David R. White, Artistic Director and Conductor

with special guests

The American Boychoir Fernando Malvar-Ruiz, conductor

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Festival Concert 7:00 pm

Peachtree Road United Methodist Church

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P R O G R A M

Fanfare For a Festival Ron Nelson The Festival Choir

All praise! All praise to music! Heaven sent. The voice that lifts all hearts in perfect melody, And leaves the soul fulfilled with joy and peace. All praise! All praise to music! Heaven sent. In open song! ~ Walter Rodby

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The Word Was God Rosephanye Powell

In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made that have been made. Nothing was made, He has not made. All things were made by Him. ~ John 1:1-3

Jesus Paid It All John T. Grape

arr. Joan Pinkston I  hear  the  Savior  say,  “Thy  strength  indeed  is  small,    

Child  of  weakness,  watch  and  pray,  Find  in  Me  thine  all  in  all.”    

Jesus  paid  it  all,  All  to  Him  I  owe;    Sin  had  left  a  crimson  stain,  He  washed  it  white  as  snow.  

 For  nothing  good  have  I  Whereby  Thy  grace  to  claim.  I’ll  wash  my  garments  white  In  the  blood  of  Calvary’s  Lamb.  

 And  when  before  the  throne  I  stand  in  Him  complete,  “Jesus  died  my  soul  to  save,”  My  lips  shall  still  repeat.    

            ~  Elvina  Hall  

Sicut Locutus Est from Magnificat Johann Sebastian Bach

Translation: Thus it was spoken to our forefathers, Abraham and his descendants, unto eternity.

Weep No More David N. Childs

Shed no tear, O shed no tear! The flow’r will bloom another year. Weep no more, O weep no more! Dry your eyes, O dry your eyes, For I was taught in paradise To ease my breast of melodies.

~based on John Keats Pärismaalase Lauluke An Aboriginal Song Veljo Tormis

The single word of this song, “Tabu” is a Polynesian word that means Holy or Holiness. It is the word from which we derive the term, “Taboo.”

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Omnia Sol (Let Your Heart Be Staid) Z. Randall Stroope Somewhere far from nowhere, I grew both strong and tall,

Longing to become, but knowing not the path at all. But the footprints of the winter melted to fields of spring; One last embrace before I cross the threshold; To Life we sing! O stay your soul and leave my heart its song, O stay your hand, the journey may be long. And when we part and sorrow can’t be sway’d, Remember when and let your heart be staid.

~Z. Randall Stroope

T H E G E O R G I A B O Y C H O I R F E S T I V A L C H O I R

Alleluia Kanon Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Alleluia. Amen This Little Light of Mine arr. Ken Berg This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine.

Ev’ry where I go, I’m going to let it shine. All through the night, I’m going to let it shine. ~Anonymous

Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burnin’ arr. Greg Gilpin

Keep your lamps trimmed and burnin’, for the time is drawin’ nigh. Soon I will be done with the trouble of the world, the time is drawin’ nigh. Children don’t get weary till your work is done. ~Anonymous

Vive L’Amour arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw Let every good fellow now join in a song,

Success to each other and pass it along,

Vive l’amour, Vive la compagnie! (Long live love, Long live the brotherhood)

Come all you good fellows and join in with me, And raise up your voices in close harmony. Should time or occasion compel us to part, These days shall forever enlighten the heart. Let every old bachelor fill up his glass, And drink to the health of his favorite lass. Let every old married man drink to his wife, The joy of his bosom and comfort of life.

~ Anonymous

Bridge Over Troubled Water Paul Simon arr. Kirby Shaw

I’ll be your bridge o’er troubled water, when you’re down, I will carry you like a bridge o’er troubled water, I will lay me down. When you’re weary, feelin’ small, when tears are in your eyes I will dry them all; I’m on your side. Oh, when times get rough and friends just can’t be found, like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down. When you’re down and out, when you’re on the street, my lord, when evening falls so hard I will comfort you. I’ll take your part Oh, when darkness comes and pain is all around, Like a bridge over troubled water I will lay me down. Sail on silver girl, sail on by. Your time has come to shine All your dreams are on their way. See how they shine Oh, if you ever need a friend, look around, I’m sailing right behind. Like a bridge over troubled water, I will ease your mind. ~ Paul Simon

