Belmont Chorale

Belmont Chorale is one of the earliest performing ensembles in Belmont University's musical history. It is a select mixed ensemble of 52 voices that performs diverse literature from all genres. Chorale has toured the U.S. as well as abroad, and has produced several recordings. In June of 2004, the ensemble traveled to Europe to perform as the guest choir for the International Church Music Festival in Bern, Switzerland. Prior to arriving at the Festival, they toured Germany including visits to Dresden (a Belmont's International Studies program location), Leipzig, and Nurmburg. They will also perform in Prague, Czechoslovakia and Lucerne, Switzerland.

Chorale is an auditioned choir open to undergraduate sophomores, juniors, and seniors and graduate students. Commitment is required for the entire year (fall and spring semesters) due to a rigorous performance schedule and Spring tour.

Discography

Choral Music of Robert Ward

I Andante II Allego III Adagio IV Larghetto V Maestoso, Allegro When Christ Rode Into Jerusalem In His Last Days Jesus Came to Jerusalem Let Us Heed The Voice Within Concord Hymn Ballad of Boston Bay Epitaphs Sweet Freedom's Song

Robert Ward's widely performed orchestral works and opers have tended to overshadow his many choruses and cantatas. This relearse of representative religious and patriotic works is therefore especially timely. The album begins with 'Earth Shall be Fair,' which was commissioned by the Des moines Council of Churches and was first performed by massed choirs from that city's churches. The version recorded here is for choirs and organ. The second group centers on the Palm Sunday/Easter theme. 'When Christ Rode Into Jerusalem' is a musico-dramatic telling of the Palm Sunday story. The third group begins with Concord Hymn, written in 1949 for the 25th Anniversaary of the Julliard School of Music. Three choruses from 'Sweet Freedom's Song,' which was commissioned and first performed by the Lexington Choral Society, complete that patriotic set.

Jean Berger - Sacred & Secular Choral Music

Psalm 57 The Eyes Of All Wait Upon Thee Brazilian Psalm Devotional Songs Six Madrigals

A 1983 Mayoral proclamation from his adopted city of Denver, Colorando, best describes the life and work of Jean Berger. The proclamation reads: "Jean Berger Day: scholar, linguist, distinguished choral conductor, musicologist and composer.' The State of Colorado futher honored the composer by conferring the Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts in 1985. Belmont Chorale does an excellent job with eight of Berger's finest choral works.

Exsultate Jubilate

Uncommon Prayers A Curse A Lament And A Vision Wedding Cantate 5 Motets At Dressing In The Morning Psalm 46 The Small Passion

The thirty undergraduate students of Belmon University's Chorale give quite a performance of works by composer, Daniel Pinkham. Pinkham was an accomplished Organist, composer and Professor, he was named 'Composer of the Year for 1990' by the American Guild of Organists. These selections were recorded at St. David's Episcopal Church in Nashville, Tennessee and the First Baptist Church in Franklin, Tennessee.

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