Past Seasons
2024-2025
Laura Moore, Artistic Director
Joe Rambo, Accompanist
Christmas - Jingle All the Way
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Brymer
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - Shaw
O Lux Beatissima - Helvey
The Birds' Lullaby - Quartel
Dashing Through the Snow - Leavitt
Sleigh Bells - Rentz
Still, Still, Still - Luboff
Musicological Journey - Courtney
Jingle Bells - Snyder
Silent Night - Rutter
Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy - Hatfield
There Shall a Star Come Out of Jacob - Mendelssohn
Many Moods of Christmas, Suite IV - Shaw
It's the Holiday Season - Emerson
Spring - Schubert Mass in G
Schubert Mass in G
Loch Lomond - Quick
The Road Home - Paulus
**Featuring Spanish Fort Middle School Concert Choir
Wild Mountain Thyme - Narverud
Sinner Man - Emerson
Gloria Deo - Miller
Lakeside Lullaby - Narverud
2023 - 2024
Laura Moore, Artistic Director
Joe Rambo, Accompanist
Christmas - Deck the Halls
Deck the Halls in 7/8 – McKelvy
A Christmas Blessing – Philip Stopford
Alleluia – Ralph Manuel
Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind – Quartel
Salmo 150 – Aguiar
Angels’ Carol – Rutter
Wolcum Yole from Ceremony of Carols – Britten
There is No Rose from Ceremony of Carols – Britten
This Little Babe from Ceremony of Carols – Britten
My Love is Always Here – Desplat
Carol of the Bells – Wilhousky
Somewhere in My Memory – Williams, arr. Hayes
Ave Maria - Biebl
Silver Bells – Mark Hayes
Holiday Tango! – Greg Gilpin
Rudolph on the Housetop – Kirby Shaw
Deck the Hall and Swing It – Althouse
I Saw Three Ships – Wilberg
Holiday Sing-Along – Snyder
Spring - Joy in the Morning
I Hear America Singing – Andre Thomas
Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One – McCray
Morningsong – Jacob Narverud
My Shepherd Will Supply My Need – Wilberg
O Danny Boy – arr. Printz
How Can I Keep from Singing – Ellingboe
We Remember Them – Susan LaBarr
Long Time Ago – Copland
Zion’s Walls – Copland
No Time – Susan Brumfield
Elijah Rock – Hairston
Down to the River to Pray – Sheldon Curry
Hark I Hear the Harps Eternal – Alice Parker
Precious Lord – Ringwald
Ain-a that Good News – Dawson
2022 - 2023
Mary Katherine Kilgore, Artistic Director
Joe Rambo, Accompanist
Christmas - This Christmastide
With Gladness and Cheer Greg Gilpin
Cradle Hymn Kim Arnesen
Wonderful Peace Gustaf Nordqvist
*Illuminare Elaine Hagenberg
*Alabama Premiere Performance
What Child is This Craig Courtney
Alfred Burt Carols
Carol Sing Along Dan Goeller
We Come A-Darkly Caroling
This Christmastide Don Frasier
March 2023 - American Songbook
Irving Berlin’s America arr. Roger Emerson
Rogers and Hammerstein on Broadway arr. Mac Huff
Hoagy Carmichael: A Choral Portrait arr. Robert Sterling
Let’s Fall in Love: A Tribute to Cole Porter arr. Jay Althouse
Who Could Ask For Anything More? arr. Jay Althouse
Spring - Bound for the Promised Land
Requiem Gabriel Faure
Homeward Bound arr. Mack Wilberg
Precious Lord arr. Arnold Sevier
Sweet Rivers Shawn Kirchner
Bound for the Promised Land arr. Mack Wilberg
Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessings arr. Mack Wilberg
The Rhythm of Life arr. Richard Barnes
Memorial Day Concert with the Baldwin Pops
Irving Berlin's America arr. Roger Emerson
Battle Hymn of the Republic arr. Peter Wilhousky
Ashokan Farewell arr. Carol Stephens
Salute to the Armed Forces arr. Camp Kirkland
2021 - 2022
Mary Katherine Kilgore, Artistic Director
Joe Rambo, Accompanist
Christmas
Brightest and Best arr. Shawn Kirchner
O Lux Beatissima Howard Helvey
Star Carol John Rutter
Wexford Carol arr. Elaine Hagenberg
God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen arr. Ijames
