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 Friday May 16, 2008 8:00 pm

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Concert
The Chorale will conclude its 21st season in traditional Broadway style with selected choral arrangements of whimsical and humorous songs. An evening of fun & hilarity!

 

December 13, 2003 
Holiday Pops Concert with the Irving Symphony
Performed at Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas
Guest Soloist: Laurie Granlund

November 23, 2003
Performed at First United Methodist Church, Historical District, Irving, Texas
Guest Conductor: Curt Bradshaw
Music: Curt Bradshaw’s jazz piece Sing a New Song, American Spirituals, including Wade in the Water, and Haydn’s The Heavens Are Telling

May 30, 2003 
"One Hundred Years"
Celebrating 100th birthdays of Irving, Texas and Richard Rodgers
Performed at Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas
Music: God Bless America, Medley from West Side Story, With a Song in My Heart

March 2003
Music of the English Cathedral
Performed at Plymouth Park United Methodist Church in Irving, Texas
Performed with Irving Boys Choir

December 14, 2002 
"La Fiesta de la Posada"
Performed at St. Luke Catholic Church in Irving, Texas
Music: Three Spanish Carols, Brubeck's La Fiesta de la Posada

November 16, 2002
Concert with Irving ISD Choirs
Performed at First Baptist Church in Irving, Texas
Music: Choose Something Like a Star, Musicks Empire, Two Spanish Carols, selections from the music of Richard Rodgers, I Dream a World

May 10, 2002
"Music for the European Tour"
Performed at Plymouth Park United Methodist Church in Irving, Texas
Music: The Star Spangled Banner, O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, Sing Joyfully, Kyrie and Gloria from Missa Secunda, Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei from Messe Basse, Ave Verum Corpus, For Everything There is a Season, Sing to His Name, The Prayers I Make, Break Forth, Sing Praise, Psalm I, Musicks Empire, We Will Praise, Shenandoah, Wade in the Water, Blessed Assurance, Sing a New Song, Gershwin: A Concert Panorama, From Sea to Shining Sea

March 22, 2002 
"The Hearts of Texas"
Performed at Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas
Music: For Everything There is a Season, How Lovely is Your Dwelling Place, Sing to His Name, The Prayers I Make, Psalm 95, Wade in the Water, Break Forth, Sing Praise, Psalm I, Sing a New Song, Musicks Empire, Life Has Many Rhythms, We Will Praise the Lord

December 15, 2001
"Christmas at St. Luke's"
Performed at St. Luke Catholic Church in Irving, Texas
Music: Et in Terra Pax, The First Noel, Hodie Christus, Natus Est, Joy to the World, Salvation is Created, Glory to God in the Highest, Masters in This Hall, Hark the Herald, The Sussex Carol, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Good Christian Men Rejoice, Silent Night, The Three Kings, The Gift Carol, The Coventry Carol, Thou Shalt Know Him, I Wonder as I Wander, I Believe This is Jesus, Go Tell It On the Mountain, O Come All Ye Faithful, Of the Father's Love Begotten

October 5, 2001 & October 6, 2001 
Performed at Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas
"Music for Young Hearts II"
Performed with Irving ISD All City Choir & Irving ISD High School Choirs
Music: Gershwin! A Concert Panorama, God Bless America, Battle Hymn of the Republic, From Sea to Shining Sea

May 26, 2001 
Performed at Plymouth Park United Methodist Church in Irving, Texas
"Festival of Psalms"
Music:  Three Psalms from Vesperae solennes de confessore K. 339, Psalm 150, A Psalm of David

March 23, 2001 
Performed at Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas
Presentation of Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony

May 13, 2000 
"Brahms to Broadway"
Performed at Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas
Music: Lovesong Waltzes: Op. 52, Medley from Guys and Dolls, Medley from Les Miserables, Medley from West Side Story

February 20, 2000 
Presentation of Mendelsshon's Elijah
Performed at Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas
Special chorus: Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts

December 17, 1999
Christmas Concert-"Sing We Now of Christmas"
Performed at Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas
Music: Sing We Now of Christmas, Angels We Have Heard on High, Away in a Manger, What Child is This?, Joy to the World, Go Tell It On the Mountain, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, Good King Wenceslas, We Three Kings, Villancico, Hark! the Herald Angels Sing, Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella, Lo! How a Rose E'er Blooming, Deck the Hall, Good Christian Men, Rejoice, Masters in This Hall, O Tannenbaum, O Holy Night, Coventry Carol, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, O Little Town of Bethlehem, O Come Little Children, Ding Dong Merrily on High, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks, The First Noel, The Friendly Beasts, Silent Night, Adeste Fideles, Christmas Greeting

