Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs | June 2012
Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: The Gospel in Appalachian Music
Program
James Curnow: Rhapsody on American Shaped Note Melodies | James Curnow, Guest Conductor and Composer-In-Residence
Dr. Will Peebles: An Introduction to The Sacred Harp, Christian Harmony, and Southern Harmony
Aaron Copland: Simple Gifts | Tonya Castle and Jericho McCoy, vocals
Variations on a Shaker Melody
The Promise of Living
Dr. Will Peebles: “Shape-Note Singing”
Community Singing, The Sacred Harp
Windham (38b)
Primrose (47t)
Gospel Trumpet (99)
Will Thompson (arr. Terry Everson): There’s A Great Day Coming
Joseph Hart (Southern Harmony): Come Ye Sinners | Tonya Castle and Jericho McCoy, vocals
Conni Ellisor: Blackberry Winter, mvt. II
John Newton (arr. Frank Ticheli): Amazing Grace
George H. Allan: When I Went Down to the River to Pray
Tonya Castle and Jericho McCoy, vocals
Donald Grantham: Starry Crown
June 10, 2012 • 2:30 PM
Convocation Hall
The First Federal Center
June 11, 2012 • 7:00 PM
Paramount Theatre
Ashland, KY
June 15, 2012 • 7:00 PM
Berkeley Center for the Arts
Charleston, SC
