Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 3:00 pm
Holiday Tapestry 2023
Creator of the Stars of Night (arr. Stacie Court)
Low She Lies (Naomi Steinberg, arr. Kevin Kelly)
Hine ma tov (Allan E. Naplan)
Tim Bartholow, percussion
Up! Good People Now, and Listen (arr. John Rutter)
Tim Bartholow, percussion
Walking in the Air (Howard Blake)
Amanda Sacchitello, piano
Will Taylor, cello
Still, Still, Still (arr. Victor C. Johnson)
Winter (Greg Gilpin)
Gloria a Dios (arr. Noé Sánchez)
A la puerta del cielo
El Señor nació en Belén
Glora a Dios en las Alturas
Ding Dong! Merrily on High (arr. David Willcocks)
Tim Bartholow, percussion
Guest musicians:
Athens Recorder Ensemble
Trinity Handbell Choir
OC A Cappella
Lisa Bartholow, flute
Tim Bartholow, percussion
Will Taylor, cello
Sunday, April 20, 2023 at 4:00 pm
Mother Earth and Her Gifts
Glory to God (Mary Goetze)
Song of the Earth (Kat Callaway)
The World is Full of Poetry (David L. Brunner)
Homeward Bound (Marta Keen, arr. Jay Althouse)
A Good Day (Stacie Court)
Heidi Nibbelink, oboe
NOTE: in memory of beloved alto Pam Barker
Sailplane from Flight (Stacey J. Berk)
Heidi Nibbelink, oboe
Amanda Sacchitello, piano
The Nature of the Cat (Roger C. Vogel)
I. The Cat’s Greediness
IV. The Cat’s Cleanliness
V. The Cat’s Sleeplessness
I Will Be Earth (Gwyneth Walker)
The Peace of Wild Things (Joan Szymko)
Small Ensemble: Wendy Arthur, Wren Howard, Roberta Merkle, Ellen Ritchey, Cass Robinson, Cindy Vail
A Thousand Thanks (Sally Wyche Coenen)
Sing a Jubilant Song (Dave and Jean Perry)
Guest musicians:
Saturday, December 3, 2022 at 3:00 pm
Tapestry: A Holiday Concert
In the Darkest Days (Naomi Steinberg, arr. Kevin Kelly)
In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst, arr. Jon Arnold)
Comfort, Comfort, O My People (Claude Goudimel, arr. Stacie Court)
Tim Bartholow, percussion
Gaudete! Gaudete! (traditional chant, arr. Lana Walter)
Wendy Arthur, Wren Howard, Roberta Merkle, Ellen Ritchey, Peggye Thornburg, and Cindy Vail, soli
Tim Bartholow, percussion
Flight of the Jingle Bells (Rimsky-Korsakov/Pierpont, arr. Connor Chee)
Amanda Sacchitello, piano
Angelus ad Pastores Ait (David Burks)
Good King Wenceslas (traditional English carol, arr. David Willcocks)
Cass Robsinson and Cindy Vail, soli
The Holly and the Ivy (traditional English carol, arr. John Rutter)
Wendy Arthur, Roberta Merkle, Ellen Ritchey, and Peggye Thornburg, soli
The First Noel/Pachelbel’s Canon (traditional French carol, arr. Michael Clawson)
Guest musicians:
Athens Recorder Ensemble
Trinity Lutheran Handbell Choir
Oconee High School OC A Cappella
Lisa Bartholow, flute
Tim Bartholow, percussion
COVID-19: no concerts for us in 2020, or 2021, or the first half of 2022
Saturday, December 7, 2019 at 3:00 pm
A Christmas Tapestry
A Ceremony of Carols (Benjamin Britten)
Annette Bates, Wren Howard, solos
In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst, arr. Jon Arnold)
Ding Dong! Merrily on High (arr. David Willcocks)
Christmas Lullaby (John Rutter)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. John Rutter)
Guest musicians:
Ellen Foster, harp
Oconee County High School A Capella
Athens Recorder Ensemble
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Love, Laughter, Light
Love Is Love Is Love Is Love (Abbie Betinis)
Joy In the Morning (Natalie Sleeth)