October 15, 1999 & October 16, 1999
Performed with Irving ISD choirs
Performed at Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas
Music: The Star Spangled Banner, I Got Plenty of Nothing, Summertime, Ching-a-Ring Chaw, Danny Boy, For the Beauty of the Earth, Soon-ah Will Be Done, God Bless America

May 27, 1999 
"Music for the Cathedrals of Scotland and England"
Performed at Plymouth Park United Methodist Church in Irving, Texas
Music: The Star Spangled Banner, O Magnum Mysterium, O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, Ave Verum Corpus, Messe Basse, Forever Worth is the Lamb, How Fair the Church of Christ Shall Stand, I Heard a Great Voice, Hosanna, Choose Something Like a Star, The Last Words of David, Brazilian Psalm, Of the Father's Love Begotten, Soon Ah Will Be Done, Danny Boy, Shenandoah, Ching-a-Ring Chaw, Medley from Porgy and Bess

March 25, 1999
"A Cappella Masterworks"
Performed at St. Luke Catholic Church in Irving, Texas
 
December 10, 1998 
"Choral Music for the Christmas Season"
Performed at St. Luke Catholic Church in Irving, Texas
Music: O Magnum Mysterium, Magnificat, In the Beginning Was the Word, The Best of Rooms, African Noel, The Sussex Carol, Go Tell It on the Mountain

October 23, 1998 & October 24, 1998
Performed at the Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas 
Irving ISD choirs join

June 4, 1998
St. Luke Catholic Church in Irving, Texas

April 18, 1998
Music: Of the Father's Love Begotten, A Prayer of the Middle Ages, How Excellent Thy Name, The Last Words of David, Choose Something Like a Star, How Fair the Church of Christ Shall Stand, Alleluia from Brazilian Psalm, Shenandoah, Three Recent Rulings

December 13, 1997
Christmas concert with the St. Mark's Boys Choir from Irving, Texas
Music: Hodie, Christmas Day, Carol Suite for Orchestra and Audience

October 17, 1997 & October 18, 1997
Director: Harrell Lucky, Accompanist: Eunice Tavaglione
Guests: Irving ISD Fifth Grade Chorus (17th) & Irving ISD Middle School Chorus (18th)
Performed both concerts at Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas
Music: Ode to Music, Song of Democracy, Texas Boys, Shadrack, Let There Be Peace on Earth, From Sea to Shining Sea

June 6, 1997
Guest Conductor: Amy Allibon
Guest accompanist: Echo Maurer Wilson
Performed at Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas
Music: Musicks Empire, Sing Me to Heaven, Ye Followers of the Lamb, The Road Not Taken, Shenandoah, Fiddler Man, Let Me Fly

1997
Guest conductor: John Philip Mullinax Guest accompanist: Harris
With Irving ISD Children's Chorus from Irving, Texas
Music: Waitin' for the Light to Shine, Make our Garden Grow from Candide, I Hear America Singing, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Dixie, Cohan Finale from A Good Old Vaudeville Show, song with IISD The Power of the Dream and From Sea to Shining Sea

March 28, 1997
Guest Conductor: John Philip Mullinax
Guest accompanist: Lee Harris
Performed at Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas
Music:  The True Glory, For the Beauty of the Earth, O Clap Your Hands, The Peacable Kingdom, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Dixie, Danny Boy, Waitin' for the Light to Shine from Big River

December 6, 1996
Guest conductor: Harrell Lucky
Guest accompanist: Eunice Tavaglione
Performed at the Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas
Music: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring from Cantata No. 147, Et in Terra Pax from Gloria, And the Glory of the Lord Shall Be Revealed from Messiah, Carol Cantata, A Carol Suite for Orchestra and Audience

October 26, 1996
Guest conductor: Harrell Lucky
Guest accompanist: Eunice Tavaglione
Performed at the Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas
Music: Hallelujah from Christus am Olberge, Laudate Dominum from Vesperae Soleness de Confessore K. 339, Three Choruses from Elijah, O Come Every One That Thirsteth, Thanks Be to God, The Last Words of David, Serenade to Music, Ain'-a That Good News, Soon-ah Will Be Done, Shenandoah, Polly Wolly Doodle, Ode to Music

December 17, 1995
Christmas Concert
Performed at St. Luke Catholic Church in Irving, Texas
Music: O Come, All Ye Faithful, Sussex Carol, Joy to the World, The First Noel, Angels' Carol, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, Good Christian Men Rejoice, What Sweeter Music, O Little Town of Bethlehem, Away in a Manger, Infant Holy, Infant Lowly, Hark! the Herald Angels Sing, Angels We Have Heard on High, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, Silent Night, O Holy Night

