  • A Sentimental Journey thru The 40's (arr: Ades)-MOS/AWS
  • It's a Big Wide Wonderful World
  • Sentimental Journey
  • Chattanooga Choo Choo
  • People Will Say We're in Love
  • Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'
  • You Are My Sunshine
  • Over the Rainbow-Patty Dontje
  • It's a Big Wide Wonderful World
  • Sondheim on Broadway (Sondheim arr: Chinn)-MOCS
  • Broadway Baby
  • Send in the Clowns
  • Merrily We Roll Along
  • Not While I'm Around
  • Anyone Can Whistle-Toni Myers
  • Broadway Baby
  • A Wonderful Guy /South Pacific (Rodgers)-Debbie Rostad
  • Some Enchanted Evening/South Pacific (Rodgers)-Helmut Ziegele
  • Lida Rose/The Music Man (Willson)-MOS
  • I Could Have Danced All Night/My Fair Lady-Lisa Young
  • Three Symphonic Marches (Williams arr:Higgins)-AWS
  • My Heart Will Go On/Titanic (Horner arr: Billingsley)-MOS
  • Porgy and Bess Medley (Gershwin arr: Bennett)-AWS
  • The Phantom of the Opera (Webber arr: Lojeski)-MOS
  • The Music of the Night
  • The Phantom of the Opera
  • Think of Me
  • Angel of Music
  • All I Ask of You
  • Masquerade
  • Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
  • The Point of No Return

The CreationPROGRAM NAME: The Creation
DATE: March 28, 1999
TITLES/ ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS

  • The Creation (Haydn)

 The Michael O'Neal Singers
 The Roswell UMC Sancturary Choir
 Georgia Sinfonia
 Arietha Lockhart, Oliver Sueing, David Rice

PROGRAM NAME:  MOCS 1999 Program
DATE:  February 21, 1999
TITLES/ ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS

  • Cry Out and Shout (Nystedt)
  • Song of Exaltation (Beck)
  • Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren (Brahms)
  • Abendstandchen (Brahms)
  • Vineta (Brahms)
  • Lux Aeterna (Elgar arr: Cameron)
  • Chichester Psalms (Bernstein)- Joseph Brewer (Treble), Debbie Rostad,
  • Nancy Crookshank, Lee Herring, Hal Simmons, Julie Albertson-
  • Harp, Jeff Kershner-percussion
  • Two American Folk Songs (arr: Rutter):
  • Sourwood Mountain (Tenn. Fiddle Song)-Charles Baugh & Lamar
  •   Helms
  • Black Sheep (Trad. Amer. Lullaby)-Toni Myers
  • Down By The Riverside (Trad. arr: Rutter)
  • A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (Sherwin arr: Puerling)
  • Twelve Gates into the City (Spiritual arr: Shackley)
  • I Have Had Singing (Sametz)

PROGRAM NAME:  A Christmas Celebration
DATE:  December 4, 1998
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS

  • O Come, Emmanuel (arr. Parker)
  • Away in a Manger (arr. Parker)
  • So Blest a Sight (arr. Parker) – Brenda Lundy
  • Adeste, fideles (arr. Parker)
  • Messiah – Christmas Section (Handel)—Lee Herring, Scott Poindexter, Lamar Helms, Lisa Young, JulieBeth Golden, Ferrell White, Brenda Lundy, Patty Dontje, Julie Thompson, Debbie Rostad

PROGRAM NAME:  Music Fit for a King
DATE:  October 30, 1998
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS

  • The Rejoicing (Handel) – Trumpets, Organ, and Timpani
  • Coronation Anthem No. 1: "Zadok the Priest" (Handel)
  • Coronation Anthem No. 2:  "Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened" (Handel)
  • Come, Ye Sons of Art & Sound the Trumpet (from Come, Ye Sons of Art ) (Purcell) – MOCS
  • I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me (Parry) -Gwinnett Young Singers, MOCS, MOS
  • Let the People Praise Thee, O God (Mathias) MOCS
  • I Vow to Thee, My Country (Holst) GYS, MOS
  • Festival Te Deum (Vaughan Williams)
  • Crown Imperial March (Walton) – Tom Alderman, organ
  • Coronation Te Deum (Walton) GYS, MOS

Songs of the SouthPROGRAM NAME:  Songs of the South
DATE:  May 15, 1998
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS

  • Hark, I Hear the Harp's Eternal (arr. Parker)
  • Come Away to the Skies (arr. Parker)
  • Amazing Grace (arr. Shaw-Parker)
  • When I Can Read My Title Clear (arr. Parker)
  • Shenandoah (arr. Erb)
  • I'm Goin' Away (arr. Mack Wilberg)
  • Kathleen Mavourneen (Crouch arr. Robertson)
  • Dixie (arr. Luboff)
  • Oh! Susanna (arr. Shaw-Parker)
  • Beautiful Dreamer (arr. Shaw-Parker)—Michael Burel
  • Gentle Annie (arr. Shaw-Parker)
  • Some Folks (arr. Shaw-Parker)
  • Deep River (arr. Roy Ringwald)
  • Nobody Knows (arr. Shaw-Parker)—JulieBeth Golden
  • My God Is A Rock (arr. Parker-Shaw)—MOCS-Lamar Helms
  • Wade in the Water (arr. Hayes)—MOCS
  • Witness (arr. Halloran)
  • Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord (arr. Moore)-Sam Simmons, Bill Hornbuckle

