2022 Season

In 2022 the choir returned to live, in-person performances! The concert theme was “Hope is the Thing With Feathers” based on the piece by Joseph Eckman with the same title.

2022 PERFORMANCES

  • Saturday, July 2, 2022 - Christ the King Catholic Church - Springfield

  • Sunday, July 3, 2022 - First Presbyterian Church - Springfield

2022 Repertoire:

  • My Spirit Sang All Day - Finzi

  • O Magnum Mysterium - Victoria

  • Hope Is the Thing With Feathers - Joseph Eckman

  • America the Beautiful

  • Отче Наш [Our Father] - Леонтович. М (Ottsche Nasch - M. Leontowytsch)

  • How Great Thou Art - Dan Forrest

  • MLK - Chilcott

  • Clear Blue Morning - Johnson

  • Unclouded Day - Kirchner

  • I Sing Because I’m Happy - Dilworth (with “His Eye Is On the Sparrow”)

  • Benediction of Hope - Hoelscher 

2021 Season

Even though an in-person performance wasn’t possible in 2020 or 2021, the (fully-vaccinated) choir met for four rehearsals in June 2021 and produced three videos. Special thanks to Christ the King Catholic Church and choir member Linda Younkin in Springfield for hosting us, and thanks to choir member Jeremy Hommowun for producing the videos!

2019 Season

2019 Performances

  • Saturday, July 20, 2019 - St. Francis of Assisi Church - Chiara Center

  • Sunday, July 21, 2019 - Westminster Presbyterian Church - Springfield

  • Saturday, September 21, 2019 - First Presbyterian Church - Jacksonville

2018 - Inaugural Season

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2018 Performances

Premiere Concert

July 14, 2018

Sacred Heart Convent Chapel, Springfield IL

Special Music at Worship Services

July 15, 2018

Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Springfield, IL

First Christian Church, Springfield IL

Centenary UMC Fine Arts Series

September 8, 2018

Centenary United Methodist Church, Jacksonville IL

2018 Repertoire 

  • I Will Praise Thee, O Lord - Knut Nystedt (1915-2014)

  • Sicut Cervus - Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (c.1525-1594)

  • Sing Joyfully - William Byrd (c.1540-1623)

  • If Ye Love Me - Thomas Tallis (c.1505-1585)

  • Sicut Locutus Est - Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

  • O Schone Nacht - Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

  • Ave Verum Corpus - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

  • The Heavens Are Telling - Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

  • Ubi Caritas - Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)

  • Sing Me To Heaven - Daniel Gawthrop (1949- )

  • My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord - Moses Hogan (1957-2003)

  • In Dat Great Gittin Up Mornin - Jester Hairston (1901-2000)

  • The Lord Bless You and Keep You - Peter Lutkin (1858-1931)