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Concert #1 - November 21, 1993 - Premiere Concert

Title
Composer
Arranger
Lift Thine Eyes (from Elijah) Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy  
Wir Eilen Mit Schwachen, Doch Emsigen Schritten Johann Sebastian Bach  
Tantum Ergo Gabriel Faure  
The Pelican (from The Place of the Blest) Randall Thompson  
Ich Wollt, Meine Lieb Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy  
Die Boten Der Liebe Johannes Brahms  
Three Hungarian Folk Songs Bela Bartok  
My True Love Has My Heart Eugene Butler  
O Pastorelle, Addio (from Andrea Chenier) Umberto Giordano  
He’s Gone Away (from Three Mountain Ballads)   Ron Nelson
Savory, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme   Donald Patriquin
Hotaru Koi   Ro Ogura
Mister Sandman Pat Ballard Ed Lojeski
Baby, I'm Yours Van McCoy Roger Emerson
White Christmas Irving Berlin Hector MacCarthy

Concert #2 - May 8, 1994 - Mother's Day Concert

Title
Composer
Arranger
Tan Ta Ra Ran Tan Tant Thomas Weelkes  
The Nightingale Thomas Weelkes  
Aye, Me, Alas, Hey Ho Thomas Weelkes  
Aure volanti Francesca Caccini  
Ave verum corpus Josquin des Pres  
Ave, maris stella Edvard Grieg  
Psalm 150 Zoltan Kodaly  
Four Russian Peasant Songs
U spasa v Chigisakh
Ovsen
Shchuka
Puzishche
Igor Stravinsky  
My True Love Has My Heart Eugene Butler  
Three Mountain Ballads   Ron Nelson
Hold On (from The Secret Garden) Norman/Simon Lojeski
Baby, I'm Yours Van McCoy Roger Emerson
Lollipop Beverly Ross & Julius Dixon Roger Emerson

Concert #3 - November 27, 1994

Title
Composer
Arranger
A Ceremony of Carols:
Procession: Hodie Christus natus est
Wolcum Yole!
There Is No Rose
That Yonge Child
Balulalow
As Dew in Aprille
This Little Babe
Interlude
In Freezing Winter Night
Spring Carol
Deo Gracias
Recession: Hodie Christus natus est
Benjamin Britten  
Angel's Carol John Rutter  
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Ruth Artman  
Two Latvian Carols
Ziemas svetki sabraukusi
Balts sniedzins snieg uz skujinam
Andrejs Jansons  
Seven Joys of Christmas:
The Joy of Love:  This is the truth
The Joy of Mary: Joseph dearest, Joseph mine
The Joy of Children:  Patapan
The Joy of the New Year:  New Year Song
The Joy of Dance:  Fum, fum, fum!
The Joy of Song: God bless the master of this house
Kirke Mecham  

Concert #4 - March 26, 1995 - Spring Concert

Title
Composer
Arranger
Tan Ta Ra Ran Tan Tant Thomas Weelkes  
The Nightingale Thomas Weelkes  
Love Learns by Laughing Thomas Morley  
Aye Me, Alas, Hey Ho Thomas Weelkes  
Though Philomela Lost Her Love Thomas Morley  
Die Boten Der Liebe Johannes Brahms  
O Pastorelle, Addio (from the opera, Andrea Chénier) Umberto Giordano  
Hotaro Koi   Ro Oguro
Four Russian Peasant Songs:
U spasa v Chigisakh
Ovsen
Shchuka
Puzishche
Igor Stravinsky  
Three Hungarian Folk Songs:
In the Village
Boatman! Boatman!
See the Roses
Béla Bartók  
Savory, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme   Donald Patriquin
The Muse, The Stove, and The Willow Plate Zae Munn  
My True Love has My Heart Eugene Butler  
Mister Sandman Pat Ballard Ed Lojeski
Baby, I'm Yours Van McCoy Roger Emerson
Lollipop Beverly Ross & Julius Dixon Roger Emerson
The Shoop Shoop Song Rudy Clark Roger Emerson