PROGRAM NAME: Mass in C Major
DATE: March 20, 1998
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Ave Maria (Bruckner) – MOCS
  • Ave Maria (Bieble) – MOCS - Matthew Link, Charles Baugh, Michael Burel
  • Ave Maria (Busto) – MOCS
  • Chorale Prelude Op. 122 No 7 (Brahms) – Tom Alderman, organ
  • Mass in C Major (Beethoven) – MOS with Orchestra Atlanta
      Laura English-Robinson, Beth Sawyer, Oliver Sueing, Wayne Baughman

PROGRAM NAME: MOCS 1998 program
DATE: February 22, 1998
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Alleluia (Randall Thompson)
  • Missa Brevis (Dietrich Buxtehude)
  • Nanie, Op. 82 (Brahms)
  • Ave Maria (Bruckner)
  • Ave Maria (Biebl)
  • Ave Maria (Buxto)
  • Festival Te Deum (Britten)
  • Under the Willow Tree from "Vanessa" (Barber)
  • The Pomise of Living from "The Tender Land" (Copland)
  • Autumn Leaves (Kosma arr. Carter)
  • Begin the Beguine (Porter arr, Carter)
  • My God is a Rock (Spiritual arr. Parker/Shaw)
  • Wade in the Water (Spiritual arr. Hayes)

PROGRAM NAME: A Christmas Celebration
DATE: December 6, 1997
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Trad'l carols – audience, chorus & orchestra
  • Musicological Journey Through the Twelve Days of Christmas (Courtney) –  MOCS & orchestra
  • Hodie (This Day) (Ralph Vaughan Williams) – MOS, MOCS Women, Brenda   Lundy, Victor Floyd, David Rice,  Orchestra            

Alleluia - The Michael O'Neal SingersPROGRAM NAME: Alleluia: A Tribute to Randall Thompson
DATE: October 24, 1997
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • The Last Words of David
  • The Peaceable Kingdom
  • Alleluia
  • Frostiana: Seven Country Songs – The Road Not Taken, The Pasture, A Girl's
  • Garden, Choose Something Like a Star
  • The Testament of Freedom – I & IV

PROGRAM NAME: Music of the Stage
DATE: May 16, 1997
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Triumphal Scene, Aida (Verdi)
  • Voyagers' Chorus, Idomeneo (Mozart) – Debbie Rostad
  • Overture & Bridal Chorus, Lohengrin (Wagner)
  • Chorus of Wedding Guests, Lucie di Lammermoor (Donizetti) -   Michael Burel
  • Je veux vivre dans ce reve, Romeo & Juliet (Gounod) – Patty Dontje
  • Anvil Chorus, Il trovatore (Verdi)
  • Habanera, Carmen (Bizet) – Lisa Young
  • Au fond du temple saint, The Pearl Fishers (Bizet) – Michael Crowe, Ronald   Burgess
  • Polovtsian Dance, Prince Igor (Borodin)
  • O mio babbino caro, Gianni Schicchi (Puccini) -  Karyn List
  • Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves, Nabucco (Verdi)
  • Mon Coeur s'ouvre a ta voix, Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saens)
  • Pilgrims' Chorus, Tannhauser (Wagner
  • Easter Hymn, Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) – Brenda Lundy
  • Broadway Legends: Lerner & Loewe (Huff) – I Could Have Danced All Night, Camelot, On the Street Where You Live, They Call the Wind Maria , If   ever I Would Leave You
  • Medley from Les Miserables (Boublil & Schonberg arr. Lojeski) – At the End of the Day, I Dreamed a Dream, Castle on a Cloud, Do You Hear the People Sing?, On My Own, Bring Him Home, Finale

PROGRAM NAME: Glories of the Baroque
DATE: March 14, 1997
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Orchestral  Suite #3 in D Major (Bach) – Gavotte I/II, Gigue – orchestra
  • Coronation Anthem No. 1, Zadok the Priest, (Handel) – MOS, orchestra
  • Air & Chorus from Judas Maccabeus (Handel) – MOS, orchestra, J.Wayne Baughman
  • Exultate Deo (Scarlatti) – MOCS
  • Wir eilen mit schwachen from Cantata 78 (Bach) – MOCS
  • Nun danket alle Gott (Pachebel) – MOCS
  • Magnificat in D Major ( Bach) – MOS, orchestra, Lisa Young, Brenda Lundy, J. Wayne Baughman, Julie Thompson, Victor Floyd, Beth Sawyer