The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams All people that on earth do dwell, Sing to the Lord with cheerful voice; Him serve with fear, His praise forth tell, Come ye before Him and rejoice. The Lord, ye know, is God indeed, Without our aid He did us make;

We are His folk, He doth us feed, And for His sheep He doth us take. O enter then His gates with praise, Approach with joy His courts unto; Praise, laud, and bless His name always, For it is seemly so to do. For why? The Lord our God is good: His mercy is forever sure; His truth at all times firmly stood, And shall from age to age endure. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God Whom heaven and earth adore, From men and from the angel host be praise and glory evermore. Amen. ~ William Keith

The Bent Strings

Guest Conductor Fernando Malvar-Ruiz was appointed Litton-Lodal Music Director of The American Boychoir in July 2004. Since then, he has toured with the Choir to 30 states and Canada. He prepared the Choir for performances at the YouthAIDS Benefit Gala, the 77th Annual Academy Awards Ceremony and the Tanglewood Music Festival. He also conducted the Choir at the nationally televised U.S. Open Tennis Tournament Women’s Finals and prepared it for performances with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and The Philadelphia Orchestra. Prior to his current position, Mr. Malvar-Ruiz served for four years as the Associate Music Director of the Choir, under James Litton and Vincent Metallo, respectively. During this tenure, Mr. Malvar-Ruiz toured with the Choir to 44 states, the District of Columbia and Canada. He also traveled with and prepared the Choir for its appearances at the 2001 Bermuda Festival and 2000 Des Moines International Children’s Choral Festival. In addition, he primed the Choir for two Christmas programs for broadcast on Public Radio International, and one of the Choir’s self-released CDs, Lullaby: music for the quiet times. He brings extensive experience in the field of choral music to The American Boychoir, having previously directed the Columbus (Ohio) Youth Choir, the Central Illinois Children’s Choir and choirs in Spain and Hungary.

Artistic Director and Conductor, David R. White has been training boys and young men to sing for more than two decades. In 1994, he founded the Boy Choir of the Carolinas in Greenville, South Carolina. In 1998 he became the Music Director of Florida’s Singing Sons Boychoir in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. From 2001 to 2009, Mr. White was the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Atlanta Boy Choir in Atlanta, Georgia. Under his direction, choirs have participated in numerous festivals throughout the world including the Prague International Choral Festival, the Pacific International Children’s Choir Festival, the Anchorage Choral Festival, the Cultural Olympiad in Greece, the Baltimore Boychoir Festival, the Southeast Festival of Song, and the Choral Olympics in Linz, Austria. He has been a conductor on the faculty at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Michigan as well as the Csehy Summer School of Music in Philadelphia. Mr. White holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance from Georgia College and is active as a lecturer, adjudicator, and conductor for choral and vocal competitions, workshops, and festivals. He currently holds the position of Repertoire and Standards Chair for the Georgia Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association.

Associate Conductor and Organist, Scott Hamilton Atchison currently serves as director of music and organist at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where he administers a program including nine choirs. Under his leadership, the choirs have performed in some of the most venerable cathedrals and halls around the world. In the United States, the Choir of Peachtree Road has appeared at Carnegie Hall, the National Cathedral in Washington D.C., and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. The Peachtree Road Choir has toured internationally for many years. Notably, the choir has appeared at St. Paul’s and Wells Cathedral in the United Kingdom and Notre Dame, Chartres, and Reims Cathedral in France. In 2002, Mr. Atchison began the design and installation of the 106-stop Mander Organ in the church’s new sanctuary. In November of that year, he was the featured soloist in the premiere of the Concerto for Organ, Orchestra and Chorus by renowned composer Stephen Paulus with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Mr. Robert Spano. The music program at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church includes a full-scale concert series which draws music lovers from across the city. The series includes at least two major choral works each season with members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Atchison’s schedule keeps him busy as an organ recitalist and choral clinician across the country. Mr. Atchison received his training in organ performance and choral conducting from Furman University as well as Georgia State University where his teachers included Lindsay Smith and Robert L. Simpson. Professional memberships include the American Guild of Organists, American Choral Directors Association, and the Royal School of Church Music.

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