Concert # 5 - Christmas Celebration - November 26, 1995

Title
Composer
Arranger
Three Medieval Carols   Charles Boody
Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten J.S. Bach  
Stella Splendens   Roger Emerson
Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains, from Elijah Felix Mendelssohn  
Ave Maria Johannes Brahms  
Ave Maria Laszlo Halmos  
Dormi, Dormi   Goetze
Two Latvian Carols   Jansons, Andreis
Garland of Carols   Alice Parker
Winter's Lullaby Malcolm Dalglish  
Mistletoe Lullaby Andrew Carter  
Mary’s Lullaby John Rutter  
Angels' Carol John Rutter  
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day John Rutter  

Concert #6  - May 5, 1996 - We Sing to Spring

Title
Composer
Arranger
How Merrily We Live Michael Este  
For the Beauty of the Earth John Rutter  
Laudi Jerusalem Niccola Porpora  
Laudi alla Vergine Maria Guiseppe Verdi  
Beau Soir Claude Debussey  
Salut Printemps Claude Debussey  
Hotaru Koi   Ro Ogura
LadyBird (Katalinka) Zoltan Kodaly  
The Little Horses Aaron Copland  
Hush Little Baby   Jeanne Julseth
This Old Man   Robert Chilcott

Concert #7  - December 1, 1996 - Winter Whisperings

Title
Composer
A Ceremony of Carols:
Procession: Hodie Christus natus est
Wolcum Yole!
There Is No Rose
That Yonge Child
Balulalow
As Dew in Aprille
This Little Babe
Interlude
In Freezing Winter Night
Spring Carol
Deo Gracias
Recession: Hodie Christus natus est
Benjamin Britten
Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda:
Hymn to the Dawn
Hymn to the Waters
Hymn to Vena
Hymn of the Travellers
Gustav Holst
The Kalanta of the New Year (St. Basil’s day Malcolm Dalglish
Angel's Carol John Rutter
Mistletoe Carol Andrew Carter

AHS Winter Concert
Ames High School - February 18, 1997

Title
Composer
Arranger
The Stove, from The Muse, The Stove and the Willowplate Zae Munn  
Kalanta of the New Year (St. Basil's Day) Malcolm Dalglish  
Quiet Solitude (Visa fran Utanmyra) Erkki Pohjola  
When I Sing Henderson Elliott

Ametones Concert
City Auditorium - March 22, 1997

Title
Composer
Arranger
The Stove, from The Muse, The Stove and The Willowplate Zae Munn  
Three Spanish Ballades:
Come at Dawn
May
Moon Song
Eugene Butler  

Concert #8 - Class with Sass - May 10, 1997

Title
Composer
Arranger
The Lord is My Shepherd Franz Schubert  
Laudate Pueri Dominum Felix Mendelssohn  
Tantum Ergo Gabriel Faure  
Twelve Songs and Romances:
Questions
Miller Maid
Butterfly
Tears in the Forest
The Willows
Johannes Brahms  
Three Spanish Ballades:
Come at Dawn
May
The Moon Song
Eugene Butler  
Lollipop   Roger Emerson
Baby, I’m Yours   Roger Emerson
Shoop Shoop Song   Roger Emerson
Vamps   Kirby Shaw
Chiquita Banana   McKenzie, Montgomery, Wirges

Concert #9 - Song of Mary - November 30, 1997

Title
Composer
Arranger
Angelus ad Virginem   Dennis Martin
Ave Maria Andrea Gabrielli  
Ave Maria Laszlo Halmos  
Magnificat Niccola Porpora  
Magnificat Javier Busto  
Seven Joys of Christmas Kirke Mechem  

Concert #10 - Innocence and Experience - May 10, 1998

Title
Composer
Arranger
Blow the Wind Southerly   Samuel Adler
Four Folk Songs from Abroad:
Adversity
Youth
  Pat Shaw
A Garden of Joy:
The Swing
The Wind
Marching Song
Michael Richardson  
Reel A’Bouche   Malcolm Dalglish
The Stove Zae Munn  
Fair Warning Shirley W. McRae  
Embraceable You George Gershwin  
Mister Sandman   Ed Lojeski
Stop! In the Name of Love   Roger Emerson
Chiquita Banana   Jay Althouse