PROGRAM NAME:  Classic Christmas
DATE:  December 6, 1996
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Christmas Cantata (Sinfonia Sacra) – Daniel Pinkham
  • Away in a Manger – arr. Mack Wilberg
  • Fum, Fum, Fum – arr. Mack Wilberg
  • Coventry Carol – arr. Don Gillis  - Brass Ensemble and Organ
  • We Wish You a Merry Christmas – arr. John Rutter – Brass Ens. & Percussion
  • A Celebration of Albert Burt Carols – arr. Paul Johnson
  • Gloria – John Rutter
    Soloists: Patty Dontje, Karyn List, Lisa Young, Julie Barnett

PROGRAM NAME:  Choral Masterworks
DATE:  October 25, 1996 and October 27, 1996
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (Cantata 147) – Bach
  • Crucifixus (Mass in B minor) – Bach
  • Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light (Christmas Oratorio) – Bach
  • And the Glory of the Lord (Messiah) – Handel
  • Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah) – Handel
  • The Heavens Are Telling (The Creation) – Haydn
      Soloists:  Brenda Lundy, Michael Henry, Daniel Creager
  • Gloria in Excelsis Deo (Twelfth Mass) – Mozart
  • He Watching Over Israel (Elijah) – Mendelssohn
  • Psalm 150 – Cesar Franck
  • Sanctus (Messe Solenelle) – Gounod      Soloist: Michael Henry
  • Sanctus and Pie Jesu (Requiem) – Durufle
  • How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place (A German Requiem) – Brahms
  • Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain / Amen (Messiah) – Handel

PROGRAM NAME:  The Music Of Gilbert & Sullivan
DATE:  May 17, 1996 and May 19, 1996
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • H.M.S. Pinafore
    • A British Tar – arr. Peter Gritton
    • I'm Called Little Butterup – Soloist – Toni Myers – Buttercup
    • When I Was a Lad – Soloist – Sam Simmons – Sir Joseph Porter
    • Let's Give Three Cheers
    • The Yeomen Of The Guard
    • Strange Adventure
    • When a Wooer Goes A-wooing
  • The Pirates of Penzance
  • The Pirate King – arr. Bob Chilcott – MOCS
  • Poor Wand'ring One – Soloist – Lisa Young – Mabel
  • I Am the Very Model – Soloist – Stan Darden – General Stanley
  • Ah, Leave Me Not to Pine – arr. Bob Chilcott
  • Ruddigore
  • When the Buds are Blossoming (Chorus and soloists)
      
    Brenda Lundy – Rose   Connie Warfield – Hannah
  • The Gondoliers
  • Thank You Gallant Gondolieri (Chorus and soloists)
      
    Lisa Young – Gianetta   Susan Ray – Tessa
  • Take a Pair of Sparkling Eyes – arr. Peter Gritton
  • Try We Life-Long
  • The Mikado
  • I've Got a Little List – Soloist – Charles Baugh – Koko
  • Three Little Maids from School – Soloists - Andrea Ferrard – Yum Yum  Deborah Garrard – Peep-Bo  Kay Smith – Pitti-Sing
  • The Sun, Whose Rays Are All Ablaze – Arr. Bob Chilcott
  • Brightly Dawns Our Wedding Day – arr. Daryl Runswick
  • Here's a Howdy Do – arr. Peter Gritton – MOCS
  • Tit Willow – arr. Bob Chilcott
  • There Is Beauty in the Bellow of the Blast
       Julie Thompson – Katisha    Dan Creager – Koko
  • Finale

PROGRAM NAME:  Masses & Motets:  Music from Germany & Austria
DATE:  March 15, 1996 and March 17, 1996
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Motet VI: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden – Bach – MOCS
  • Missa brevis Sancti Joannis de Deo "Kleine Orgelmesse" – Haydn
  • Kyrie
  • Gloria
  • Credo
  • Sanctus
  • Benedictus – Soloist – Brenda Lundy
  • Agnus Dei
  • Motet:  Warum ist das Licht gegeben (Op. 74, No. 1) – Brahms
  • I. Lento ed expressivo
  • II. Poco piu mosso
  • III. Lento e piano
  • IV. Chorale
  • Mass No. 2 in G Major, D. 167 – Schubert
  • Kyrie
  • Gloria
  • Credo
  • Sanctus
  • Benedictus
  • Agnus Dei
      Soloists:  Michelle Martin, Michael Henry, J. Wayne Baughman

PROGRAM NAME:  Christmas Around the World
DATE:  December 1, 1995 and December 2, 1995
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS: 

  • PART ONE: Carols from Around the World
    • Voluntary in D – John Stanley
         Yvonne Toll, Trumpet    Tom Alderman, Organ
    • Carols from the British Isles
    • Child In a Manger – arr. Rutter
    • Coventry Carol – arr. Shaw
    • Wexford Carol – arr. Rutter
    • Carols from France
    • O Come, O Come, Emmanuel – arr. Schuster
         Barbara Cook, Oboe  Tom Alderman, Organ
    • A Maiden Most Gentle – arr. Carter
    • Quelle est cette odeur agreable – arr. Willcocks
         Ron Burgess, Baritone
    • Silent Night, O Holy Night – arr. Mitchell-Wallace
         Yvonne Toll, Trumpet  Tom Alderman, Organ
    • Gesu Bambino – arr. Conley
         Barbara Cook, Oboe    Tom Alderman, Organ
    • Carols from Germany
    • Personent hodie – arr. Holst
    • O Little One Sweet – arr. Bach
    • Still, Still, Still – arr. Ledger
    • Angels We Have Heard on High (Chorus and Audience)
  • PART TWO:  Selections from Messiah - Handel
    • And the Glory of the Lord
    • And He Shall Purify
    • Behold a Virgin Shall Conceive / O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to
    • Zion – Soloist – Beth Sawyer
    • For Unto Us a Child is Born
    • There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field / And Lo, the Angel of the
    • Lord Came Upon Them / And the Angel Said Unto Them / And
    • Suddenly There Was with the Angel – Soloist – Brenda Lundy
    • Glory to God
    • His Yoke is Easy, and His Burden is Light
    • Hallelujah

