Friday, December 20th, 2024
7 PM
Trinity Parish Church
609 8th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104
Running Time:
TBD
PROGRAM DEVELOPED BY
Tim Blok
Lauren Kastanas
This project was supported, in part, by 4Culture/King County Lodging Tax
This program is supported, in part, by a grant from the Washington State Arts Commission.
Ring in the holidays with our annual performance of early American music from Appalachia and New England. Powerful, rousing shapenote tunes and lively Shaker songs bring the cheer of Christmas to life. These uniquely American music traditions are part of a vibrant cultural heritage, passed down through oral traditions, singing schools, and community practice. Shaker and shapenote music beautifully showcase the simple power of communal singing – in fact, the most common shapenote book, The Sacred Harp, is named after that sacred musical instrument given to us at birth: the human voice. Join Radiance for this festive, joyful celebration!
PROGRAM
Jeremiah Ingalls (1764-1838) - Redemption
Joseph Stephenson (1728?-1810) - Anthem from Luke
Charles Ives (1874-1954) - A Christmas Carol
arr. Jeremiah Ingalls - The Apple Tree
arr. Lauren Kastanas (1992) - Star in the East
Sister Patsy Roberts Williamson - Pretty Home
Eldress Paulina Bryant - This is Jesus' Birthday
John McCurry - Raymond
Himes' The Millennial Harp, 1842 - Joys Seven
arr. Kevin Siegfried (b. 1969) - New Year's Gift
Martha Jane Anderson - Give good gifs one to another
arr. Siegfried - Carols, carols, everywhere
arr. Jordan Sramek - Morning Dawn
arr. Jordan Sramek - Bozrah
William Billings (1746-1800) - Bethlehem
SINGERS
Soprano
Ruth Schauble
Lindsey Long
Julia Baker
Sophia Nash
Alto
Teresa Clark
Lauren Kastanas
Rachel Border
Haley Gabler
Tenor
Tim Blok
Jacob Buys
Orrin Doyle
Gary Cannon
Bass
Robin Wyatt-Stone
Isaiah Ragland
Matthew Bosley
Arthur Verdusco