Past Concerts

2013 Spring Concert

When: Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Free Methodist Church, 3001 Lawrence Ave, Lawrence (map)
Admission: $15 general admission

We will be singing:

  • Rutter’s Requiem
  • Thompson’s Peaceable Kingdom

2012 Winter Concert

When: Saturday, December 8, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Free Methodist Church, 3001 Lawrence Ave, Lawrence (map)
Admission: $10 general admission

When: Saturday, December 15, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: First United Methodist Church, 600 SW Topeka Blvd., Topeka (map)
Admission: Donation

We will be singing:

  • Ave Maria – by Anton Bruckner
  • Ave Maria – Music by Franz Schubert, Arr. Janet Pummill
  • Ave Maria – by James A. Smith
  • Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind – by John Rutter
  • Christmas Day – by Gustav Holst
  • Christmas Time Is Here – Words by Lee Mendelson, Music by Vince Guaraldi, Arr. by Audrey Snyder
  • The First Noel – English Carol, Arr. Dan Forrest
  • Good Ale – by John Rutter
  • Joy, Joy, Joy – Arr. Robert Page
  • Seven Joys of Christmas – Arr. Kirke Mechem
  • Snowfall – Lyrics by Ruth Thornhill, Music by Claude Thornhill, Arr. by Roger Emerson
  • There Is No Rose of Such Virtue – by Marc A. Hafso

2012 Spring Concert

When: Saturday, April 28 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Free Methodist Church, 3001 Lawrence Ave, Lawrence, KS

Steve Eubank directing

  • Carmina Burana by Carl Orff

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2011 Winter Concert

When: Saturday, December 10, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Where: Free Methodist Church, 3001 Lawrence Ave, Lawrence, KS

Steve Eubank directing

  • African Noel – Arr. by Andre’ J. Thomas
  • A Magnum Mysterium – Ludovico Tommaso Da Vittoria
  • Ave Maria – Serge Rachmaninoff
  • Brazilian Psalm – Jean Berger
  • L’adieu des bergers ‘a la Sainte Famille (The Shepherds’ Farewell to the Holy Family) – Hector Berlioz
  • The Ground – Ola Gjeilo
  • Bethlehem Down – Peter Warlock
  • Estampie Natalis – Vaclav Nelhybel
  • The Gift – Arr. by Bob Chilcott
  • El Rorro – Arr. by Jeffrey Van
  • El Noi de la Mare (Carol of the Gifts) – Arr. by John Rutter
  • Beautiful Savior – Arr. by Melius Christiansen
  • Mary’s Little Boy Chile – Jester Hairston

2011 Cabaret Concert – “Tea with the LCC”

When: Sunday, June 5 at 4:00 p.m.
Where: Liberty Hall, 644 Massachusetts St., Lawrence, KS

Steve Eubank directing

  • Selections from Andrew Lloyd Weber, “Les Miserables,” “My Fair Lady,” and various other musicals

2011 Spring Concert

When: Saturday, April 30, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Free Methodist Church, 3001 Lawrence Ave, Lawrence, KS

Steve Eubank directing

  • “Messiah” by G.F. Handel

2010 Winter Concert

When: Saturday, Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m.
Where: Free Methodist Church, 3001 Lawrence Ave, Lawrence, KS

Steve Eubank directing

  • “Arise, Your Light Has Come” by David Danner
  • “Gloria” by Linda Wells
  • “I Wish You Christmas” by John Rutter
  • “Infant Holy, Infant Lowly” arr. Cochran
  • “O Magnum Myseterium” by Morten Lauridsen
  • “Out of the Orient Crystal Skies” by Richard Zgodava
  • “Silent Night, Holy Night” arr. Schwoebel
  • “Still, Still, Still” arr. Norman Luboff
  • “The Snow” by Edward Elgar
  • “The One Horse Open Sleigh” arr. Robert De Cormier
  • “This Christmastide (Jessye’s Carol)” by Donald Fraser
  • “Ubi Caritas” by Maurice Durufle

2009 Holiday Concert

Steve Eubank directing

  • Gloria by Francis Poulenc
  • Six carols by Libby Larsen
  • Angels We Have Heard on High by Craig Courtney
  • Assorted other Christmas Carols