PROGRAM NAME: America: A Celebration of Freedom
DATE: October 27, 1995
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Fanfare for the Common Man (Copland) – Atlanta Wind Symphony
  • Song of Democracy (Hanson) – MOS, Atlanta Wind Symphony
  • Flag of Stars (Jacob) – Atlanta Wind Symphony
  • Variations on "America" (Ives) – Tom Alderman, organ
  • The Testament of Freedom I, II, III, IV (Thompson) – MOS, AWS
  • Battle Hymn of the Republic (Steffe arr. Wilhousky) – MOS, AWS

PROGRAM NAME: P.D.Q. Bach: Music, Mirth, & Mischief
DATE: May 19 & May 21, 1995
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:     

  • Birthday Ode to "Big Daddy" Bach (S.100) - MOS, soloists (musical & Non-musical), & instrumentalists
  • Two Madrigals from "The Triumphs of Thusnelda" (S1601)
  • The Queen to Me a Royal Pain Doth Give
  • My Bonnie Lass, She Smelleth – Chamber Singers (under duress)
  • Toot Suite (S.212)
  • O.K. Chorale
  • Fugua Vulgaris – Tom Alderman & Marissa Woodall, organ
  • Liebeslieder Polkas (S.2/4)
  • 2. To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time
  • 3. The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
  • 5. It was a Lover and His Lass
  • 6. The Constant Lover
  • 7. Song to Celia
  • 8. Interlude
  • 9. Who Is Sylvia? – MOS, soloists, & piano (five hands)
  • Selections from 'Oedipus Tex' (S.150)
  • Duet: My Heart
  • Recitative: But
  • Aria: You Murdered Your Father – Solists have requested to remain
  • anonymous
  • The Seasonings (s.1 ½ tsp.)
  • 1. Tarragon of virtue is full
  • 2. And there were in the same country
  • 3. Bide thy thyme
  • 4. Then asked he
  • 5. By the leeks of Babylon
  • 6. Then she gave in
  • 7. Open sesame seeds
  • 8. So saying
  • 9. Summer is a cumin seed
  • 10. To curry favor, favor curry – MOS, assorted soloists, & instrumentalists

The Music of John RutterPROGRAM NAME:The Music of John Rutter
DATE: March 17 & March 19, 1995
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Te Deum – MOS, Tom Alderman(organ), Jennifer Mautz(timpani), Mike Del  Campo(percussion)
  • O Clap Your Hands
  • Be Thou My Vision
  • All Things Bright and Beautiful
  • Lord, Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace – MOCS, Marissa Woodall (piano)
  • Requiem
    • 1. Requiem aeternam
    • 2. Out of the deep
    • 3. Pie Jesu - Karyn List, soprano
    • 4. Sanctus
    • 5. Agnus Dei
    • 6. The Lord is my shepherd
    • 7. Lux aeterna – Karyn List, soprano MOS; Kathy Farmer, flute; Barbara Cook, oboe; Jennifer Mautz, timpani; Mike Del Campo, percussion; Julie Albertson, harp; Mary Alice Swope, cello; Tom Alderman, organ
  • The Lord Bless You and Keep You – MOS; Tom Alderman, organ; Marissa  Woodall, piano

PROGRAM NAME: Carols of Christmas
DATE: December 2 & December 3, 1994
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Ode to Joy (Beethoven) – Tom Alderman, organ
  • Tuba Tune in D Major (C.S. Lang) – Yvonne Toll, Trumpet; & Tom Alderman, organ
  • A Ceremony of Carols, Op.28 (Britten) – MOCS Women & Julie Albertson, harp
    • 1. Procession
    • 2. Wolcum Yole!
    • 3. There is no Rose
    • 4. That yonge child – Beth Sawyer, soloist
    • 5. Balulalow – Karyn List, soloist
    • 6. As dew in Aprille
    • 7. This little Babe
    • 8. Interlude – harp solo
    • 9. In Freezing Winter Night – Michelle Martin, soloist
    • 10. Spring Carol – Brenda Lundy & Connie Warfield, soloists
    • 11. Deo gracias!
    • 12. Recession
  • Concerto for Oboe in c minor, Adagio (Marcello) – Barbara Cook, oboe; & Tom Alderman, organ
  • Ding dong, merrily on high (16th cent. French melody arr. Willcocks)
  • Jesus Christ the apple tree (Poston)
  • Concerto for Oboe and Flugelhorn (Telemann)
  • Allegro moderato
  • Loure
  • Tempo di Menuet – Barbara Cook, Oboe; Yvonne Toll, Flugelhorn; Tom Alderman, organ
  • Tomorrow shall be my dancing day (English trad. carol arr. Willcocks)
  • Lord of the Dance (trad. Shaker song arr. Willcocks)
  • Gavotte and Gigue for Oboe and Keyboard (Johnson) – Barbara Cook, Oboe & Tom Alderman, organ
  • Coventry Carol (trad. arr. M. Shaw)
  • Mary's Lullaby (Rutter)
  • Star Carol (Rutter)
  • Variations on 'Noel Nouvelet' (Lau) – Yvonne Toll, trumpet; Tom         Alderman, organ
  • The twelve days of Christmas (English trad. carol arr. Rutter)
  • Jingle, bells (Pierpont arr. Willcocks) 
  • A merry Christmas (trad. West country carol arr. Warrell)