December 9, 1995
Music: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Gloria, A Feast of Carols, Interlude: The Shepherds, O Holy Night, Sussex Carol, What Sweeter Music, Angels' Carol, The Many Moods of Christmas: Suite III, Hark! the Herald Angels Sing

October 29, 1995
Performed at Irving Arts Center in Irving, Texas
Joined by Texas Christian University Concert Chorale from Fort Worth, Texas
Music: Fesitval Sanctus, selections from Frostiana, I Got a Key, Life Has Loveliness to Sell, Mass for Four Voices, Birthday Ode to Queen Mary, Rejoice in the Lamb, Festival Te Deum, Londonderry Air, The Hour Has Come

June 6, 1995
Broadway Melodies concert
Performed at the Irving Arts Center in Carpenter Hall in Irving, Texas
Music: Strike Up the Band, music from Secret Garden, Embraceable You, music from Porgy and Bess, Broadway Review medley, Alexander's Ragtime Band, music from Carousel, Les Miserable: I Dreamed a Dream, music from Phantom of the Opera

May 20, 1995 
"A Celebration of Music"
Performed at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Hall in Dallas, Texas
Joined by Richardson Symphony Orchestra & Brookhaven Community Chorus
Music: Te Deum, Polovetsian Dances

March 31, 1995
Spring concert with Brookhaven Community Chorus
Performed at Irving Arts Center in Carpenter Hall in Irving, Texas
Music: Sign Unto God, Hallelujah, Amen, I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes, Te Deum, O Clap Your Hands, The Call, Antiphon from Five Mystical Songs, Serenade to Music from The Merchant of Venice, Cantique de Jean Racine, A Girls Garden from Frostiana, Silent Noon, A Rovin', A Red, Red Rose, I Hear a Voice A-Prayin'

December 18, 1994
Christmas Carol Service
Music: O Come, All Ye Faithful, O Come, O Come Emmanuel, Joy to the World, The First Noel, Good Christian Men Rejoice, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Wexford Carol

December 4, 1994
Christmas presentation of Handel's Messiah

October 23, 1994
Appreciation concert for "The Friends of the Irving Chorale & Bethel Methodist Church"
Music: Antiphon from Five Mystical Songs, O Clap Your Hands, I Sat Down Under His Shadow, Festival Piece on "Saint Anne," Ye Followers of the Lamb, John Saw Duh Numbuh, Hark! I Hear the Harps Eternal, O Whistle and I'll Come to Ye, The Turtle Dove, A Red, Red, Rose, Danny Boy, Once to Every Man and Nation

December 18,1993
Christmas Concert with New Philharmonic Orchestra
Performed at Irving Arts Center in Carpenter Hall in Irving, Texas
Music: The Many Moods of Christmas: Suites I, III, IV

June 5, 1993
Performed at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Hall in Dallas, Texas
Joined by Brookhaven Community Chorus
Concert sponsored in part by ExxonMobil Corporation
Music: Jubilate Deo, O Praise the Lord of Heaven, Missa Sancti Nicolai, There is Sweet Music Here, Madrigale, Vive L'Amour, She is my Slender Small Love, Come to Me My Love, Musick's Empire, Coronation Te Deum

February 1993
Concert with New Philharmonic Orchestra
Music: Faure's Requiem

December 3, 1992 & December 4, 1992
Christmas Concert-"Gloria-A Holiday Concert"
Performed at the Plymouth Park United Methodist Church in Irving, Texas
Music: Now Thank We All Our God, The Bell Carol, A Christmas Processional: Resonet in Laudibus, O Come, Emmanuel, Hodie Christmas Natus Est, Sussex Carol, Good Christian Men, Rejoice, Coventry Carol, Masters in this Hall, Wexford Carol, Silent Night, Let All Mortal Flesh Be Silent, Ceremony of Carols, and Rutter's Gloria

May 21, 1992
Spring Concert
Performed at Irving Arts Center in Carpenter Hall in Irving, Texas
Music: Jubilate Deo, Te Deum, O Clap Your Hands, Ching-a-Ring Chaw, Choose Something Like a Star from Frostiana, Cindy, Song of the Open Road

December 5, 1991
Christmas Concert
Performed at the Plymouth Park United Methodist Church in Irving, Texas
Music: The Messiah
Soloists:  Gary Etter, Sharon Grahnquist, Blake Davidson, and Pat Moore

April 18, 1991
Spring Concert-Musical Salute to America
Performed at Irving Arts Center in Carpenter Performance Hall in Irving, Texas
Joined by Richland College Choir and Irving's New Philharmonic Orchestra
Music:  Ceremony of Allegiance, The Star Spangled Banner, The God who Gave Us Life, From Sea to Shining Sea, Dona Nobis Pacem, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, The Last Words of David, The Battle Hymn of the Republic