Five Hebrew Love Songs (Eric Whitacre)
That’s Amore from The Caddy (Harry Warren, arr. Kirby Shaw)
Goodnight, My Someone from The Music Man (Meredith Willson, arr. Jackie O’Neill)
I Love to Laugh from Mary Poppins (Richard and Robert Sherman, arr. Cristi Cary Miller)
Reuben, Reuben (arr. Vijay Singh)
Two Songs from Phantom of the Opera : (Andrew Lloyd Webber)
Music of the Night
All I Ask of You
Sunshine On My Shoulders (John Denver et al.; arr. Allen L. Borton)
Let the Sun Shine Down (Peter Johns)
Guest musicians:
Sarah Parido, violin
Scott Merkle, Percussion
Saturday, December 1, 2018 at 4:00 pm
A Winter Tapestry
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (arr. David Willcocks)
Lisa Lewis, Nancy Hernandez, solos; Lisa Townsley, Amy McCollum, Cindy Vail, Jennifer Saye, ensemble
In the Bleak Midwinter (arr. Jon Arnold)
Wassail Song (arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Deck the Hall (arr. John Rutter)
Amy McCollum, Doris Granum, solos
Ukrainian Bell Carol (traditional)
Ding Dong! Merrily on High (arr. Kevin Kelly)
Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy (Peter Tchaikovsky, arr. Jeff Funk)
Rose Sebaugh, Lisa Townsley, dancers
Ma Nvu (How Beautiful) (arr. Audrey Snyder)
Hark the Herald Angels Sing (arr. David Willcocks)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. John Rutter)
Guest artists:
The McCollums
Athens Recorder Ensemble
Oconee High School A Capella
Rose Segaugh, Dancer
Lisa Fusillo, Choreographer
Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 4:00 pm
Why Do We Sing?
How Can I Keep From Singing? (arr. Alice Parker)
Sing a New Song (Joseph M. Martin)
Cantate Domino (Sally K. Albrecht)
I Will Sing with the Spirit (John Rutter)
If Music Be the Food of Love (David Dickau)
This Land is Your Land (Woody Guthrie)
Let There Be Peace on Earth (Sy Miller)
This is My Song (Jean Sibelius)
It Don’t Mean a Thing (Duke Ellington)
How Can I Keep from Singing? (arr. Greg Gilpin)
Guest musicians:
December 2, 2017 at 4:00 pm
A Christmas Tapestry
O Come, All Ye Faithful (arr. David Willcocks)
Away in a Manger (Kirkpatrick, arr. David Willcocks)
Christmas Lullaby (John Rutter)
Good King Wenceslas (arr. David Willcocks)
God Bless the Master (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
In ducli jubilo (arr. John Rutter)
Gaudete! Gaudete! (arr. Lana Walter)
Deck the Hall (traditional)
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Eddie Pola/George Wyle, arr. Hawley Ades)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. John Rutter)
Guest musicians:
Athens Recorder Ensemble
Oconee County A Cappella
Friday, April 28, 2017 at 7:30 pm
Faith, Hope, and Love
La Fede (Gioacchino Rossini)
Psalm 23 (Franz Schubert)
Lift Thine Eyes from Elijah (Felix Mendelssohn)
La Speranza (Gioacchino Rossini)
The Peace of Wild Things (Joan Szymko)
The World is Full of Poetry from Earthsongs (David Brunner)
La Carita (Gioacchino Rossini)
Five Hebrew Love Songs (Eric Whitacre)
If Music Be the Food of Love (David Dickau)
Guest musicians:
Laura Anne Cotney, soprano
Sally Gardner-Wilson, violin
December 3, 2016 at 4:00 pm
A Christmas Tapestry
Personent Hodie (arr. John Rutter)
In dulci jubilo (arr. John Rutter)
Il est né, le divin enfant (arr. John Rutter)
Deck the Halls (in 7/8) (arr. James McKelvey)
Jingle Bell Fantasy (James Pierpont, arr. Mac Huff)
