Since 1998...
101 concerts, 170 choir members
569 choral pieces, 65 guest artists
729 composers, 157 arrangers
1029 pages of concert programmes
Past Concert
Amazing Grace
A concert of Gospel & Spiritual favourites
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Date & Time
Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 8:00 p.m.
Location
First United Church
16 William St. W., Waterloo, ON, N2L 1J3
16 William St. W., Waterloo, ON, N2L 1J3
Conductor
Wayne Gilpin
Accompanist
Andrew Gilpin
Guest Artists
Colleen Allen, Andrew Gilpin, Tom Hazlitt, Wilson Laurencin, David Puttock.
Repertoire
* indicates performance by guest artist(s)
italics indicate a reading
* On Liberty and Slavery
George Moses Horton
Go Down Moses
Traditional Spiritual (arr. Mark Hayes)
All My Trials
Traditional Spiritual (arr. Mark Hayes)
* How I Used Astronomy to Break the Code of Swing Low...
Richard Sanders
Chariot!
Traditional Spirituals (arr. Philip Kern)
* Prepare Ye the Way
Tommy Walker (arr. Fletch Wiley, David Winkler)
* Change My Heart, O God
Eddie Espinosa (arr. Fletch Wiley, David Winkler)
* Mary, Did You Know?
Mark Lowry, Buddy Greene (arr. Fletch Wiley, Bruce Greer)
* Unbelievable Love
Joe Beck, Joel Lindsey, Greg Long, Brian White (arr. Andrew Gilpin)
* Remarks
Harry T. Burleigh
Ain't-a That Good News!
Traditional Spiritual (arr. Mark Hayes)
* O Black and Unknown Bards
James Weldon Johnson
Oh, Freedom
Traditional Spiritual (arr. Charles Lloyd, Jr.)
* Ezekiel 37
The Bible
Dry Bones
Traditional Spiritual (arr. Mark Hayes)
~ Intermission ~
* Amazing Grace
John Newton
Amazing Grace
John Newton (arr. Ed Lojeski)
* Psalm 46: 1-5
The Bible
Down in the River to Pray
Traditional
* Psalm 139: 1-12
The Bible
Fly Away Medley
Charles A. Tindley, Albert Brumley, James Black, Samuel Stennett (arr. Mark Hayes)
* He Loved Me With a Cross
Joel Lindsey, Sue C. Smith (arr. Dick Torrans)
* Awesome God
Rich Mullins (arr. Camp Kirkland, Tom Fettke, Fletch Wiley, David Winkler)
* No Greater Love
Chris Eaton, Margaret Becker (arr. Fletch Wiley, David Winkler)
* Almighty
Wayne Watson (arr. Don Hart, Fletch Wiley)
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
Traditional (arr. Mark Hayes)
* Matthew 11: 28-30
The Bible
Softly and Tenderly Calling
Will L. Thompson, George C. Stebbins, Fanny J. Crosby (arr. Patti Drennan)
* Prayer
Louis Untermeyer
The Greatness of God
William M. Runyan, Thomas O. Chisholm, Stuart K. Hine, Fanny J. Crosby, William H. Doane (arr. Ted Cornell)
Choir Members
Soprano
Cheryl (Soltysiak) Bruder, Tanis Day, Beverly Dietrich, Ellie Fuke, Chris Grose, Valerie Grzesiak, Jennifer Lloyd-Smith, Emily Martin, Susie Metzger, Wendy Patrick, Dianne Peters, Margaret St. Pierre, Sylvia Stahle, Jan Van Stralen, Claire van Wijk, Lynn (Lathey) Vannatter, Dianna Weltz, Sharon Wittich.
Alto
Susan Brooks, Gloria Cardey, Helen Edney, Ginny Ehrlich, Joyce Freeman, Carol Gilpin, Mary Jane Lanteigne, Anne Lowe, Enid Maize, Leslie O'Dell, Lynn Souliere.
Tenor
Perry Bartel, John Nighswander, Henry Van Stralen, Jim Vanderleeuw, Bruce Weber.
Bass
Philip Cochrane, Terry Green, Gordon Grose, Neil Hunt, Rodger Seeley.