Bandshell Concert
Bandshell Park, Ames, IA - June 20, 1998 

Title
Composer
Arranger
Lollipop   Roger Emerson
Blow the Wind Southerly   Samuel Adler
Stop! In the Name of Love Dozier, Holland & Holland  
Reel a'Bouche Malcolm Dalglish  
Garden of Joy:
The Swing
Marching Song
Michael Richardson  
Chiquita Banana McKenzie, Montgomery, Wirges  

Art in the Park
Hilton Coliseum, Ames, IA - August 29, 1998

Title
Composer
Arranger
Reel a?Bouche Malcolm Dalglish  
Mr. Sandman   Pat Shaw
Embraceable You Gershwin  
Blow the Wind Southerly   Samuel Adler
Chiquita Banana McKenie, Montgomery, Wirges  
Stop! In the Name of Love Dozier, Holland, & Holland  
Marching Song, from A Garden of Joy Michael Richardson  

Concert #11 - November 29, 1998 - On a Cold Winter's Night

Title
Composer
Arranger
Winter (from Four Folk Songs from Abroad)   Pat Shaw
Three Mountain Ballads
He's Gone Away
Barbara Allen
Will He Remember?
  Ron Nelson
The Muse, The Stove, and The Willow Plate Zae Munn  
Harvest Home (from Four Folk Songs from Abroad)   Pat Shaw
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Ruth Artman  
Angels' Carol John Rutter  
How Far Is It To Bethlehem?   Willcocks
Dormi, Dormi   Goetze
Mary's Lullaby John Rutter  
Candlelight Carol John Rutter  

Invited Church Service - April 25, 1999
St. Cecilia's Catholic Church

Title
Composer
Arranger
Hosanna Knut Hystedt  
The Pelican Randall Thomson  
Laudate Pueri Dominum Felix Mendelssohn  
Hail, Holy Queen Marc Shaiman  
 
Concert #12  - And Then There Were Nun - May 2, 1999

Title
Composer
Arranger
O frondens virga Hildegard of Bingen  
Laudate Pueri Dominum Felix Mendelssohn  
Tantum Ergo Gabriel Faure  
Laudi Alla Vergine Maria Giuseppe Verdi  
The Pelican Randall Thompson  
Hosanna Knut Hystedt  
Evening Song Zoltan Kodaly  
Dialogue of the Carmelites:
Ave Maria
Ave Verum Corpus
Salve Regina
Poulenc  
Selections from the Sound of Music Rodgers & Hammerstein  
Nunsense:
Veni Creator Spiritus
Nunsense is Habit Forming
A Difficult Transition
Growing up Catholic
We've Got to Clean Out the Freezer
   
I Will Follow Him    
Hail, Holy Queen Marc Shaiman  

Concert #13 - Sing We Now of Christmas - December 5, 1999

Title
Composer
Arranger
Pada listie zlate L. Burlas  
Two Latvian Carols Andreis Jansons  
Ave Maria Zoltan Kodaly  
There is no rose of such virtue C. Brown  
O Regem coeli Tomas Luis de Victoria  
Joys Seven J.H. Laster  
The Christ Child Lay in Mary's Lap Edith Borroff  
Sing We Now of Christmas B. Adams  
Christmas is Coming Lana Walter  
Hacia Belen va un borrico V. Shields  
Nu ar det Jul igen R. Jeffers  
Deck the Halls in 7/8 J. McElvey  
Mistletoe Carol Andrew Carter  
Still, Still Night Jackson Berkey  

Concert #14 - Love and Laughter - May 14, 2000

Title
Composer
Arranger
Te Quiero Alberto Favero  
Ho-ja-ja, Ho-ja-ja Otmar Macha  
Sigh No More, Ladies R. Paul Drummond  
Pal Pa Haugen (Paul and His Chickens)   B. Ellingboe
So I Let Him Lead Me Home James Mulholland  
Quiet Solitude (Visa fran Utanmyra) Erkki Pohjola  
Lollipop   Roger Emerson
Vamps!   Kirby Shaw
Baby, I’m Yours   Roger Emerson
Heart We Will Forget Him James Mulholland  
Music, When Soft Voices Die Jerry Weseley Harris  
My True Love Has My Heart Eugene Butler  
Mr. Sandman    