Go Where I Send Thee (arr. Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. John Rutter)
Guest musicians:
Athens Recorder Ensemble
Nan McMurry and Kathie Shinholser, recorders
Kristin Humbard, piano and guitar
Oconee County High School A Cappella
Wood’n’Nickel
May 6, 2016 at 8:00 pm
Ancient Voices
Sing, sing ye muses (Henry Purcell)
Les sirènes (Lili Boulanger)
Salmo 150 (Erni Aguiar)
Tota pulchra es (Maurice Duruflé)
Messe basse (Gabriel Fauré)
Two Eastern Picture (Gustav Holst)
Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (Gustav Holst)
Canticle of Mary (Libby Larsen)
Guest musicians:
December 5, 2015 at 4:00 pm
A Christmas Tapestry
St. Nicholas (arr. Michael McGlynn)
Angelus ad virginem (arr. David Willcocks)
Angelus ad pastores ait (Claudio Monteverdi)
Angel (Sergei Rachmaninoff)
Nativity Carol (John Rutter)
Wassail Song (arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. John Rutter)
Guest musicians:
The McCollums
Athens Recorder Ensemble
Directors’ Duo
Oconee High School A Cappella
[Handwritten “2015”]
Vox Femina
O frondens virga (Hildegard von Bingen, ed. William T. Flynn)
Stavasi il mio bel Sol (Maddalena Casulana, ed. Jennifer Breedlove)
O anima mea (Isabella Leonarda, ed. Stephen Caldwell)
Wandl’ ich in dem Wald des Abends (Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel)
Liebst du um Schönheit (Clara Schumann)
Through the house give glimmering light (Amy Beach)
Die stille Stadt (Alma Mahler Werfel)
Hope Is the Thing (Emma Lou Diemer)
“Tis the Gift to Be Simple (arr. Alice Parker)
A Book of Spells (Libby Larsen)
I Thank You God (Gwyneth Walker)
Guest musicians:
December 5, 2014 at 7:00 pm
A Christmas Tapestry
Gaudete! Gaudete! (arr. Lana Walter)
There Is No Rose (Benjamin Britten)
Evergreen (Daniel Pinkham)
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day (arr. John Rutter)
The Holly and the Ivy (arr. Ron Jeffers)
Deck the Halls (in 7/8) (arr. James McKelvey)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. John Rutter)
Guest musicians:
Wood’n’Nickel
The McCollums
Athens Recorder Ensemble
Holy Cross Ringers
Oconee Middle School Decatens
Saturday, May 10, 2014 at 8:00 pm
A Night at the Opera
Comes a train of little ladies from The Mikado (Arthur Sullivan)
Three little maids from school are we from The Mikado (Arthur Sullivan)
Climbing over rocky mountain from Pirates of Penzance (Arthur Sullivan)
Taylor Yates, Amy McCollum, solos
Poor wandering one from Pirates of Penzance (Arthur Sullivan)
Voici le printemps from Samson et Dalila (Camille Saint-Saëns)
Sous le dôme épais from Lakmé (Léo Delibes)
Megan Brunning, Avery Draut, solos
Ave Maria from Dialogues des Carmelites (Francis Poulenc)
Abends will ich schlafen gehn (Evening Prayer) from Hänsel und Gretel (Engelbert Humperdinck)
Der Hölle rache from Die Zauberflöte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Pa-pa-pa from Die Zauberflöte (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
Avery Draut, Evan Tyor, solos
Ulyetay na krilyah vetra (Polovtsian Dances) from Prince Igor (Alexander Borodin)
Largo al factotum from Il barbiere di Siviglia (Gioacchino Rossini)
O pastorelle addio from Andrea Chénier (Umberto Giordano)
The Humming Chorus from Madama Butterfly (Giacomo Puccini)
O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi (Giacomo Puccini)