PROGRAM NAME: Mozart "REQUIEM"
DATE: October 21, 1994
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Exsultate, jubilate, K.165 (Mozart)
  • I. Allegro
  • II. Andante
  • III. Molto allegro –Teresa Hopkin, soprano; Orchestra Atlanta
  • Requiem, K.626 (Mozart)
  • I. Introitus
  • Requiem
  • II. Kyrie
  • III. Sequentia
  • 1. Dies irae
  • 2. Tuba mirum
  • 3. Rex tremendae
  • 4. Recordare
  • 5. Confutatis
  • 6. Lacrimosa
  • IV. Offertorium
  • 1. Domine Jesu
  • 2. Hostias
  • V. Sanctus
  • VI. Benedictus
  • VII. Agnus Dei
  • VIII. Communio
  • Lux aeterna
     - Teresa Hopkin, Katherine Murray, Sam Hagan, Jon Bartlett, MOS, Orchestra Atlanta -

PROGRAM NAME: A concert of British Music
DATE: April 22 & April 24, 1994
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Now is the Month of Maying (Morley)
  • April is in My Mistress' Face (Morley)
  • Flow, My Tears (Dowland) – Scott Poindexter, tenor
  • The Silver Swan (Gibbons)
  • Almighty and Everlasting God (Gibbons)
  • Ave Verum Corpus (Byrd)
  • Sound the Trumpet (Purcell) – Gloria Garrett, soprano & Nancy Crookshank, alto
  • Behold the Tabernacle of God (Harris)
  • As truly as God is our Father (Mathias)
  • Make a joyful noise unto the Lord (Mathias)
  • The Lord is My Shepherd (Rutter)
  • For the Beauty of the Earth (Rutter)
  • As the Bridegroom to His Chosen (Rutter) – JulieBeth Golden, soloist
  • Sally Gardens (Britten) – Charles Baugh, tenor
  • O Mistress Mine (Quilter) – Hal Simmons, baritone
  • Carmena Waltz (Wilson) – Beth Sawyer, mezzo soprano
  • Pie Jesu from "Requiem" (Webber arr. Lojeski) – Michelle Martin, soprano &  Susan Ray, soprano
  • Andrew Lloyd Webber in Concert (Webber arr. Lojeski)
    • Superstar from "Jesus Christ Superstar"
    • Everything's Alright from "Jesus Christ Superstar"
    • Don't Cry for Me Argentina from "Evita"
    • Mr. Mistoffelees from "Cats"
    • Memory from "Cats"
    • Tell Me on a Sunday from "Song and Dance" – Karyn List, soprano
    • Unexpected Song from "Song and Dance"
    • Think of Me from "The Phantom of the Opera"
    • Love Changes Everything from "Aspects of Love"
    • The Phantom of the Opera from "The Phantom of the Opera"

PROGRAM NAME: Felix Mendelssohn's ELIJAH
DATE: April, 1994
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:
 David Ford, baritone; Michael Henry, tenor; Jeff Kershner, timpani; Tom Alderman, organ; MOS and RUMC Sanctuary Choir

PROGRAM NAME: Messiah
DATE: December 3 & December 4, 1993
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Messiah (Handel) – MOS, chamber orchestra
  • Part I
  • Part II
  • Part III

