University of Utah Singers

The internationally acclaimed University of Utah Singers recently returned from a triumphant concert tour of France and Spain where they were the Winners of the European Grand Prix International Choir Competition in Tolosa, Spain! The invitation to compete in this prestigious contest of the best international choirs came as a result of winning the Grand Prize at the 2005 Florilège Vocal de Tours International Choir Competition in Tours, France where they also won five additional prizes: First Prize in the Free Program, Second Prize in the Mixed Choircategory, the Ronsard Prize for the best performance of a Renaissance piece based on a poem by Ronsard, the prize A Coeur Joie Internationalfor the best French diction during the competition, and the prize OEuvre de Creation for the best newly composed work in the competition (William Hawley's Flos ut rosa Floruit). They have also been featured on French National Television at the Nancy International Choir Festival in Nancy, France and in concerts throughout Spain, France, Germany, and The Netherlands. They will return to Europe in 2007 as celebrities to perform at the 12th International Choir Festival en Provence, the Festival des Choeurs Lauréats; and the 19th Festival "Choralies de Vaison-la-Romaine", France.

The University of Utah Singers have been featured at the Inauguration Ceremony for Governor Olene Walker, the 2004 Opening Session of the Utah State Senate, and were selected by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition to premiere Judith Bingham's Ghost Towns of the American West in 2007 as part of an international performing consortium of choirs which includes Vocal Essence (Philip Brunelle, conductor) and the BBC Singers (Stephen Cleobury, conductor). They have collaborated with the 23rd Army Band, the Utah Philharmonia, the Salt Lake Choral Artists, the University of Utah Wind Ensemble, A Cappella Choir and Women's Choir, and with the BYU Singers and Concert Choir. The Singers are regularly featured in concerts at Libby Gardner Concert Hall and have performed in the Salt Lake Tabernacle, the Assembly Hall on Temple Square, and the Cathedral of the Madeleine. They have recently performed at the Western Division Convention of the American Choral Directors Association and the National Convention of the Music Educators National Conference.

Discography

If Music Be the Food of Love

The Singers proudly present their first 2-disc set! Disc 1 features music from the University of Utah Singers triumphant 2006 European Concert Tour, during which they won the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing in Tolosa, Spain! Reminisce with “I Have Had Singing”, “Daemon Irrepit Callidus”, “A Boy and a Girl”, “Cloudburst” and “Ah, El Novio”. Disc 2 offers an engaging program of your favorites from the 2006-2007 season, including Selections from “Into the Woods”, “One of Those Moments”, “Prayer of St. Francis”, “J’entends le Moulin”, “Stars I Shall Find”, “Conversion of Saul”, “How Can I Keep From Singing” and “Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?” Packed with a delightful variety of music, this album has something everyone will love!

A Jubilant Song

A Jubilant Song - Rene Clausen Effortlessly Love Flows - Aaron Jay Kerris Pilgrims' Hymn - Stephen Paulus E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come - Paul Manz Rytmus - Ivan Hrusovsky Ubi Caritas - Maurice Durufle A Hymn to the Mother of God - John Tavener Flos ut Rosa Floruit - William Hawley Ave Maris Setlla - Edvard Grieg Psalm 117: O Praise the Lord, All Ye Nations - Halsey Stevens Exsultate Justi - Andreas Hakenberger Psalm 96 - Merrill Bradshaw Odi et amo - Carl Orff Go, Lovely Rose - Halsey Stevens Bonjour mom Coeur - Philippe de Monte Dieu! qu'il la fait bon regarder! - Claude Debussy Mata Del Anima Sola - Antonio Estevez Te Quiero - L. Cangiano Muie Rndera - C. A. Pinto Fonseca El Guayaboso - Guido Lopez-Gavilan Water Night - Eric Whitacre Mayila - Chen Yi Fengyang Song - Chen Yi Camptown Races - Jack Halloran My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lor-d - Moses Hogan Hush! Somebody's Callin' My Name Brazeal Dennard The Battle of Jericho - Moses Hogan

This recording marks a triumphant second year for the Singers and their victorious European Tour. Recorded May 2005 in Munich, Germany, it contains most of the a cappella repertoire they performed on their tour, including Sacred American Anthems, European Motets, Marian Anthems, Commentaries on Love, Musica Latinoamericana, American Folk Music, Spirituals, and more.