2008 Holiday Concert

Steve Eubank directing

  • Gloria by Antonio Vivaldi
  • Wassail Song, Traditional English arranged by Edwin Fissinger
  • The Holly and the Ivy, Traditional English, arranged by Alice Parker and Robert Shaw
  • Silent Night, Words by Joseph Mohr, music by Franz Gruber
  • Herself a Rose, Words by Christina Rossetti, music byCraig Courtney
  • The Little Tree, text by E.E. Cummings, music by Steve Heitzeg
  • The Cherry Tree Carol, Traditional English, Arranged by David Willcocks
  • O Tannenbaum, Traditional German
  • Here We Come A-Caroling, A celebration of British Carols Douglas E Wagner
  • There is no Rose, Anon. 15th Century, arrangement by Alan Smith
  • Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming, 15th Century

2007 Holiday Concert – “A Ceremony of Carols”

Steve Eubank directing

  • Glory to God, George Frideric Handel (from The Messiah)
  • Ave Maria, Javier Busto
  • Ubi caritas, Maurice Duruflé
  • Lux Aurumque, Eric Whitacre
  • Ceremony of Carols, Benjamin Britten
  • Hallelujah (from Mount of Olives), Ludwig von Beethoven
  • Thou Must Leave Thy Lowly Dwelling, Hector Berlioz
  • Star Carol, John Rutter
  • Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind, John Rutter
  • Good Ale, John Rutter
  • Silent Night, Holy Night, arr. by David Schwoebel

Concert Program (.pdf)

2007 Spring Concert

Steve Eubank directing

  • Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah

Concert Program (.pdf)

2006 Holiday Concert

Steve Eubank directing

The choir performed a variety of works including:

  • Benjamin Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb
  • Works by John Leavitt, Durufle, John Rutter, Charles Ives, Norman Luboff, and Robert Shaw

Concert Program (.pdf)

2006 Spring Concert

Steve Eubank directing

  • Johannes Brahms, Requiem

Concert Program (.pdf)

2005 Holiday Concert

Steve Eubank directing

  • Hodie Christus natus est by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621)
  • The Lamb by John Tavener (b. 1944)
  • Christmas Cantata, by Daniel Rogers Pinkham
  • Resonet in laudibus, 14th Century German Carol arranged by John Leavitt
  • Arise, Your Light Has Come, by David Danner
  • Shepherd’s Pipe Carol, by John Rutter
  • A Feast of Carols, by Randol Alan Bass
  • Ye Shall Have a Song, from The Peaceable Kingdom by Randall Thompson
  • Out of the Orient Crystal Skies, by Richard Zgodava
  • Silent Night, Holy Night, arr by David Schwoebel

Concert Program (.pdf)

2005 Spring Concert – “Choral Music 1854-2004″

Steve Eubank directing

  • 1869—Liebeslieder Waltzes (Nos. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 11 and 18), Johannes Brahms
  • 1908—Dieu! Qu’il la fait bon regarder!, Claude Debussy
  • 1915—Ave Maria, Serge Rachmaninoff
  • 1959—Choose Something Like a Star (Frostiana), Randall Thompson
  • 1973—O Clap Your Hands, John Rutter
  • 1997—The Pasture, music by Z. Randall Stroope words by Robert Frost
  • Phoenix of the Plains, Geoffrey Wilcken
  • 1856—Gentle Annie, Stephen Foster
  • 1889—The Gondoliers, Gilbert and Sullivan
  • 1904—Humming Chorus from Madame Butterfly, Giacomo Puccini
  • 1935—Brothers Sing On, Edvard Grieg
  • 1952—Zion’s Walls, Aaron Copeland
  • 1927—Selections from Show Boat, words by Oscar Hammerstein, music by Jerome Kern

Concert Program (.pdf)

2004 Holiday Concert

Steve Eubank directing

  • J. S. Bach, Christmas Oratorio selections
    • No. 1, Christians, be joyful
    • No. 9, Ah! dearest Jesus
    • No. 12, Break forth, O beauteous, heavenly light
    • No. 24, Hear King of Angels
  • G. F. Handel, Messiah selections
    • Comfort Ye and Ev’ry valley (Solo, Bob Franz)
    • And the Glory of the Lord (Chorus)
    • O Thou that Tellest Good Tidings (Solo, Karen Abraham)
    • O Thou that Tellest Good Tidings (Chorus)
    • Rejoice Greatly (Solo, Elizabeth Schellman)
    • For Unto Us a Child Is Born (Chorus)
    • He Shall Feed His Flock (Solo, Sandra Walton)
    • Come Unto Him (Solo, Eleanor Duguid)
    • Hallelujah (Chorus)
  • African Noel, arr. by Andre J. Thomas
  • Estampie Natalis, by Vaclav Nelhybel
  • Hosanna, by Rene Clausen
  • Silent Night, Holy Night, arr. by David Schwoebel