PROGRAM NAME: Songs of Love
DATE: May 21 & May 23, 1993
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • The Glory of Love (Hill)
  • My Romance (Rodgers & Hart) – Jerry Johnson, baritone
  • I'll Be Seeing You (Fain & Kahal)
  • I Remember You (Schertzing & Mercer) – Deborah Garrard, soprano
  • Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered (Rodgers & Hart) – Beth Sawyer, mezzo soprano
  • They Can't Take That Away from Me (Gershwin)
  • On My Way to You (Legrand & Bergman) – Karyn List, soprano
  • Yes, Sir! That's My Baby (Donaldson/Kahn) – quartet: Wayne Bunker, Terry Ransom, Scott Smith, Doug Bunker
  • Fools Rush In (Bloom/Mercer)
  • The Twelfth of Never (Livingston/Webster) – Lee Herring, tenor
  • When I Fall in Love (Young/Heyman) – Chamber Singers
  • Who Can I Turn To? (Rodgers/Hammerstein)
  • I Loved You Once in Silence (Lowe/Lerner) – Sam Sherrill, Tenor
  • Till There Was You(Wilson)
  • If I Loved You (Rodgers/Hammerstein) – Scott Poindexter, tenor
  • Somewhere Out There (Horner/Mann/Weil)
  • If We Were in Love (Williams/Bergman) – Michelle Martin, soprano
  • Beauty and the Beast (Webber/Hart) – Sallie Honeychurch, soprano & Hal Simmons, baritone
  • Medley from "Jekyll & Hyde" (Wildhorn/Bricusse)
  •   Love Has Come of Age / No One Knows Who I Am / Once Upon a Dream / This is the Moment
  •     Marissa Woodhall, Piano; Johnny Woodhall, synthesizer/electric bass; Bob Winstead, drums/percussion

PROGRAM NAME:  Requiem
   Two Settings By Gabriel Faure and Maurice Durufle
DATE: March 19, 1993
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Requiem – Gabriel Faure
  • Introit and Kyrie
  • Offertory – Jerry Johnson, baritone
  • Sanctus
  • Pie Jesu – Michelle Martin, soprano
  • Agnus Dei
  • Libera Me – Jerry Johnson, baritone
  • In Paradisum
  • Requiem – Maurice Durufle
  • Introit
  • Kyrie
  • Domine Jesu Christe
  • Sanctus
  • Pie Jesu – Beth Sawyer, mezzo soprano
  • Agnus Dei
  • Lux Aeterna
  • Libera Me
  • In Paradisum

 Tom Alderman, organist

PROGRAM NAME: The Michael O'Neal Chamber Singers in Concert
DATE:  April 15, April 23, April 25, 1993
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Tu es Petrus – Giovanni Palestrina
  • O vos omnes – Ludovico Tommaso da Vittoria
  • O vos omnes – Pablo Casals
  • Om bra mai fu from "Serse" – George Fredric Handel
      Beth Sawyer, Mezzo Soprano
  • Regina coeli – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
      Heidi Hayward, Soprano   Nancy Crookshank, Alto
      Scott Poindexter, Tenor    Hal Simmons, Bass
  • Per la gloria d'adorarvi – Giovanni Bononcini
      Ron Burgess, Baritone
  • Nanie – Johannes Brahms
  • Vissi d'Arte from "Tosca" – Giacomo Puccini
      Michelle Martin, Soprano
  • The Last Words of David – Randall Thompson
  • Glory Be to God – Jean Berger
  • Garden Hymn - Traditional   arr. Parker/Shaw
      Scott Poindexter, Tenor
  • I Will Arise – Traditional  arr. Parker/Shaw
  • Walkin' Down That Glory Road – Mark Hayes
  • Give Me Jesus! – Spiritual  arr. Burleigh
      Jerry Johnson, Baritone
  • Deep River – Spiritual  arr. Ringwald
  • Witness – Spiritual   arr. Halloran

PROGRAM NAME:  Christmas 1992 (MOS and Chamber Orchestra)
DATE:  December 4, 1992
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Gloria in D Major – Antonio Vivaldi
  • Gloria in excelsis
  • Et in terra pax
  • Laudamus te
       Susan Ray, Soprano & Beth Sawyer, Mezzo Soprano
  • Gratias agimus tibi
  • Propter magnam gloriam tuam
  • Domine Deus
       Karyn List, Soprano
  • Domine Fili unigenite
  • Domine Deus, Agnus Dei
       Katherine Murray, Mezzo Soprano
  • Qui tollis
  • Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris
       Katherine Murray, Mezzo Soprano
  • Quoniam tu solus sanctus
  • Cum Sancto Spirit
  • Magnificat in D Major – Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Magnificat
  • Et exsulavit
       Sallie Honeychurch, Soprano
  • Quia respexit
       Heidi Hayward, Soprano
  • Omnes generationes
  • Quia fecit mihi magna
       Wayne Baughman, Bass
  • Et misericorida
       Katherine Murray, Mezzo Soprano & Michael Henry, Tenor
  • Fecit potentiam
  • Deposuit potentes
       Michael Henry, Tenor
  • Esurientes implevit bonis
       Katherine Murray, Mezzo Soprano
  • Suscepit Israel
  • Sicut locutus est
  • Gloria Patri
  • A Celebration of Alfred Burt Carols – Alfred Burt – arr. Paul Johnson (MOCS)
  • This is Christmas
  • Caroling, Caroling
  • Come, Dear Children
  • The Star Carol
       Theodore Tsaltas, Baritone
  • Some Children See Him
       Beth Sawyer, Mezzo Soprano
  • Ah, Bleak and Chill the Win'try Wind
       Hal Simmons, Baritone
  • Night Bethlehem
  • Oh Hearken Ye
  • Fum, Fum, Fum – Traditional (arr. Alice Parker)
  • Away in a Manger – Traditional (arr. Alice Parker)
  • So Blest a Sight – Traditional (arr. Alice Parker)
      Karyn List, Soprano
  • O Come, All Ye Faithful – Traditional – (arr. Alice Parker)

