Help Us Celebrate Our Upcoming 50th Spring Concert
In 1974, Mary Cheyney Gould brought together friends and neighbors in the Brooksville Elementary School to make a joyful noise. The first concert in July of 1974 was an eclectic mix of song, dance and skits ("Blue Hawaii" anyone?).
Over the years the Chorale grew larger and more ambitious and in the half century since those early days,
programs have ranged widely and boldly over the varied landscape of choral music.
For our 50th anniversary our Music Director put together a program of all-time favorites from the past
as well as exciting new music to help point us into the future.
We are grateful for all our friends and for all you singers over the past half century! We couldn't do it without you!
Click on the video below to hear Director Kortge's reflections on this milestone
A Celebration in Song
Bronwyn Kortge, Director
Douglas Beck, Accompanist
Choose Something Like a Star
Randall Thompson, lyric Robert Frost
Sure On This Shining Night
Morten Lauridsen, lyric James Agee
How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place
From "A German Requiem", Op. 45
Johannes Brahms, text Psalm 84: 1-2, 4
How Can I Keep From Singing
Rev. Robert Lowry, words & music
arr. by Adam & Matt Podd
Ave Verum
Karl Jenkins
The Rune of Hospitality
Alf Houkum, text from the Gaelic
Let the River Run
Arr. by Craig Hella Johnson, text & music by Carly Simon
Daybreak
Jacob Sanner
Intermission
Alleluia
Elaine Hagenberg, text St. Augustine
Thanks be to God
Felix Mendelssohn, from "Elijah"
The Water Is Wide
Traditional, arr. by Craig Hella Johnson
Will There Really Be A Morning
Craig Hella Johnson, arr. by BW Kortge, text Emily Dickinson
O Love
Elaine Hagenberg, text George Mattheson
From A Distance
Julia Gold, arr. by Anna Abeleda
Afternoon On A Hill
Eric William Barnum, text Edna St. Vincent Millay
Sogno Di Volare
Christopher Tin, adapted from the writings of Leonardo Da Vinci by Chiara Cortez
The Lord Bless and Keep You
Peter C. Lutkin
Ensemble:
Richard Hsu and Ryu Mitsuhashi, violins
Emily Stodola, viola
Steve Whitkin, cello
Jacob LaMontagne, flute, saxophone
Lauren Fields, horn
Matthew Mayo, trumpet, trombone
Bronwyn Kortge, Director
Douglas Beck, Accompanist
Choose Something Like a Star
Randall Thompson, lyric Robert Frost
Sure On This Shining Night
Morten Lauridsen, lyric James Agee
How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place
From "A German Requiem", Op. 45
Johannes Brahms, text Psalm 84: 1-2, 4
How Can I Keep From Singing
Rev. Robert Lowry, words & music
arr. by Adam & Matt Podd
Ave Verum
Karl Jenkins
The Rune of Hospitality
Alf Houkum, text from the Gaelic
Let the River Run
Arr. by Craig Hella Johnson, text & music by Carly Simon
Daybreak
Jacob Sanner
Intermission
Alleluia
Elaine Hagenberg, text St. Augustine
Thanks be to God
Felix Mendelssohn, from "Elijah"
The Water Is Wide
Traditional, arr. by Craig Hella Johnson
Will There Really Be A Morning
Craig Hella Johnson, arr. by BW Kortge, text Emily Dickinson
O Love
Elaine Hagenberg, text George Mattheson
From A Distance
Julia Gold, arr. by Anna Abeleda
Afternoon On A Hill
Eric William Barnum, text Edna St. Vincent Millay
Sogno Di Volare
Christopher Tin, adapted from the writings of Leonardo Da Vinci by Chiara Cortez
The Lord Bless and Keep You
Peter C. Lutkin
Ensemble:
Richard Hsu and Ryu Mitsuhashi, violins
Emily Stodola, viola
Steve Whitkin, cello
Jacob LaMontagne, flute, saxophone
Lauren Fields, horn
Matthew Mayo, trumpet, trombone