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A celebration of new American choral classics
To celebrate her 57 seasons leading New Amsterdam Singers, Music Director Clara Longstreth will return to contemporary American choral works that are among her personal favorites. Those include works by Ben Moore, Michael Dellaira, Ronald Perera, Matthew Harris, Abbie Betinis, and Robert Paterson. Plus, we’ll present four works that are new to the chorus, all by notable Black composers. Those include Undine Smith Moore’s setting of Langston Hughes’ stirring poem, “I, Too, Sing America,” and Marques Garrett’s 2023 work, Lucis, Creator Optime, which the composer describes as having “a percussive drive that accompanies elongated chant melody…harmonized by the voices around it.”
| Lucis Creator Optime | Marques L. A. Garrett |
| The Sun Himself Shall Fade | John W. Work III |
| Walk Through the Streets of the City | arr: Undine Smith Moore |
| I, too, Sing America | Undine Smith Moore |
| Dear Theo | Ben Moore |
| The Campers at Kitty Hawk | Michael Dellaira |
| The Lake Isle of Innisfree | Ben Moore |
| Bring Me the Sunset in a Cup | Ronald Perera |
| Tell Me Where is Fancy Bred | Matthew Harris |
| O Mistress Mine | Matthew Harris |
| Long Time Trav’ling | Abbie Betinis |
| Life is But a Dream | Robert Paterson |
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