RISings II
Organization Name – Rhode Island Festival Chorus
Mailing Address – PO Box 279, Saunderstown, RI 02874
Program Title – RISings II
Event Date – Sunday, April 29, 2007, 3PM
Event Site – East Providence High School, 2000 Pawtucket Avenue , East Providence, RI 02914
Tickets - Reserved, $15.00. Call 401-423-1574 to reserve
General Information – 401-423-1574
Fax Number - 401-423-1574
Contact Person – B.J. Whitehouse, Chair, RI Festival Chorus Committee (401-423-1574)
Guest Director – Dr. Robert A. Harris, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Festival Chorus Accompanist – Dale Munschy
Web Site – http://www.rifestivalchorus.org/index.html
Email – info@rifestivalchorus.org
Festival Committee Board of Directors:
Chair: B.J. Whitehouse, Jamestown Community Chorus,
Vice Chair: Bobbe Young, Cumberland-Lincoln Community Chorus
Treasurer: Nanci Wass, RI Civic Chorale and Orchestra
Secretary: Dolores DelSesto, All In a Chord
Participating Choruses, Chorus Directors and Chorus Representatives:
- Cumberland-Lincoln Community Chorus – Musical Director – Dr. William Jones, Representatives – Mary Shaw and Bobbe Young
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- Jamestown Community Chorus – Musical Director B.J. Whitehouse and Representatives Monty Gomez and B.J. Whitehouse
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- West Bay Chorale – Musical Director Joseph Amante y Zapata, DMA and Representatives – Susan Dean and Debra Moran
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- Carillon Women’s Chorus – Musical Director Christine Noel and Representatives Joyce Wolf, Toni Roselli and Kathy Leveille
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- All In a Chord – Directors Jean McClelland and Lori Jacob and Representatives Dolores DelSesto and Pat Pollock
Mission Statement - To promote fine choral singing and strengthen community spirit by producing a state-wide chorus festival.
Standard Blurb - "RISingsII: Come hear the Ocean State raise its voice in song.”
Chorus List:
All In a Chord
Carillon Women’s Chorus
Cumberland-Lincoln Community Chorus
Jamestown Community Chorus
West Bay Chorale
Guest Choruses:
East Providence High School Chamber Singers
RI Children's Chorus
The RI Festival Chorus is a federally recognized 501 (c) 3 tax exempt organization
Individual Chorus selections:
Carillon Women’s Chorus:
Cantate Hodie (Mary Lynn Lightfoot)
Bless This House (Brahe/Ringwald)
Homeward Bound (Keen/Althouse)
Praise His Holy Name (Keith Hampton)
Jamestown Community Chorus:
Ola! o che bon eccho! – di Lasso (ca. 1532-1594,) arr. Widmann
Jerusalem – Parry (1848-1918,) arr. Jacobson
Il est bel et bon - Passereau (1503-1553,) arr. Greyson
Going Home – Dvorak (1841-1904,) arr. Fisher
Prayer for Peace – William Karl (d. 2006)
Cumberland-Lincoln Community Chorus:
Another Op’nin’, Another Show - Cole Porter, Arr. Howard Cable
Sun and Moon – Claude-Michel Schonberg, Alain Boubil & Richard Maltby Jr; Arr. Mac Huff
I Got Rhythm – George & Ira Gershwin; Arr. Pete Schmutte
Somewhere - Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim; Arr. Robert Edgerton
Seventy Six Trombones – Meredith Wilson, Arr. Ed Lojeski
All In a Chord:
Hi Neighbor!
Old Cape Cod
I'm Returning Ev'rything Except the Baby
Armed Services Salute
West Bay Chorale:
The Echoing Green - William Mathias
Freedom - Duke Ellington from "Come Sunday"
Sillouettes - Frank Slay, Jr. and Bob Crewe
EPHS Chamber Singers:
Plenty Good Room....traditional
Sleep....Eric Whitacre
Beati Quorum Via.....Stanford
RISings II Massed Chorus musical numbers:
I Dream a World - Huhes, A. Thomas
Ave Verum Corpus – W. A. Mozart
Sing a Joyful Song - Crocker
Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Words by Andy Razaf, Music by Thomas Waller, Arr. Lorraine Rochefort, Harry Brooks
The Silver Swan- Robert Harris
Battle Hymn of the Republic - Howe; arr, Wilhousky