PROGRAM NAME: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
DATE:  May 24, 1992
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Medley from Jesus Christ, Superstar
  • Heaven on Their Minds
  • In Only Want to Say
  • I Don't Know How to Love Him
  • Everything's Alright
  • Superstar
  • Pie Jesu (Requiem)
      Michelle Martin and Heidi Hayward, sopranos
  • Medley of Andrew Lloyd Webber Favorites
  • Any Dream Will Do (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
       Lee Herring, tenor
  • Don't Cry for Me (Evita)
  • Mr. Mistoffelees (Cats)
  • Starlight Express (Starlight Express)
       Sam Sherrill, tenor
  • Light at the End of the Tunnel (Starlight Express)
      
    Hal Simmons, baritone
  • Unexpected Song (Song and Dance)
  • Tell Me on a Sunday (Song and Dance)
     
    Karyn List, soprano
  • Love Changes Everything (Aspects of Love)  MOCS
  • Medley from The Phantom of the Opera
  • The Music of the Night
  • The Phantom of the Opera
  • Think of Me
  • Angel of Music
  • All I Ask of You
  • Masquerade
  • Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
  • The Point of No Return

Marissa Woodall, piano   Johnny Woodall, electric bass and synthesizer   Ken Simpson, percussion

PROGRAM NAME: The Michael O'Neal Chamber Singers in Concert
DATE:  May 11, 1992
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Motet:  Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden – Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren – Johannes Brahms
  • Cantique de Jean Racine – Gabriel Faure
  • O magnum mysterium – Francis Poulenc
  • Quem vidistis pastores dicite – Francis Poulenc
  • Pie Jesus from Requiem – Andrew Lloyd Webber
      Michelle Martin and Heidi Hayward, Sopranos
  • Wondrous Love – arr. Alice Parker
  • I Will Arise – arr. Alice Parker
  • A Simple Song from Mass – Leonard Bernstein
      Sam Sherrill, Tenor
  • Here's That Rainy Day – Burke and Van Heuson – arr. Hayward
      Michelle Martin, Soloist
  • All of Me – Simons and Marks – arr. Strommen
  • My Funny Valentine – Rodgers and Hart
      Karyn List, Soprano
  • More Than You Know – Vincent Youmans – arr. Huff
  • Georgia On My Mind – Hoagy Carmichael – arr. Shaw
      Kate Murray, Soloist

PROGRAM NAME:  The Michael O'Neal Chamber Singers in A Sacred Concert
DATE:  April 26, 1992
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Ave verum Corpus – William Byrd
  • Hide Not Thou Thy Face From Us, O Lord – Richard Farrant
  • If Ye Love Me – Thomas Tallis
  • Quia respexit humilitatem from Magnificat – Johann Sebastian Bach
      Heidi Hayward, Soprano
  • Motet VI: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden – Johann Sebastian Bach
  • With Verdue Clad from The Creation – Franz Josef Haydn
      Michelle Martin, soprano
  • Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren – Johannes Brahms
  • Cantique de Jean Racine – Gabriel Faure
  • I Will Sing New Song from Biblical Songs – Anton Dvorak
      Cheryl Benze, Mezzo Soprano
  • Sing Ye a Joyful Song from Biblical Songs – Anton Dvorak
      John Bryant, Bass-Baritone
  • Offertory:  O Herre Krist, deg til oss vend – Kjell Mork Karlsen
      Judy O'Neal, Organ
  • O magnum mysterium – Francis Poulenc
  • Quem vidistic pastores dicite – Francis Poulenc
  • A Simple Song from Mass – Leonard Bernstein
      Sam Sherrill, Tenor
  • Spirituals – H. T. Burleigh
      Gloria Garrett, Soprano
  • At the River from Old American Songs – arr. Aaron Copland
      John Stewart, Tenor
  • Wondrous Love – arr. Alice Parker
  • I Will Arise – arr. Alice Parker
  • How Firm a Foundation – arr. Alice Parker
  • Garden Hymn – arr. Alice Parker
  • A Gaelic Blessing – John Rutter

PROGRAM NAME:  The Killer B's
 Byrd, Bach, Brahms, Britten, Bernstein
DATE:  March 15, 1992
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

 MOCS

  • Ave verum corpus – William Byrd
  • Motet VI – 'Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden' – J.S. Bach
  • Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren, Op. 30 – Johannes Brahms

 MOS
 Rejoice in the Lamb – Benjamin Britten
  Judy O'Neal, organist Heidi Hayward, soprano   Kate Murray, alto     John Stewart, tenor Hal Simmons, bass

  • Chichester Pslams – Leonard Bernstein
      Judy O'Neal, organist  Jeff Kershner, percussionist     Monica Hargrave , harpistMichelle Martin, soprano  Kate Murray, alto
    Lee Herring, tenor Hal Simmons, bassAdam Goebel, boy soloist (member of the Young Singers of Callanwolde)