November 20, 1990
Thanksgiving Concert
Performed at Irving Arts Center in Carpenter Hall in Irving, Texas
"In Dedication of the Carpenter Performance Center"
Music: Now Thank We All Our God, Praise to the Lord, All My Hope on God is Founded, All Things Bright and Beautiful, O Clap Your Hands, God of Our Fathers, Song Triumphant, Musicks Empire, I Hear America Singing, Song of Democracy, Walkin' Down That Glory Road, Shut De Do, From Sea to Shining Sea

June 14, 1990
Patriotic Concert
Performed at the Irving Center for Cultural Arts in Irving, Texas
Music: The Star Spangled Banner, The Testament of Freedom, Ching-a-Ring Chaw, Stomp Your Foot, If I Got My Ticket, Can I Ride?, Deep River, Salute to the Armed Forces, Battle Hymn of the Republic, selections from Paint Your Wagon, Show Boat, The Music Man, and the George M. Cohan Medley

April 10, 1990
Spring Concert
Performed at the Plymouth Park United Methodist Church in Irving, Texas
Performed Faure Requiem
Dubbed Easter Concert as all music focused on religious holiday
Music: All Things Bright and Beautiful, The Lord is My Shepherd, When I Survey the Wondrous Cross, Requiem: Op. 48

December 7, 1989 & December 10, 1989
Christmas Concert
Performed at First Presbyterian Church in Irving, Texas
Joined by Farine Singers (student musicians)
Music: Christmas Canta, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Silent Night, O Holy Night, We Wish You a Merry Christmas, Bethlehem Night, The Three Kings, The Sleep of the Child Jesus, The Gift Carol, Masters in This Hall, Good Christian Men Rejoice

July 28, 1989
Concert for Texas Choral Directors Association
Joint concert with Mesquite Civic Chorus
Performed at Travis Park United Methodist Church
Music: All My Hope on God is Founded, If Ye Love Me, O Clap Your Hands, I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes, Te Deum, Mairi's Wedding, Danny Boy, Steal Away, Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

April 27, 1989
Spring Concert
Performed at Irving High School in Irving, Texas
Music: Te Duem, Vere Languores, Create In Me, O God, Granut Unto Me the Joy of Thy Salvation, Here's One, I Got a Key, A New Psalm, I Got Rhythm

December 17, 1988
"Many Moods of Christmas" Concert
Performed at Irving High School in Irving, Texas
Performed with Irving Symphony, IC, and acappella choirs of 3 Irving High Schools
Music: March of Toys, Feast of Lights, Men of Goodwill, The Many Moods of Christmas-Suite I, Hallelujah Chorus

December 8, 1988
Christmas Concert
Performed at the First Presbyterian Church in Irving, Texas
Special guests: Irving Boys Choir from Irving, Texas
Music: Jesus is Born, Three Carols in New Settings, It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas, Christmas Day, piece written by Chorale member Lane Lively The Shepherds and the Angels, Many Moods of Christmas-Suite III, Lo' How a Rose E'er Blooming, He is Born

October 23, 1988
Combined concert with Mesquite Civic Chorus from Mesquite, Texas
Performed at the Lover's Lane United Methodist Church in Dallas, Texas
Music: If Ye Love Me, All My Hope on God is Founded, O Clap Your Hands, Te Deum, I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes, Mairi's Wedding, Danny Boy, Dixie, Steal Away, and Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit

May 14, 1988
Spring Concert
Performed at Irving Center for Cultural Arts in Irving, Texas
Music: O Clap Your Hands, The Heavens Are Telling, He Watching Over Israel, How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place, The Creation, My God is a Rock, Shut De Do, Big River, and music of Rodgers & Hammerstein-selections from Oklahoma!, South Pacific, and Carousel

December 10, 1987
Christmas Concert
Performed at First Presbyterian in Irving, Texas
Music: Jesus Child, He is Rose, O Holy Night, The First Noel, Deck the Halls

November 9, 1987
Concert at Northlake College in Irving, Texas
School's salute to bicentennial of U.S. Constitution
Other featured performer: Irving High School A Cappella Choir
Concert theme: "Music of America-From Sea to Shining Sea"
Combined with Irving High for finale for "From Sea to Shining Sea"
Music: From Sea to Shining Sea, The National Anthem, Shenandoah, Ching-a-Ring Chaw, Stomp Your Foot, Movin' On, Battle Hymn of the Republic, Psalm 100

September 19, 1987 
First concert with Irving Symphony Orchestra at Williams Square in Irving, Texas
Irving Celebration of Bicentennial of U.S. Constitution
Music: Sea to Shining Sea, Fanfare from "Thus Spoke Zarathustra", Stars and Stripes Forever, God Bless America

July 1987
Irving Chorale formed

 
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