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The Arizona Masterworks Chorale invites you to join us in celebrating the joy of singing together.

Just when you need it most, a chance to hear some of the greatest smile-making popular choral pieces ever.  Whether you’re coming from a Mother’s Day brunch or heading to an early Sunday supper, you’ll be humming with some of the greatest hits of the 20th Century – and maybe even a 21st Century showpiece celebrating the amazing capabilities of the human voice.  Show tunes, anthems celebrating singing and love, folk songs from England and the USA, a reboot of a Creole poem becoming an ode to a Yellow Bird, and even a Beatles remix will put a smile on your face and get your pulse moving and grooving. 

Help us close out our 2024-2025 season on a swinging high note!

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Concert Program

Hallelujah!/Get Happy arr. Mac Huff

"A fun, swingin' arrangement" of Harold Arlen's original show tune from the 1930 musical "The Nine-Fifteen Review." Recorded by artists from Judy Garland to Lady Gaga. Soloist: Claire Penneau.

Yellow Bird Norman Luboff, arr. Chuck Cassey

A popular American appropriation from 1957 of the original "Choucoune," a 19th Century Haitian Creole song by Michel Mauléart Monton, from a poem by Oswald Durand about a beautiful woman.

I Write the Songs Bruce Johnson, arr. Harry Simeone

#1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Grammy winner, recorded by everybody

How Can I Keep From Singing arr. J. Edmund Hughes

A modern take on an original American folksong from 1868, made popular during the folk revival of the 1960s.  Featured Singers: Laurent Heidmann, Sheryl Guernesy, and Claire Penneau.

In My Life John Lennon & Paul McCartney

An autobiographical song about John Lennon's life, friends, and lovers, which he called "A little piece of art work."  Soloist: Chen Holtzman.

With a Voice of Singing Martin Shaw

This joyous work is a choral classic that is appropriate for any festive occasion.

For the Beauty of the Earth John Rutter

A modern interpretation of a Eucharistic hymn by English hymnodist and poet Folliott S. Pierpoint, first published in 1864.

The Rhythm of Life Cy Coleman, arr. Richard Barnes

From the 1966 Broadway Musical (and 1969 film) "Sweet Charity," sung by Big Daddy, the leader of the Rhythm of Life hippie church.

Five English Folk Songs Ralph Vaughan Williams

From the great tradition of British composers who transcribed melodies from the vast oral tradition of folk music, now a staple of the choral repertoire: The Dark-Eyed Sailor / The Spring Time of the Year / Just as the Tide Was Flowing / The Lover's Ghost / Wassail Song

Nyon, Nyon Jake Runestad

It's all nonsense text, an exploration of the effects and varieties of colors that the human voice can produce to create a thrilling sonic landscape.

The program is about an hour in duration.  It is performed without intermission and is subject to change without notice