When Stars Shone Down Steven Aldredge
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day arr. Helvey
Pat-a-pan arr. David Conte
Still, Still, Still arr. Norman Luboff
Ding! Dong! Merrily on High arr. Helvey
Sleigh Ride arr. Michael Edwards
Carol of the Bells arr. Peter Wilhousky
The Christmas Song arr. Roy Ringwald
Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah G. F. Handel
Spring
Hallelujah from the Mount of Olives Ludwig Beethoven
He, Watching Over Israel from Elijah Felix Mendelssohn
Laudate Dominum from Vespers de confessore W. A. Mozart
The Heavens Are Telling from The Creation F. J. Haydn T
Songs and Sonnets George Shearing
III. It was a lover and his lass
VI. Who is Silvia?
I. Live with me and be my love
Feel the Spirit John Rutter
2020 - 2021 Season cancelled due to Covid
2019 - 2020
Mary Katherine Kilgore, Artistic Director
Joe Rambo, Accompanist
Christmas
Gloria Fanfare Jeffery Ames
Magnificat in B flat Charles Stanford
Gloria John Rutter
Tambourine Noel Gordon Young
Wonderful Peace Gustaf Nordqvist
Christmas Pipes John Leavitt
Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day arr. Howard Helvey
Christmas Gloria arr. Lloyd Larson
We Wish You a Merry Christmas arr. John Rutter
Spring 2020 - Cancelled due to Covid
2018 - 2019
Mary Katherine Kilgore, Artistic Director
Joe Rambo, Accompanist
Gospel Fest
Every Time I Fell the Spirit arr. Greg Gilpin
Swingin’ With the Saints arr. Mark Hayes
Lord, I Know I Been Changed arr. Bruce More
Give Me Jesus arr. Douglas Wagner
The Storm Is Passing Over arr. Barbara Baker
Children of God arr. Camp Kirkland
Christmas - Christmas Blessings
Gaudete Bob Chilcott
Messiah G. F. Handel
parts of the Christmas section
There Shall a Star Come Out from Jacob Mendelssohn
Carol to the King arr. Mack Wilberg
Candlelight Carol John Rutter
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy arr. Mack Wilberg
The Cradle Hymn Kim Andre Arnesen
A Carol Fantasia Harlan, Albritton, and Fettke
This Christmastide Donald Frazier
Spring - American Folk Hymns
Sing to the Lord Alice Parker
Simple Gifts arr. Mack Wilberg
Morning Has Broken arr. Mack Wilberg
Homeward Bound arr. Mack Wilberg
Saints Bound for Heaven arr. Howard Helvey
Children of God arr. Camp Kirkland
Give Me Jesus arr. Douglas Wagner
Lord, I Know I Been Changed arr. Bruce More
Every Time I Feel the Spirit arr. Greg Gilpin
Amazing Grace arr. Mack Wilberg
Daphne High School Ladies Ensemble featured on our concert.
2017 - 2018
Mary Katherine Kilgore, Artistic Director
Joe Rambo, Accompanist
Christmas - Jubilate Deo
Dan Forrest, Jubilate Deo
Anonymous, Riu, Riu, Chiu
Norman Luboff, Still, Still, Still
John Rutter, Sans Day Carol
Mark Hayes, Masters in This Hall
Dan Goeller, Christmas Carol Sing-Along
Messiah Sing-Along
Spring - An American Songbook
Mahler, Symphony #2 with Mobile Symphony, USA Chorus, and Mobile Opera Chorus
Roger Emerson, Irving Berlin's America
Mac Huff Rodgers and Hammerstein on Broadway
Robert Sterling, Hoagy Carmichael: A Choral Portrait
Jay Althouse, Let's Fall in Love
Jay Althouse, Who Could Ask For Anything More
2016 - 2017 (25th Anniversary Year)
Mary Katherine Kilgore, Artistic Director
Joe Rambo, Accompanist
Veteran's Concert
Joseph Martin, Song for the Unsung Hero
Gene Stephens, A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square
Carole Stephens, Ashokan Farewell
Roger Emerson, In Flanders Fields
Greg Gilpin, Armed Forces - The Pride of America
Roger Emerson, We Honor You
Rollo Dilworth, America the Beautiful
John Higgins, Our America
Roger Emerson, Irving Berlin's America
Peter Wilhousky, Battle Hymn of the Republic
Christmas - Celebrate Christmas!