Concert #15  Sweet Was the Song - December 3, 2000

Title
Composer
Arranger
Virgines Prudentes (O Ye Wise Maidens) Handl  
Praise ye the Lord (Ich will den Herrn loben alle) Telemann  
Elizabeth’s Ave Lana Walter  
The Gentyle Storke Michael Sitton  
Suo Gan Thomas Edward Morgan  
A la nanita nana Eddleman  
Duerme Negrito Emile Sole  
Petit Enfant LM Shaw and D. Thompsen  

Concert #16  - Spring 2001 - How Can I Keep From Singing?

Title
Composer
Arranger
In the Merry Month of May Henry Youll  
The May Day Carol   Betty Bertaux
Butterfly Nancy Telfer  
Away From the Roll of the Sea   Diane Loomer
La Lluvia Stephen Hatfield  
Housekeeper's Tragedy   Hermene Walick Eichhorn
Had I the Heavens’ Embroidered Cloths   Michael Cleveland
Today, This Spring
Today, this spring
She piped for us
If I can stop one heart from breaking
Libby Larsen  
Set Me As a Seal Rene Clausen  
How Can I Keep From Singing?   Alice Parker
Shaker Suite
Oh, the beautiful treasure
We will walk with Mother and mourn
Hop up and jump up
  Nina Gilbert
Ezekiel Saw de Wheel   J. David Moore
Done Found My Lost Sheep   Marylou India Jackson
Listen to the Angels Shouting Clifton J. Noble, Jr.  

Concert #17 - Winter 2001 – Now Let Us Sing For Joy

Title

Composer

Arranger

Hodie Christus natus est

Anonymous 4

Alleluya: A nywe work

Anonymous 4

Puer nobis nascitur

Lana Walter

Gaudete! Gaudete!

Lana Walter

Four Old English Carols
A Babe is Born
Now Let Us Sing
Jesu, Thou the Virgin-Born
The Savior of the World is Born

Gustav Holst

 

Kyrie from Missa St. Aloysii

Johann Michael Haydn

Dormi, Jesu!

Jonathan D. Green

In the Bleak Midwinter

Gustav Holst

Ruth Elaine Schram

The Face of Love

Greg Gilpin

Jesu, dulcis memoria

Michael Cleveland

Star of Wonder

Terre Roche

This Little Light of Mine

Robert A. Harris

Concert #18 - Spring 2002 – Beginnings

Title

Composer

Arranger

Overture to The Marriage of Figaro

W.A. Mozart

Cable

Amours, partes

Claudin de Sermisy

Harris

Pavane for Spring

Eugene Butler

Rise Up, My Love

Eleanor Daley

Mornings Innocent

Gwyneth Walker

I Will Be Earth

Gwyneth Walker

In the Beginning Imant Raminsh
The Name is Changeless Gwyneth Walker
Things That Never Die Lee Dengler

Ticket to the Kingdom

Donald Moore

Over the Rainbow

Harold Arlen

Snyder

Beauty School Dropout

Warrn Casey & Jim Jacobs

Huff

Tango Dada

James G. Smith

Concert #19 - Winter 2002 – Ceremony of Carols

Title

Composer

Arranger

Ceremony of Carols
Procession

Wolcum Yole!
There Is No Rose
That Yonge Child
Balulalow
As Dew in Aprille
This Little Babe
In Freezing Winter Night
Spring Carol
Deo Gracias
Recession
Benjamin Britten                        
Ave Maria Donald MacIntyre  
Angelus ad virginem   ed. Dennis Martin
Hodie Joan Szymko  
Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten J.S. Bach  
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day John Rutter  
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening Ruth Artman  
Mister Sandman   arr. Ed. Lojeski

Concert #20 - Spring 2003 – Women's Work

Title Composer Arranger
Ho-ja-ja, Ho-ja-ja Otmar Macha          
Three Shakespeare Songs, Op. 39
Over Hill, Over Dale

Come unto These Yellow Sands
Through the House Give Glimmering Light
Amy Beach        
The March of the Women Ethel Smyth  
Fair Warning Shirley W. McRae  
Old Grandma </