Be part of an 80+ year tradition in Clinton! Come on out to St. John’s and sing a long with us. No experience needed, music is provided, and all ages are welcome. Don’t sing, but want to listen? You are welcome, too!
RiverChor and Clinton Symphony Orchestra present Holiday Pops
Looking for a way to get in the Christmas spirit? Join us for an evening of music and carols! We’ll get on the Polar Express, dance with the Sugarplum Fairies, enjoy a Sleigh Ride, and learn to ‘Let It Go’.
After intermission, RiverChor will join the Symphony to present the lighthearted Star Carol by John Rutter, followed by a Christmas on Broadway medley. The concert will conclude with several “Messiah” choruses, and a hearty carol sing-a-long.
All students are admitted free, and the start time is a little earlier, so bring the whole family out to Vernon Cook Theater for a lovely evening on December 10th!
RiverChor to Present Fall Concert
RiverChor is nearly ready to present their fall choir concert, which will include the following pieces:
Cantate Domino – Sweelinck
Justorum Animae – Stanford
I Am the Rose of Sharon – Billings
The Poor and Needy – Sateren
Song of Triumph – Grotenhuis
Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened – Handel
Gypsy Song – Bizet, arr. Engelson (Debut of this new arrangement, featuring the women)
Hard Times Come Again No More – Foster (featuring the men)
The Terrible Tale of Tom Gilligan – Rutter
Wondrous Love – Clemens
How Can I Keep from Singing – Davis
Bile Them Cabbage Down – arr. Wilberg
Mark your calendar now for Sunday, November 13th for an afternoon of great choral music!
RiverChor holds auditions for the 2016-2017 season
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 to present Spring Concert
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’s Spring 2016 Concert
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!!
Enjoy Messiah Again!
Did you miss our Messiah performance, or want to see/hear it again? Here it is!
Merry Christmas from RiverChor!
Handel’s “Messiah” to be Performed December 6
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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Messiah Rehearsals Begin….Join us!
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 presents ‘O, To Be in England’ on November 1
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!