Noi siamo zingarelle (Chorus of Gypsies) from La traviata (Giuseppe Verdi)
Avery Draut, Evan Tyor, solos
Che faceste? Dite su! (Witches’ Chorus) from Macbeth (Giuseppi Verdi)
Guest musicians:
Megan Brunning, soprano
Avery Draut, soprano
Evan Tyor, baritone
December 7, 2013 at 4:00 pm
A Christmas Tapestry
Cuncti simus concanentes (Llibre Vermell de Montserrat)
The Snow (Edward Elgar)
In the Bleak Midwinter (Gustav Holst, arr. Jon Arnold)
Tundra (Ola Gjeilo)
Carol of the Bells (arr. Kirby Shaw)
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Peter Tchaikovsky, arr. Jeff Funk)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. John Rutter)
Guest musicians:
Central Presbyterian Bells
The McCollums
Athens Recorder Ensemble
Holy Cross Ringers
Oconee A Cappella
Saturday, May 4, 2013 at 8:00 pm
Musica Sacra: Sacred Music for Women’s Voices
Notre père (Maurice Duruflé)
Laudate dominum (Psalm 113) (Felix Mendelssohn)
Psalm 23 (Franz Schubert)
Psalm 100 (René Clausen)
Missa sincere in memorian (Josef Rheinberger)
Alleluia! (César Franck)
Guest musicians:
December 1, 2012 at 4:00 pm
A Christmas Tapestry
Personent hodie (arr. John Rutter)
Star Carol (John Rutter, arr. Kenneth Pont)
How Far Is It To Bethlehem? (arr. David Willcocks)
Lute Book Lullaby (arr. John Rutter)
Marian matrem virginem (Michael McGlynn)
The Holly and the Ivy (arr. John Rutter)
Deck the Hall (arr. John Rutter)
A Merry Christmas (arr. John Rutter)
Guest musicians:
Wood’n’Nickel
Weak in the Knees
Holy Cross Ringers
Athens Recorder Ensemble
The McCollum Trio
Central Presbyterian Bells
April 28, 2012 at 4:00 pm
A Singing of Angels
Folk Song Suite (arr. Charles Davidson)
from Three Mountain Ballads (arr. Ron Nelson)
He’s Gone Away
Will He Remember
Nine Hundred Miles (arr. Philip E. Silvey)
A Girl’s Garden from Frostiana (Randall Thompson)
Lollytoodum (arr. Leslie Bell)
Guest musicians:
Joseph Brent, tenor
Klezmer Local 42
December 3, 2011 at 4:00 pm
A Christmas Tapestry
Pueri conconite (Jacob Handl)
Maria Walks Amid the Thorn (arr. Ron Jeffers and Jill Crandall)
Christmas Lullaby (John Rutter)
Tota pulchra es (Maurice Duruflé)
Nanita Lullaby (arr. Earlene Rentz)
Huron Carol (arr. Eleanor Daley)
Oseh Shalom (Joan Beckow)
Children, Go Where I Send Thee (arr. Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory)
Guest musicians:
Holy Cross Ringers
Weak in the Knees
Athens Flute Ensemble
Central Presbyterian Bells
The McCollum Trio
Wood’n’Nickel
Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Peace, Love and Chocolate
Yesterday (John Lennon and Paul McCartney; arr. Mark Brymer)
Lollipop (Beverly Ross and Julius Dixon; arr. Anne Raugh and Deke Sharon)
It’s My Party (Herb Wiener, Wally Gold, and John Gluck, Jr.; arr. Anne Raugh and Deke Sharon)
One Fine Day (Gerry Goffin and Carole King; arr. Deke Sharon and Anne Raugh)
A Natural Woman (Gerry Goffin, Carole King, and Jerry Wexler; arr. Deke Sharon and Anne Raugh)
Up on the Roof (Gerry Goffin and Carole King; arr. Kirby Shaw)
I Will (John Lennon and Paul McCartney; arr. Roger Emerson)
Here, There, and Everywhere (John Lennon and Paul McCartney; arr. Mac Huff)
Blackbird (John Lennon and Paul McCartney, arr. Jill Crandall)
Sunshine Medley (Jame Rado, Jerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot)
He Ain’t Heavy (Bob Russell, Bobby Scott; arr. John Coates, Jr.