PROGRAM NAME: It's A Grand Night For Singing
  An evening of selections from the world of musical theatre
DATE:  June 4, 1991
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • It's a Grand Night for Singing – Richard Rodgers – arr. William Stickles
  • Summertime – George Gershwin
      Sally Chapman Phillips, Soprano
  • Bess, You is My Woman – George Gershwin
      Gloria Garrett, Soprano  Ty Bishop, Bass-Baritone
  • Gershwin! A Concert Panorama – George Gershwin – arr. John Higgins
  • Strike Up The Band
  • Fascinating Rhythm
  • Somebody Loves Me
  • I've Got a Crush on You
  • Someone to Watch Over Me
  • Suwanee
  • Strike Up The Band
  • S'Wonderful
  • Embraceable You
  • Rhapsody in Blue
  • I Got Rhythm
  • This Nearly Was Mine – Richard Rodgers
      John Bryant, Bass-Baritone
  • Younger Than Springtime – Richard Rodgers
      Sam Sherrill, Tenor
  • Rodgers and Hammerstein on Broadway – Richard Rodgers – arr. Mac Huff
  • The Sound of Music
       Kim Peeples, Soloist
  • The Surrey With the Fringe on Top
  • I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair
  • June Is Busting Out All Over
  • Oklahoma!
  • I Whistle A Happy Tune
  • Do-Re-Mi
  • It Might As Well Be Spring
  • There Is Nothing Like a Dame
  • Shall We Dance
  • The Sound of Music
  • You'll Never Walk Alone
       Kim Peeples, Soloist
  • And This Is My Beloved – Robert Wright
      Richard Write, Tenor
  • Moonfall – Rupert Holmes
      Michelle Martin, Soprano
  • Les Miserables (A Medley) – Alain Boubil and Claude-Michel Schonberg     – arr. Ed Lojeski
  • At the End of the Day
  • I Dreamed a Dream
  • Castle On a Cloud
  • Do You Hear the People Sing?
  • On My Own
  • Bring Him Home
  • Finale

PROGRAM NAME:  King David by Arthur Honegger
  MOS and Chamber Orchestra
DATE:  March 19, 1991
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:
 Sally Chapman Phillips, Soprano   Kate Murray, Mezzo Soprano
 Victor Floyd, Tenor   Guy Sharpe, Narrator  Barbara Dean, Witch of Endor

PROGRAM NAME:  Expresssions of Praise   (MOCS)
DATE:  April 28 and April 30, 1991
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • Magnificat – Charles Theodore Pachelbel
      Soloists:  Anita White, Nancy Crookshank, Deborah Fritz,
           Kimberly Peeples, Gloria Garrett, Judy Pence
      Judy O'Neal, Organist
  • Regina Coeli, K. 276 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    Solo Quartet:  Gloria Garrett, Soprano   Cheryl Benze, Alto
           John Stewart, Tenor  Hal Simmons, Bass
      Marissa Woodall, Pianist
  • Gloria – Francis Poulenc
  • Gloria
  • Laudamus te
  • Domine Deus
       Jonoise Morehead, Soprano
  • Domine fili unigenite
  • Dominus Deus, Agnus Dei
       Michelle Martin, Soprano
  • Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris
       Sally Chapman Phillips, Soprano
      Marissa Woodall, Pianist

PROGRAM NAME:  CHRISTMAS 1991. . . Celebrating the Awe and Mystery of the Nativity
DATE:  December 10, 1991 and December 13, 1991
TITLES / ENSEMBLE /SOLOISTS:
  Jeanne Brown, Soprano
  Katherine M. Murray, Mezzo Soprano
  John Stewart, Tenor
  Chamber Orchestra

  • Laud to the Nativity – Ottorino Respighi
  •   Four Christmas Motets – Francis Poulenc
      The Michael O'Neal Chamber Singers
  • "O magnum mysterium"
  • "Quem vidistis, pastores"
  • "Videntes stellam"
  • "Hodie Christus natus est,"
  • O Come, Emmanuel – Traditional/arr. Alice Parker
  • Masters in this Hall – Traditional/arr. Alice Parker
  • Away in a Manger – Traditional/arr. Alice Parker
  • So Blest a Sight – Traditional/arr. Alice Parker
       Jeanne Brown, Soloist
  • Adestes Fideles – Cantus Diversi/arr. Alice Parker

PROGRAM NAME:  A JOYOUS NOEL
DATE:  December 7, 1990 and December 11, 1990
TITLES / ENSEMBLE / SOLOISTS:

  • A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 – Benjamin Britten
      Monica Hargrave, Harpist
  • PROCESSION
  • Wolcum Yole!
  • There is No Rose
  • That Youne Child
       Cheryl Benze, Alto
  • Balulalow
       Michelle Martin, Soprano
  • As Dew in Aprille
  • This Little Babe
  • Interlude
  • In Freezing Winter Night
       Gloria Garrett, Soprano; Cheryl Benze, Alto
  • Spring Carol
       Sally Phillips, Soprano; Julie Thompson, Alto
  • Deo Gracias
  • RECESSION