Victor Johnson, A Festive Noel
Mark Burrows, Pat-a-Pan
Robin King, The Huron Carol
Joy Sherman, Blessed Be that Maid Marie
Stephen Hatfield, The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy
Cary Franklin, God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen
Jay Rouse, Three Jazzy Bell Carols
Howard Helvey, O Lux Beatissima
Philip Stopford, I Saw Three Ships
Bob Cerullo, Christmas Sing-Along
Hawley, Ades, Alfred Burt Carols
Donald Frasier, This Christmastide
Tschesnokoff/Lindsay Norton, Salvation is Created
Rene Clausen, O Holy Night
Craig Courtney, Musicological Journey throught the Twelve Days of Christmas
Audrey Snyder, A Holiday Sing-Along
Messiah Sing-Along
Spring
F.J.Haydn, Nelson Mass
Vaughan Williams, Serenade to Music
Choral Favorites selected by chorus members
Eastern Shore Singers Concert
Robert Revicki, Songs of Praise
Camilee Saint-Saens, Ave Verum Corpus
Hugo Distler, Praise to the Lord, the Almighty
Thomas Tallis, If Ye Love Me
Parker/Shaw, His Voice As the Sound
Parker/Shaw, Bright Canaan
Thomas Morley, Sing We and Chant It
Thomas Morley, April Is In My Mistress' Face
Antonio Scandello, The Little White Hen
Ralph Manuel, Alleluia
James Mulholland, A Red, Red Rose
Joan Szymko, Come, Pretty Love
Bob Chilcott, O Danny Boy
Kirby Shaw, If I Loved You from Carousel
Harold Arlen, Somewhere Over the Rainbow from The Wizard of Oz
Douglas Wagner, Give Me Jesus
William Dawson, Sonn Ah Will Be Done
2015 - 2016
Mary Katherine Kilgore, Artistic Director
Joe Rambo, Accompanist
Christmas - The Joy of Christmas
Greg Gilpin, With Gladness and Cheer!
Vivaldi, Gloria in D
Donald Fraser, This Christmastide
Dan Forrest, Christmas Joy!
John Rutter, I Wish You Christmas
Dan Goeller, Christmas Carol Sing-Along
Messiah Sing-Along
Spring - Close to Home
Randall Thompson, Alleluia
Randall Thompson, Frostiana
Richard Hundley, Come Ready and See Me
Frank Ticheli, Earth Song
Craig H. Johnson, Let the River Run
Copland, Zion's Walls
Copland, At the River
Copland, Ching-A-Ring-Chaw
2014 - 2015
Mary Katherine Kilgore, Artistic Director
Joe Rambo, Accompanist
Christmas - Do You Hear What I Hear?
Kola Owolabi, Hodie Christus Natur Est
J.S.Bach, Zion Hears the Watchmen's Voices and Chorale
John Rutter, I Wonder as I Wander
Martin Shaw, Coventry Carol
B. Britten, This Little Babe from Ceremony of Carols
Morten Laurisden, O Magnum Mysterium
Handel, And the Glory from Messiah
Handel, For Unto Us from Messiah
William Billings, The Sheperhd's Carol
Howard Helvey, Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Shaw/Parker, The Holly and the Ivy
Howard Helvey, Ding!Dong! Merrily on High
Harry Simeone, Do You Hear What I Hear?
Leroy Anderson, Sleigh Ride
Dan Goeller, Christmas Carol Sing-Along
Mark Hayes, Jingle Bells
Messiah Sing-Along
Spring - How Can I Keep From Singing
Joseph Martin, Celebrate Music
Dede Duson, Share...Dream
Greg Gilpin, Come to Me in the SIlence of the Night
John Purifoy, Shenandoah
John Purifoy, If Music Be the Food of Love
John Purifoy, Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair
Parker/Shaw, I Will Arise
Sheldon Curry, Down to the River to Pray
Douglas Wagner, Give Me Jesus
Greg Gilpin, How Can I Keep From Singing
Jay Althouse, A Blessing
Spanish Fort High School sang on our program.
2013 - 2014
Mary Katherine Kilgore, Artistic Director
Joe Rambo, Accompanist
Christmas - Tidings of Great Joy!
Ernani Aguiar, Salmo 150
John Leavitt, Missa Festiva
John Rutter, What Sweeter Music
John Rutter, Angels Carol
John Rutter, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
John Rutter, Candlelight Carol
John Rutter, Silent Night
John Rutter, Star Carol
John Rutter, Joy to the World
Messiah Sing-Along
Spring - Grand and Glorious
Mozart, Kyrie from Grand Mass in C
Poulenc, Gloria from Gloria
Schubert, Credo from Mass in G
Rutter, Sanctus from Requiem
Faure, Agnus Dei from Requiem
Verdi, Va Pensiero from Nabucco
Offenbach, Neighbor's Chorus from La Jolie Parfumeuse
Handel, Happy We! from Acis and Glalatea
Wagner, Pilgrims Chorus from Tannhauser
Verdi, Anvil Chorus from Il Travatore
Spanish Fort Middle School also sang on our program.