I Say a Little Prayer (Burt Bacharach and Hal David; arr. Jay Althouse)
For All We Know (Robb Wilson and Arthur James, Fred Karlin; arr. Mac Huff)
We’ve Only Just Begun (Roger Nichols and Paul Williams; arr. Rosana Eckert)
Bridge over Troubled Water (Paul Simon; arr. Kirby Shaw)
I Have a Dream Medley (Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson; arr. Mac Huff)
Never Can Say Goodbye (Clifton Davis; arr. Mark Brymer)
Lean on Me (Bill Withers; arr. Adam Anders and Tim Davis, Roger Emerson)
Guest musicians:
Amy Rejmer, guitar
Donovan Babb, percussion
December 4, 2010 at 4:00 pm
A Christmas Tapestry
Children, Go Where I Send Thee (arr. Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory)
Of the Father’s Love Begotten (arr. Kevin Kelly)
He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother (Bob Russell, Bobby Scott; arr. John Coates, Jr.)
Christmas Jazz (arr. Kirby Shaw)
Guest musicians:
Wood’n’Nickel
Arioso
Holy Cross Chancel Ringers
Weak in the Knees
Central Presbyterian Ringers
The McCollums
Alleluia Ringers
Cedar Shoals Concert Choir
December 2009
Songs for the Christ Child: Carols and Lullabies
In dulci jubilo (Pearsall, arr. John Rutter)
Abendruhe (Carl Gottlieb Hering)
Mondnacht (Alexis Hollaender)
He Smiles Within His Cradle (arr. David Willcocks)
Silver Creek Lullaby (Drew Collins)
Tutú Marambá (arr. Erb)
Ríu, ríu, chíu (arr. Jill Crandall)
Maria Walks Amid the Thorn (arr. Ron Jeffers)
Christmas Lullaby (John Rutter)
Gentle Mary (Vulpius, arr. Jill Crandall)
How Far Is It to Bethlehem? (arr. David Willcocks)
Good People All (arr. Hart Morris)
Away in a Manger (William Kirkpatrick, arr. David Willcocks)
Gaudete (arr. Jill Crandall)
The Holly and the Ivy (arr. John Rutter)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. Kirby Shaw)
Guest musicians:
Central Presbyterian Bell Choir
Oconee Presbyterian Bell Choir
Holy Cross Lutheran Bell Choir
Saturday, May 3, [“2009” handwritten] at 4:00 and 7:00 pm
The Drinaun Donn: Irish Music for Spring
Down by the Salley Gardens (arr. Richard Donovan)
Cape Breton Lullaby (arr. Stuart Calvert)
Scarborough Fair (arr. Charlene Archibeque)
Celtic Lullaby (arr. David Fanshawe)
Barbara Allen (arr. Jill Crandall)
Shule Agra (arr. Arthur Frackenpohl)
The Drinaun Donn (arr. Arthur Frackenpohl)
Orkney Lullaby (Donna Schultz)
Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ye! (arr. Arthur Frackenpohl)
The Water is Wide (arr. Eva Toller)
Gartan Mother’s Lullaby (arr. Wayland Rogers)
Danny Boy (arr. Dede Duson)
The Rattlin’ Bog (arr. Michael Braz)
Guest musicians:
December, no year specified
A Cream Cheese Christmas
It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Edward Pola and George Wyle; arr. Hawley Ades)
It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas (Meredith Willson; arr. Mac Huff)
A Holly Jolly Christmas (Johnny Marks; arr. Kirby Shaw)
I’ll Be Home for Christmas (Kim Gannon and Walter Kent; arr. Mac Huff)
Il est bel et bon (Pierre Passerau)
Pueri concinte (Jacob Handl)
Adoramus te, Christe (Orlando di Lasso)
Maria Walks Amid the Thorn (arr. Ron Jeffers)
The Christmas Song (Mel Tormé and Robert Wells; arr. Ed Lojeski)