Concert Program (.pdf)

2004 Spring Concert

Steve Eubank directing

  • Mozart, Requiem with the Lawrence Chamber Orchestra

2003 Holiday Concert

Steve Eubank directing

  • Catalonian Carol, arranged by Dale Warland
  • Verbum caro factum est (Thus the Word Was Made as Flesh), by Hans Leo Hassler, edited by Clifford G. Richter
  • Ave Maria, by Anton Bruckner
  • Agnus Dei (Transcribed from Adagio for Strings, Op. 11), by Samuel Barber
  • Gloria, by John Rutter
  • Riu, Riu, Chiu
  • Hallelujah (from Mount of Olive), by Ludwig von Beethoven
  • Brazilian Psalm (Psalmo Brasileiro), by Jean Berger
  • The Three Kings, by Healey Willian
  • Mid-winter, by Bob Chilcott
  • Carol of the Bells, Arranged by Peter J. Wilhousky
  • Carol of the Drum, by Katherine K. Davis
  • Deck the Halls, Arranged by Geoffrey Wilcken
  • ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas, music by Ken Darby, arranged by Harry Simeone
  • Silent Night, Holy Night, arranged by David Schoebel

2003 Kansas Choral Directors Association Concert

When: July, 2003
Where: Grace Cathedral, Topeka, KS

Steve Eubank directing

  • Alessandro Scarlatti, Exultate Deo, edited by Ernest White
  • Tomas Luis da Victoria, Ave Maria, edited by Robert Hustader
  • Geoffrey Wilcken, Mass for the Modern Age
    • Gloria
    • Sanctus
  • Knut Nystedt, Cry Out and Shout
  • Egil Hovland, Saul, adapted by Frank Pooler
  • Randall Thompson, The Best of Rooms
  • Deep River, a traditional spiritual arranged by André J. Thomas
  • Witness, a traditional spiritual arranged by Jack Halloran

2003 Spring Concert

Steve Eubank directing

  • Alessandro Scarlatti, Exultate Deo, edited by Ernest White
  • Tomas Luis da Victoria, Ave Maria, edited by Robert Hufstader
  • Giuseppe Verdi, Stabat Mater, edited by Kurt Soldan
  • Geoffrey Wilcken, Mass for the Modern Age – World Premiere
    A Lawrence, Kansas composer who is the choir’s accompanist, Geoffrey Wilcken wrote this piece for the Lawrence Civic Choir. This will be the world premiere of Wilcken’s mass.
  • Knut Nystedt, Cry Out and Shout
  • Egil Hovland, Saul, adapted by Frank Pooler
  • Randall Thompson, The Best of Rooms
  • Rene Clausen, Psalm 100
  • Joseph M. Martin, The Awakening
  • Witness, a traditional spiritual arranged by Jack Halloran
  • Deep River, a traditional spiritual arranged by André J. Thomas
  • Cindy, American folksong arranged by Mack Wilberg

2002 Holiday Concert – “A Magnificent Christmas”

Steve Eubank directing

  • Alleluia by C. Harry Causey
  • Magnificat by John Rutter
  • Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day, traditional English carol arranged by John Rutter
  • El Rorro (The Babe), translated and arranged by Jeffrey Van
  • La Nana, arranged by Evy Lucio
  • Gloria a Dios (Glory to God), by Michael D. Mendoza
  • little tree, text by e.e. cummings, music by Steve Heitzeg
  • Shepherds Shake Off Your Drowsy Sleep, setting by Robert Scholz
  • Silent Night, Holy Night, arranged by David Schwoebel
  • The Twelve Days of Christmas, setting by Tom Mitchell

2002 Spring Concert

Steve Eubank directing

A Celebration of the Psalms

  • Sing Joyfully (Psalm 81: 1-4), by William Byrd (1543-1623)
  • Salvation is Created (Psalm 74:12), by Pavel Chesnokov (1877-1944)
  • Salmo 150 (Psalm 150), by Ernani Aguiar (b. 1949)
  • Last Words of David (Samuel 23: 3-4), by Randall Thompson (1899-1984)

A Celebration with Dance – Chichester
Psalms by Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)

