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Choirs

The Goshen College Music Department has three choral CDs for sale!

Songline

Songline (2014)

Featuring the Goshen College Women’s World Music Choir, directed by Debra Detwiler.

The newest addition to the Goshen College choral CD offerings, this recording features choral works for women’s voices from Iraq, New Zealand, Yemen, Russia, Turkey, Bulgaria, Appalachia, and more!

Cost:  $10. Price includes shipping.

To purchase, please call the Goshen College Music Center Main Office at (574) 535-7361.  Visa/MasterCard/Discover accepted.

Title Country/Culture of Origin Composer
Kua rongo mai koe
New Zealand arr. Eddie Quaid
Keren Or
Yemen Achinoam Nini, arr. Jake Smucker
Spirituals from “Harlem Songs”
USA Gwyneth Walker, text by Langston Hughes
Bogoroditse Devo
Russia Sergei Rachmaninoff
Iraqi Peace Song
Iraq arr. Knut Reiersrud & Lori Tennenhouse
Si verias a la rana
Turkey arr. Moira Smiley
Denko
Mali arr. Nitanju Bolade Casel
Svatba
Bulgaria Khristo Todorov
O Virgo Splendens
Spain 14th cent. chant
Ain’t No Grave Can Hold My Body Down
USA arr. Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory
Father Adieu
USA traditional Appalachian
I Found God in Myself
USA traditional, text Ntozake Shange

Song By Song (2009)

Song by Song

Features the 2009 Goshen College Chamber Choir and Chorale, directed by Debra Detwiler and Scott Hochstetler.

This CD features choral works by Joseph Haydn, Pavel Chesnokov, and Josquin des Prez; music from Thailand, Haiti, and Brazil; and spirituals by Moses Hogan, Alice Parker, and Ken Berg.

Cost:  $10. Price includes shipping.

To purchase, please call the Goshen College Music Center Main Office at (574) 535-7361.  Visa/MasterCard/Discover accepted.

Sisters and Brothers (2009)

Sisters and Brothers

Features the 2009 Goshen College Women’s World Music Choir and Men’s Chorus, directed by Debra Detwiler and Scott Hochstetler.

This CD features works for all-male and all-female chorus from a wide variety of cultures and countries. Includes works from Russia, Africa, North America, and South America.

Cost: $10. Price includes shipping.

To purchase, please contact the Goshen College Music Center Main Office at (574) 535-7361.  Visa/MasterCard/Discover accepted.

Title Performed by Composer
Gaude Virgo Mater Christi
Chamber Choir Josquin des Prez
Done Made My Vow Unto the Lord
Chamber Choir African-American spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan
Hosanna to the Son of David
Chorale Orlando Gibbons
Tres Cantos Nativos Dos Indios Kraó
Chorale Brazilian Kraó melodies, arr. Marcos Leite
Spaséñiye sodélal
Men’s Chorus Pavel Chesnokov
Praise God from Whom (606)
Men’s Chorus arr. Paul Wohlgemuth
Denko
Women’s World Music Choir Nitanju Bolade Casel
O Viridissima
Women’s World Music Choir Michael McGlynn

Symphony Orchestra

Title Performed by Composer
Overture from Candide
Symphony Orchestra Leonard Bernstein
España
Symphony Orchestra Emmanuel Chabrier
Danzon No. 2
Symphony Orchestra Arturo Marquéz

Lavender Jazz

Title Performed by Composer
Blues in the Closet
Lavender Jazz Oscar Pettiford
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
Lavender Jazz Cole Porter
Nostalgia in Times Square
Lavender Jazz Charles Mingus

All audio files recorded by Matthias Stegmann, Music Center Recording Engineer.