May 17 – “Keep Marching”

Program:

• Woyaya – Teddy Osei & Sol Amarfio (Osibisa)
• Bring Us Peace – Franck/Spevacek
• “Asikhathali” – South African freedom song
• Up to the Mountain – Patty Griffin, arr: Mark Hayes – Soloist: Abbey Irodistan
• To My Old Brown Earth – Pete Seeger, arr Paul Halley
• Woven Together – Jacob Naverud, based on “Beach Spring” by B. F. White – Soloist: Abigail Meloche
• Lifting as we Climb – Lea Morris, inspired by a quote from March Church Terrell
• Give Us Power – M. Ngema/YN Barnwell
• A Change is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke, arr Jay Althouse – Soloist: Abbey Irodistan
• Hope Lingers Here – Lissa Schneckeberger
• Thuma Mina (Send Me) – South Africa
• Be the Light! – Lea Morris, inspired by Amanda Gorman’s “The Hill We Climb”
• Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream – Ed McCurdy, arr. R. de Cormier
• Keep Marching – Shaina Taub from the Broadway musical SUFFS – Soloists:  Aileen Vance and Abbey Irodistan
• We Shall Be Known – MaMuse (Karisha Longacre & Sarah Nutting)