  • Featuring KU Dancers Kristi Allen, Beau Hancock, Alison Mize, Kathleen O’Connor, Brandi Scallorn, Jessica Smith, Michelle Whiteley, and Lillian Wu, performing choreography by Muriel Cohan and Patrick Suzeau
  • Boy soprano soloists Daniel Potter & Quinn Wasson, members of the Lawrence Children’s Choir
  • Solo Quartet: Diana Ice (soprano), Nancy Cornish (alto), Bob Franz (tenor), and James Smith (bass)

A Celebration of Romance

  • Blow the Candles Out, arranged by Gregg Smith
  • The Man in the Moon, by Ruth & Raymond Liebau
  • A Red Red Rose, by James Mulholland
  • Sigh No More Ladies, by Rene Clausen

A Celebration of Americana

  • How Can I Keep From Singing, arranged by Z. Randall Stroope
  • Elijah Rock, arranged by Moses Hogan
  • Homeland, arranged by A. Randall Stroope

2001 Holiday Concert – “Joyeux Noel”

Rob Reid directing

The Kansas Brass Quintet – Christopher Moore, trumpet; Mark Boren, trumpet; Paul Stevens, French horn, Mike Hall, trombone; and Scott Watson, tuba

  • French Carol, traditional
  • Gymnopedies, by Erik Satie (1866-1927)
  • The Girl With the Flaxen Hair, by Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
  • Prelude to Te Deum, by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1634-1704)

The Lawrence Civic Choir

  • Ding Dong Merrily on High, traditional French carol arranged by Michael P. Pavone
  • Here, ‘Mid the Ass and Oxen Mild, traditional French carol arranged by Shaw-Parker
  • Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella, traditional French carol arranged Stephen Paulus
  • Gloria (1961), by Francis Poulenc (1899-1963); Diana Ice, soprano soloist, Geoff Wilcken, pianist, Kansas Brass Quintet with Genevieve Klassen, French horn, and Neal Purvis, trombone

The Kansas Brass Quintet

  • Noel: Une Vierge Pucelle, by Nicholas Le Begue (1630-1702)
  • O Holy Night, by Adolphe Adam
  • Angels We Have Heard on High, arranged by Richard Price

The Lawrence Civic Choir

  • Ringeltanze (1983-1985), by Libby Larson, with the Celebration Ringers
    handbell choir of the First United Methodist Church
  • Dirait-On (1994), by Morton Lauridsen
  • Audience Sing-Along Carols: He Is Born, Sing We Now of Christmas, Angels We Have Heard on High
  • Procession of the Magi (2001), by Geoff Wilcken, with The Kansas Brass Quintet

Major Works Performed in the Past

2002 Bernstein, Chichester Psalms
2001 Poulenc, Gloria
2000 Beethoven, Missa Solemnis, opus 123
1999 Verdi, Te Deum
1998 Vaughan Williams, Mass in G minor
1997 Brahms, Requiem (with Lawrence Chamber Players)
1996 Barber, Agnus Dei
1995 Bruckner, Os justi
1994 Schubert, Mass in A-flat major
1993 Rutter, Requiem
1992 Gabrieli, “Come Let Us Sing”
1991 Mozart, Requiem
1990 Mendelssohn, Elijah
1989 Copland, The Promise of Living
1988 J. S. Bach, Magnificat
1987 Hanson, Song of Democracy
1986 Stravinsky, Symphony of Psalms
1985 Rutter, Gloria
1984 Duruflé, Requiem
1983 Charpentier, Midnight Mass for Christmas
1982 Britten, Choral Dances from Gloriana
1981 Verdi, Stabat Mater
1980 Poulenc, Vinea mea electa
1979 Randall Thompson, The Peaceable Kingdom
1978 Gabrieli, Jubilate Deo
1977 Haydn, The Creation
1976 Schumann, Zigeunerleben
1975 J. S. Bach, Cantata no. 80, Ein feste Burg

Directors

past and present

Steve Eubank (Topeka High School), 2002-present
Robert Reid (First United Methodist Church), 1993-2001
Joel Panciera (First United Methodist Church), 1990-93
John Buehler (Baker University), 1985-90
Daniel Politoske (University of Kansas), spring 1985
George Lawner (University of Kansas), fall 1984
Leon Burke III, 1983-84
Maribeth Kirchhoff Crawford (University of Kansas), 1976-83
Lewis Tilford (Lawrence Public Schools), 1975-76
Leslie Adams (University of Kansas), spring 1975