Winter Wonderland (Richard Smith and Felix Bernard; arr. Ed Lojeski)
Carol of the Bells (Mykola Leontovych; arr. Kirby Shaw)
Jingle Bells (James Pierpont; arr. Kirby Shaw)
Sleigh Ride (Mitchell Parish and Leroy Anderson; arr. Mark Brymer)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. Kirby Shaw)
Guest musicians:
Central Presbyterian Church Handbell Choir
First United Methodist Church Handbell Choir
Holy Cross Lutheran Church Handbell Choir
[handwritten “2007”]
Punching the Dough: Women’s Lives, Loves, and Labor in Folk Song from Around the World; A Benefit Concert for Interfaith Hospitality Network of Athens
A Christmas Tapestry
Some Folks (Stephen Foster; arr. Royal Stanton)
Shenandoah (arr. William G. Lycan)
El jarabe tapatio (arr. Ramón Noble)
Ah! Si mon moine voulait danser! (arr. Donald Patriquin)
Down by the Salley Gardens (arr. Richard Donovan)
Wooing of a Girl (Béla Bartók)
Chi ya v’luzi ne kulina bula? (arr. Jill Crandall)
Away Far Down the River (arr. Alice Parker)
Enchanting Song (Béla Bartók)
Housekeeper’s Tragedy (arr. Hermene Warlick Eichhorn)
Punching the Dough (arr. Alice Parker)
Banuwa (arr. Samuel Adler)
Moon Song (arr. Eugene Butler)
Come at Dawn (arr. Eugene Butler)
Las amarillas (arr. Stephen Hatfield)
Niška banja (arr. Nick Page)
Guest musicians:
May 24, 2005
[no title]
Now is the month of maying (Thomas Morley; arr. Woodworth)
Bye-bye Blackbird (Dixon and Henderson; arr. Jill Crandall)
Java Jive (Drake and Oakland; arr. Jill Crandall)
Chattanooga Choo Choo (Mack Gordon and Harry Warren; arr. Mac Huff)
Here, There, and Everywhere (John Lennon and Paul McCartney; arr. Mac Huff)
I Will (John Lennon and Paul McCartney; arr. Roger Emerson)
You Are the New Day (John David; arr. Phillip Lawson)
Sweet Prospect (William Walker)
Shenandoah (arr. William G. Lycan)
Danny Boy (arr. Dede Duson)
Embraceable You (George and Ira Gershwin; arr. Kirby Shaw)
Blue Skies (Irving Berlin; arr. Jill Crandall)
Georgia On My Mind ( Hoagie Carmichael; arr. Chinn)
What’ll I Do? (Irving Berlin; arr. Kirby Shaw)
Don’t Get Around Much Anymore (Bob Russell and Duke Ellington; arr. Jay Althouse)
It Don’t Mean a Thing (Irving Mills and Duke Ellington; arr. Mac Huff)
Guest musicians:
Sunday, December 5, 2004 at 7:00 pm
[no title given]
Ceremony of Carols (Benjamin Britten)
Rebecca Kerr, Elizabeth Geesey Holmes, Gail Scruggs, solos
Guest musicians:
[Meridian was actually guests of First Methodist, which performed selections from Handel’s Messiah with orchestra]
October 3, 2003
[no title given]
Bye-Bye Blackbird (Mort Dixon and Ray Henderson)
Boy from New York City (John Taylor and George Davis)
Here, There, and Everywhere (John Lennon and Paul McCartney)
You Are the New Day (John David)
from Vier Duetten (Johannes Brahms)
Die Schwestern
Klosterfräulein
Phänomen
Fa una canzona (Orazio Vecchi)
My Bonny Lad (Thomas Morley)
Danny Boy (arr. Dede Duson)
Sweet Prospect (William Walker)
Trumpet Gloria (Guillaume Dufay)
Tota pulchra es (Maurice Duruflé)
Da pacem Domine (Håkan Olsson)
Blue Skies (Irving Berlin)
What’ll I Do? (Irving Berlin)
Java Jive (Milton Drake and Ben Oakland)
Guest musicians:
