Chorus
2018 Participation Information
Now is your chance to be a part of a perennial holiday favorite – the familiary, loved and widely known Handel Messiah! For our holiday season performance, we will perform Part I of the Messiah adding the glorious Hallelujah! chorus as the finale of the work.
This year the performance will be Sunday, December 9, 2018, Mitchell Auditorium at 4 pm.
Rehearsals will be at the Central United Church of Christ (CUCC), 7:00 – 8:30 pm, beginning Tuesday, October 16, 2018 and all subsequent Tuesdays through December 4, 2018.
Dress rehearsals will be Saturday, December 8, 2018, Mitchell Auditorium at 2:00 pm, and Sunday, December 9, 2018, Mitchell Auditorium at 2:00 pm. The performance follows immediately after this dress rehearsal.
As always, there is a $15 participation fee for each chorus member to offset costs. The registration form and instructions are below:
Previous Repertoire
2017
Orff: Carmina Burana
Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel
2016
Fauré: Requiem
Gershwin Porgy and Bess
Kern: Show Boat
Schwartz: When You Believe
Rodgers: Richard Rodgers in Concert
2014
Rutter: Gloria
2013
Poulenc: Gloria
Borodin: Polovetzian Dances (Prince Igor)
2012
Gilbert & Sullivan: The Mikado
2011
Rutter: Magnificat
2010
Orff: Carmina Burana
2009
Barber: Adagio for Strings and Choir
Thompson: Last Words of David
Jenkins: Adiemus
Snyder: Nella Fantasia
Handel: The Messiah, selections
2008
Beethoven: Symphony No.9
Handel: The Messiah, selections
2007
Honegger: King David
2006
Mozart: Requiem
2005
Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah
2004
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Robert Shaw and Robert Russell Bennett: Many Moods of Christmas, Suite One
2003
Randol Alan Bass arr.: Christmas Ornaments
Mac Huff and Paul Murtha arr.: Richard Rodgers in Concert Snyder and Moss arr.: When You Believe “The Prince of Egypt”
2002
Randall Thompson: The Testament of Freedom
2001
Verdi: Te Deum Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
2000
Rutter: Magnificat
1999
Fauré: Requiem
1998
Wagner: Bridal Chorus (Lohengrin)
Puccini: Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly)
Bellini: Casta Diva (Norma)
Gilbert and Sullivan: Gondoliers
Verdi: Anvil Chorus (II Trovatore)
Verdi: Va Pensiero (Nabucco)
Verdi: Grand March (Aida)
1997
Orff: Carmina Burana
1996
Sibelius: Be Still, My Soul
Rutter: Gloria
Mendelssohn: How Lovely is thy Dwelling Place
1995
Mendelssohn: St. Paul (The Conversion of St. Paul)
Malotte: The Lord’s Prayer
1994
Rutter: Magnificat
1993
Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky
1992
Schumann: Zigeunerleben (A GypsyÕs Life)
Brahms: Liebensleider Walzer (Love Songs)
Strauss: Emperor Waltzes
1991
Mozart: Requiem
1990
Brahms: Blessed Are They That Mourn (Requiem)
Brahms: Behold, All Flesh is at the Grass (Requiem)
Brahms: How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place (Requiem)
Borodin: Polovetzian Dances (Prince Igor)
1989
Puccini: Gloria
Porter: Kiss Me, Kate (Wunderbar)
1988
Poulenc: Gloria
1987
M. Haydn: Missa Pro Defunctus (Requiem)
Strauss: Die Fledermaus (Act II Finale)
1986
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (Easter Scene)
Wagner: Tannhauser (Arrival of Guests)
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Coronation Scene)
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess (Selections)
1985
Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 1
Bach: Komm, Susser Tod
Bach: Magnificant
Herbert-Bennett: A Kiss in the Dark
Herbert-Bennett: Italian Street Song
1984
Haydn: Te Deum in C Major
Beethoven: Choral Fantasy
Romberg: Student Prince (Selections)
1983
Bloch: Sacred Service
Strauss: Die Fledermaus (Act II Finale)
Kern: Show Boat (Choral Montage)