"Who Is Silvia?" by Mary Carmichael. Text from "Two Gentlemen of Vernoa" by William Shakespeare. Recorded live on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir...  more"Who Is Silvia?" by Mary Carmichael. Text from "Two Gentlemen of Vernoa" by William Shakespeare. Recorded live on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese. Who is Silvia? what is she, That all our swains commend her? Holy, fair, and wise is she; The heaven such grace did lend her, That she might admirèd be. Is she kind as she is fair? For beauty lives with kindness. Love doth to her eyes repair, To help him of his blindness; And, being helped, inhabits there. Then to Silvia let us sing, That Silvia is excelling; She excels each mortal thing Upon the dull earth dwelling; To her let us garlands bring  less

The ensemble currently consists of 40-50 auditioned singers. The University Chorale is the touring ensemble for the choral department. The ensemble performs a wide spectrum of the finest choral literature. The group performs extensively throughout the Sou...  moreThe ensemble currently consists of 40-50 auditioned singers. The University Chorale is the touring ensemble for the choral department. The ensemble performs a wide spectrum of the finest choral literature. The group performs extensively throughout the Southwest and will be singing at several venues in Washington D.C. during December of 2013. The group primarily consists of vocal music majors, however, there are singers representing several other academic disciplines. The University Chorale has been under the direction of J. Steven Walker since 1984. Dr. Walker is the Director of Choral Activities and a Linscheid Distinguished Teaching Professor at East Central University. He has served on the music faculty at ECU since 1983.  less

"Go Tell It on the Mountain", traditional American spiritual, arr. John Gardener. Recorded live on December 15, 2013, at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir o...  more"Go Tell It on the Mountain", traditional American spiritual, arr. John Gardener. Recorded live on December 15, 2013, at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese.  

"The Green Man" by Martin Donnelly, arr. Ron Jeffers. Recorded live on May 4, 2014, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peters...  more"The Green Man" by Martin Donnelly, arr. Ron Jeffers. Recorded live on May 4, 2014, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese. Among the many figures carved on medieval cathedrals, one may find examples of foliate heads—a figure in which leafy foliage sprouts and elaborately ornaments a frieze, façade, or column. This figure is known as "The Green Man" and was mainly a northern European and Celtic symbol of the regeneration of life, a symbol of May, and the return of spring. The Eostre Sun It cuts my eyes Open to the wind and rain All around, the Earth breathes deep I come alive again I am the Green Man of the woods The wounded and the broken land I am the fire in the red stag's eye The touch of lover's hand of a lover's hand Oh, let me speak Lend me your tongue To sing the trees and streams Sing the dark blood of the hills The Moon ...    less

"And Miriam Sang (Shiru L'Adonai)" by Zebulon M Highben. Text from Exodus 15:21. Recorded live on June 4, 2013, at Christ Lutheran Church in Oakland Park, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Dir...  more"And Miriam Sang (Shiru L'Adonai)" by Zebulon M Highben. Text from Exodus 15:21. Recorded live on June 4, 2013, at Christ Lutheran Church in Oakland Park, Florida. Performed by the Concert Choir ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson. "Sing to the Lord, for he is highly exalted. Both horse and driver he has hurled into the sea."  

"Lullaby" from "Rossetti Songs for Women's Voices" by Nicola LeFanu. Text by Christina Rossetti. Recorded live on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl Cho...  more"Lullaby" from "Rossetti Songs for Women's Voices" by Nicola LeFanu. Text by Christina Rossetti. Recorded live on Sunday, May 5, 2013, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson. Lullaby, oh, lullaby! Flowers are closed and lambs are sleeping; Lullaby, oh, lullaby! Stars are up, the moon is peeping; Lullaby, oh, lullaby! While the birds are silence keeping, (Lullaby, oh, lullaby!) Sleep, my baby, fall a-sleeping, Lullaby, oh, lullaby!  less

"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" arranged and directed by Jessica Loman. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble. Recorded live at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on December 9, 2011. Jessica Loman is a senior chorister with the Gi...  more"O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" arranged and directed by Jessica Loman. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble. Recorded live at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on December 9, 2011. Jessica Loman is a senior chorister with the Girl Choir of South Florida, where she has sang since the choir's inception in 2005. In the fall, she plans to major in music at Florida State University in Tallahasse.  

"Scântei solare (Solar Flares)" by Jonathan R. Pieslak. Text Sabina Păuţa Pieslak. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of The Girl Choir of South Florida on May 18, 2012, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Artistic Direct...  more"Scântei solare (Solar Flares)" by Jonathan R. Pieslak. Text Sabina Păuţa Pieslak. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of The Girl Choir of South Florida on May 18, 2012, at All Saints Episcopal Church in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson. Translation (Romanian): Sun and stars, many tiny ones A game of light on the mountain peak, The snow has melted easily, It flows clearly towards the spring. The warm wind carried the spring, The doe once again leaps through the valleys. She drinks from the pure, crystal river That pours itself smoothly into the sea; Springtime is fully born, The sea is rising, waves with foam, Migratory birds are gathering, A siren sings sweetly to them, "la da lo ..."  less

"Eu e Você", Brazilian folk song, arr. J. Edmund Hughes, piano accomp. Mary Ellen Loose. Recorded live on Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the ...  more"Eu e Você", Brazilian folk song, arr. J. Edmund Hughes, piano accomp. Mary Ellen Loose. Recorded live on Friday, May 17, 2013, at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Performed by the Chamber Singers ensemble of the Girl Choir of South Florida. Artistic Director: Wallis Peterson, Accompanist: Gayle Giese. Ah bem, berere bem, Dei a você meu coração, Outro amor en guistar, mas foi pura ilusão, Mandei arrumar uma casa linda para, com você, meu bem morar, Sou feliz porque sei que terei você, ah, Eu e você. Ah, dear, my beloved one, I gave to you my heart Other love existed, but it was pure illusion I had a beautiful house prepared for us to live in together I am happy because I know that I will have you.  less

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