Are you interested in singing with RiverChor? We are having auditions on Sunday, September 11 from 1-3 pm at Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton, Iowa. You do not need to prepare anything, and auditions take about 10 minutes.
Our 2016 season will be as follows:
Sunday, Nov. 13 Fall Concert, Zion Lutheran, 2:00 pm
Saturday, Dec. 10 Holiday Concert with the CSO, Clinton High, 7:30 pm
Sunday, April 23 Spring Concert, Zion Lutheran, 2:00 pm
RiverChor will present a blend of choral music taking you on a number of delightful journeys. Visit the Gypsies with Brahms, experience an ocean and a river community, relive your childhood with updated nursery rhymes, and Fly Away while Awakening to the music! The concert will be on May 1, 2016, at 2:00 pm, in Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton, Iowa. It is open to all, and is free.
Repertoire presented will be selected from the following:
Come to the Music……Joseph M. Martin
O Clap Your Hands …. Maurice Green
Festival Te Deum ….. R. Vaughn Williams
Zigeunderlieder ….. Johannes Brahms
Monday’s Child, and Sing a Song of Sixpence ……. arr. John Rutter
Away from the Roll of the Sea ….. Allister MacGillivray
Song for the Mira ……. Allister MacGillivray
Do I Hear a Waltz? (Medley) …… Rodgers/Hammerstein/Sondheim/Hart
I’ll Fly Away …. Albert Brumley
All Through the Night …… arr. Norman Luboff
The Awakening …… Joseph M. Martin
Mark your calendar for May 1, we’ll see you there!
RiverChor is hard at work on our spring concert. I’ll post more about that soon, however I wanted to get this date change out to you. We had originally announced that the concert would be in April, however it will now be on Sunday, May 1, 2016, at Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton, Iowa. Mark your calendars now and save the date!!
Did you miss our Messiah performance, or want to see/hear it again? Here it is!
Merry Christmas from RiverChor!
RiverChor, the Ashford University Choir, Clinton community singers, and Clinton orchestra members are in final preparations for Handel’s “Messiah”. The performance is at 2:00 pm on Sunday, December 6, at Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton, Iowa. The performance is free, however offerings are appreciated to defray expenses. Please come out and be part of a Clinton tradition since the 1930’s!!
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It is time to prepare for a long time Clinton tradition, the annual performance of Handel’s Messiah. Any community member who would like to sing is welcome, we have the musical score for you to borrow (or you are welcome to bring your own). Rehearsals are from 7-8:30 pm on Monday evenings, in the Great Hall of First Presbyterian Church, 400 5th Ave South, Clinton, Iowa (enter in the alley/parking lot side, proceed to the top of the stairs). The first rehearsal is Monday, November 2nd. (Missed the first one? It’s ok, come next Monday!)
This is the third year of the cycle, so we will be performing nearly the entire work with orchestra. The performance will be on Sunday, December 6, at 2:00 pm. Hope to see you at rehearsal, or the concert….it’s not Christmas without the Messiah!
RiverChor is in final rehearsals for their fall concert, “O, To Be in England”. Mark your calendars for Sunday, November 1, 2:00 pm at Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton, Iowa. The concert will feature the following pieces:
When in Our Music God is Glorified ….. Charles Villiers Stanford
Remember, O Lord, What is Come Upon Us ….. T. A. Walmisley
Jerusalem, DLM ….. William Blake
I Was Glad ….. C. H. H. Parry
featuring David Gaulrapp, organist
Hosanna to the Son of David ….. Orlando Gibbons
There Shall a Star from David ….. Felix Mendelssohn
Advent Motet ….. Gustav Schreck
Lay Up Your Treasures in Heaven ….. Pepper Choplin
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot ….. arr. Stacey V. Gibbs
I’ll Fly Away ….. Albert E. Brumley/arr. Joel Raney
We look forward to seeing you in the audience this Sunday!
Save the date! RiverChor will present their fall concert on Sunday, November 1, at 2pm at Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton. Entitled ‘O, To Be In England’, the concert will feature works by English composers.
If you’d like to help us promote the concert, simply click the link below for a PDF of our poster, which you can print and post.
It’s time for auditions! Stop by Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton, IA anytime between 1-3pm on Sunday, August 30th. There is no need to prepare anything, our director will ask you to sing a few simple things to get an idea of your range and ability. The audition will take about 10 minutes.
The RiverChor 2015-2016 season will start rehearsals this Monday, August 31, at 7:00p.m. in the Great Hall of First Presbyterian Church in Clinton. Come in the door facing the parking lot and proceed up the stairs or elevator.
Christ lag in Todes Banden BWV 4 is an early cantata of Johann Sebastian Bach, and was likely intended for an Easter performance in 1707. It is a chorale cantata, with music and text based on the hymn of the same name by Martin Luther. There are seven movements, and it will be accompanied by strings.
RiverChor is also excited to present Robert Schumann’s Er, der Herrlichste von allen. This piece has been newly arranged for three part women by Dr. Thea Engelson.
Making up the balance of the concert are various songs of the sea, of love, and spirituals as follows:
He’s Gone Away American Folk Song arr. Shaw/Parker
The Sailor and Young Nancy arr. E.J Moeran
I Love My Love Cornish Folk Song arr. Gustav Holst
The Jolly Tar and the Milkmaid George & Ira Gershwin
Where is Love? Lionel Bart arr. Kirby Shaw
I Love That Old Barbershop Style Einar Pedersen arr. Val Hicks
Let Me Fly arr. Robert DeCormier
I’ll Never Turn Back No More R. Nathaniel Dett
King Jesus is A-Listenin’ arr. Ken Berg
Saints Bound for Heaven Traditional arr. Alice Parker and Robert Shaw
Mark your calendar now so you don’t miss this concert! It will be Sunday, April 19, 2015, at 2:00P.M. in Zion Lutheran Church in Clinton. The concert is open to the public, a free will-offering will be taken to defray the cost of music and musicians.