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I Thank You God for Most This Amazing Day

My Spirit Sang All Day - Gerald Finzi The Waking - David Conte Pseudo-Yoik - Jaakko Mantyjarvi Sing a Mighty Song - Daniel E. Gawthrop Prayer of St. Francis - Allen Pote A Prayer of the Middle Ages - Howard Hanson Avinu Malkeinu - Max Janowski Mundi Renovatio - Gyorgy Orban I Thank You God for Most this Amazing Day - Eric Whitacre Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine - Eric Whitacre Cloudburst - Eric Whitacre Tonight Eternity Alone - Rene Clausen My Song in the Night - Paul Christiansen Epitaph for Moonlight - R. Murray Schafer Home on the Range - Mark Hayes Soldier, Soldier Won't You Marry Me - Robert DeCormier Peace Like a River - Ronald J. Staheli How Can I Keep from Singing - Ronald J. Staheli I Can Tell the World - Moses Hogan

This premiere recording documents the University of Utah Singers debut year and was recorded in Libby Gardner Concert Hall and the Assembly Hall at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah. A celebration of praise, this album contains a variety of hymns, anthems and folk music from many religious and cultural traditions. Features choral music of Eric Whitacre, Gerald Finzi, Daniel Gawthrop, René Clausen, Moses Hogan, and more.

Home on the Range

Oh! Susanna - Mark Hayes Swanee River - Thomas L. Durham Nelly Bly - Jack Halloran My Old Kentucky Home - Donald P. Moore Skip to My Lou - Edwin Fissinger Bile them Cabbage Down - Mack Wilberg Shenandoah - James Erb Dixie - J. Allison Snyder Home on the Range - Mark Hayes She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain - John Carter The Water is Wide - Rene Clausen Clementine - John David Earnest Soon Ah Will Be Done Wi' De Troubles of Dis Worl' - Daine K. Loomer Ain't Got Time to Die - Hall Johnson Buffalo Gals - Bob Chilcott Great American Cowboy - R. Staheli / B. Allred The Sheepherder's Lament - R. Staheli / B. Allred You Can't Get a Man with a Gun - Brady R. Allred My God Is an Awesome God - Keith Hampton I Am His Child - Moses Hogan He Never Failed Me Yet - Robert Ray

Recorded in the Fall 2005, this CD features a delightful selection of songs from some of America’s rich music traditions. Enjoy American Love Songs, variations on American folk songs, Songs of the Slaves, African American Spirituals and Gospel Music, songs from American Dance Halls and the Wild West, selections from the songbook of Stephen Foster and other Memories of Home.

Christmastide

Christmas Comes Anew Infant Holy The Holy and the Ivy While All Things Were in Quiet Silence Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Tomorrow Shall be My Dancing Day Jesus Once of Humble Birth I Saw Three Ships What Child is This? God Rest Ye Merry Gentlmen Oh, Come, Oh, Come, Emmanuel Where Shepherds Lately Knelt Ding Dong! Merrily on High In the Bleak Midwinter A Savior from on High What Child? Gabriel's Message Wishes and Candles The First Noel This Christmastide

Inspired by the popularity of the Singers’ first Christmas album, “Christmas Morn”, this new CD is filled with original arrangements of traditional holiday favorites sure to kindle fond remembrances of Christmases past, bring deeper meaning to Christmases present, and encourage a brighter hope for Christmases yet to come. Recorded Fall 2005 and 2006 in Libby Gardner Concert Hall.

Christmas Morn

Angels, We Have Heard on High - David A. Zabriskie Away in a Manger - Lowell M. Durham Caroling, Caroling - Alfred Burt Carol of the Bells - Peter J. Wilhousky & Brady Allred Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Brady Allred Deck the Halls (in 7/8) - James Mckelvy As It Fell Upon Night - Katherine K. Davis Night of All Nights - Adolphe Adam - Brady Allred Christmas Morn - David A. Zabriskie Jesus the Savior is Born - Thomas L. Durham What Child is This? (Greensleeves) - Dale Warland Gesu Bambino - Pietro A. Yon Carol (Neighbors, on This Frosty Tide) - Joan Morris and William Bolcom The Angels and the Shepherds - Stephen Paulus What Sweeter Music - Michael Fink Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day - John Gardner Shine for Me Again: Star of Bethlehem - Dan Carter Do You Hear What I Heard - Harry Simeone Still, Still, Still - Norman Luboff Lullaby Frederick Keel - Bernell W. Hales Silent Night - Norman Luboff Hark! (in 7/8) - Steven Landau Christmas Bells - David A. Zabriskie

This CD of Christmas music, recorded Fall 2004 in Libby Gardner Concert Hall, features eleven carols by composers and arrangers from Utah. Enjoy arrangements of such perennial favorites as “Angels We Have Heard on High”, “Deck the Halls”, “Carol of the Bells”, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”, “O Holy Night”, “Hark”, and “Silent Night”, and bask in the holiday spirit conveyed by original carols such as “Christmas Morn”, “Night of All Nights”, “Jesus the Savior is Born” and “Star of Bethlehem”. A must for every Christmas season!

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