David R. White, Artistic Director and Conductor

Saturday, February 21, 2015

Festival Concert 7:00 pm

Peachtree Road United Methodist Church

Establishing a Legacy of Excellence The Georgia Boy Choir wishes to acknowledge and thank Senior Minister, Rev. Bill Britt, Music Director, Scott Atchison and the rest of the Staff and Congregation of Peachtree Road United Methodist Church for their overwhelming generosity and friendship.

The SEVENTH Annual

G E O R G I A B O Y C H O I R F E S T I V A L

is scheduled for

February 19 & 20, 2016

Make your plans NOW to attend.

P R O G R A M

Fanfare For a Festival Ron Nelson

All praise! All praise to music! Heaven sent. The voice that lifts all hearts in perfect melody, And leaves the soul fulfilled with joy and peace. All praise! All praise to music! Heaven sent. In open song! ~ Walter Rodby

Psalm 150 George Talbot

Hallelujah! Praise God in his holy temple; Praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts; Praise him for his excellent greatness. Praise him with the blast of the ram’s horn; Praise with lyre and harp. Praise him with timbrel and dance; Praise him with strings and pipe. Praise him with resounding cymbals; Praise him with loud clanging cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Hallelujah!

T H E F E S T I V A L C H O I R

Psalm 8 Adonai, Adonenu Dan Forrest

O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, The moon and the stars which you have set in place, What are mortals that you care for them, O Lord?

Walk in Jerusalem arr. Rollo Dilworth

I want to be ready to walk in Jerusalem, just like John. Are you ready to walk in Jerusalem, just like John.

John said the city was just four square, And he’d be glad he’d meet me there Oh John, oh John, what do you say? That I’ll be there in the coming day?

Fill the World With Love Leslie Bricusse arr. Joe Fitzmartin In the morning of my life I shall look to the sunrise. At a moment in my life when the world is new. And the blessing I shall ask is that God will grant me, To be brave and strong and true, And to fill the world with love my whole life through.

And to fill the world with love, And to fill the world with love And to fill the world with love my whole life through

In the noontime of my life I shall look to the sunshine, At a moment in my life when the sky is blue. And the blessing I shall ask shall remain unchanging. To be brave and strong and true, And to fill the world with love my whole life through.

In the evening of my life I shall look to the sunset, At a moment in my life when the night is due. And the question I shall ask only I can answer. Was I brave and strong and true? Did I fill the world with love my whole life through? ~ Leslie Bricusse

THE NEWARK BOYS CHORUS You Are the New Day John David arr. Peter Knight

I will love you more than me and more than yesterday If you can but prove to me you are the new day

Send the sun in time for dawn, Let the birds all hail the morning. Love of life will urge me say, you are the new day

When I lay me down at night knowing we must pay, Thoughts occur that this night might stay yesterday

Thoughts that we as humans small could slow worlds and end it all Lie around me where they fall before the new day

One more day when time is running out for everyone, Like a breath I knew would come I reach for the new day.

Hope is my philosophy, Just needs days in which to be, Love of life means hope for me, borne on a new day

You are the new day. ~ John David

Love Bade Me Welcome David Hurd

Love bade me welcome. Yet my soul drew back Guilty of dust and sin. But quick-eyed Love, observing me grow slack From my first entrance in, Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning If I lacked any thing.

A guest, I answered, worthy to be here: Love said, You shall be he. I the unkind, ungrateful? Ah my dear, I cannot look on thee. Love took my hand, and smiling did reply, Who made the eyes but I?

Truth Lord, but I have marred them: let my shame Go where it doth deserve. And know you not, says Love, who bore the blame? My dear, then I will serve.

You must sit down, says Love, and taste my meat: So I did sit and eat. ~ George Herbert A Red, Red Rose James Mulholland

O my Luve's like a red, red rose That’s newly sprung in June; O my Luve's like the melodie That’s sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I: I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a’ the seas gang dry:

I will luve thee still, my dear, While the sands o’ life shall run. Till the seas gang dry, my dear, And rocks melt wi’ the sun:

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I: I will come again, my Luve, Tho’ it were ten thousand mile. ~ Robert Burns

This Train Is Bound For Glory arr. Mark Hayes

This train is bound for glory, this train. Don’t ride nothin’ but the righteous and holy. This train is bound for glory, this train.

This train don’t carry no gamblers, hypocrites, and no midnight ramblers This train is bound for glory, this train.

This train don’t carry no liars. Truth is what the Lord desires. This train is bound for glory, this train.

Children better get on board! This here train is fixin’ to leave the station. But we got plenty of room for everybody on the Glory Train!

THE GEORGIA BOY CHOIR

I Will Sing With the Spirit John Rutter

I will sing with the Spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. Alleluia. ~ I Corinthians 14:15

Sing Ye to the Lord Edward Bairstow

Sing ye to the lord, for He hath triumphed gloriously. Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath He cast into the sea.

Mighty Victim from the sky, Hell’s fierce powers beneath Thee lie, Thou hast conquered in the fight, Thou hast brought us life and light; Now no more can death appall, Now no more the grave enthrall; Thou hast opened Paradise, And in Thee Thy saints shall rise. Alleluia! Amen. ~ Exodus 15: 21, 4; Robert Campbell

If Ye Love Me Thomas Tallis

If ye love me, keep my commandments, and I will pray the Father, And He shall give you another Comforter, That He may ‘bide with you forever, E'en the Spirit of truth. ~ John 14:15 - 17

Dance of Exultation Dan Forrest

Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and glory, and vict’ry, and the kingdom, and the majesty. For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is Thine; Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and Thou art exalted as head over all. ~ I Chronicles 29:11

Omnia Sol Z. Randall Stroope

Somewhere far from nowhere, I grew both strong and tall, Longing to become, but knowing not the path at all. But the footprints of the winter melted to fields of spring; One last embrace before I cross the threshold; To Life we sing!

O stay your soul and leave my heart its song, O stay your hand, the journey may be long. And when we part and sorrow can’t be sway’d, Remember when and let your heart be staid.

(Translation): The sun warms everything, even when I am far away. Love me faithfully, and know that I am faithful.

Weave the dance and raise the chorus, grieve no more. Through the strength of Orion find refuge from the shore. Let courage be your oar, let passion be your sail. Wisdom and Truth will guide your deep heart’s yearning, through all travail. ~ Z. Randall Stroope

Arise, O God and Shine* John Darwell ~ arr. Mack Wilberg

* The Audience is invited to sing on the last verse

Arise, O God, and shine In all thy saving might, And prosper each design To spread thy glorious light; Let healing streams of mercy flow, That all the earth thy truth may know.

Bring distant nations near To sing thy glorious praise; Let ev'ry people hear And learn thy holy ways. Reign, mighty God, assert thy cause, And govern by thy righteous laws.

Put forth thy glorious pow'r, That all the world may see, And earth present her store In converts born to thee. O Lord, our God, thy Church so bless, And fill the world with righteousness.

To God, the only wise, The one immortal King, Let hallelujahs rise From ev'ry living thing; Let all that breathe, on ev'ry coast, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

~ William Hurn

THE FESTIVAL CHOIR

The Newark Boys Chorus Donald Morris, Music Director George Davey, Accompanist

Daniel Arenas Leonardo Hernandez Emory Rodrigues Jeremiah Bouzy Christopher Jumbo Anderson Rodriquez Edward Coleman Christian Mansur Nasir Roper Gene Clemetson Christopher Mansur Jamir Simmons Brian Delgado Erik Maz-Sanrango Andrew Speight Ankoun Doh Jamal McCleod Kenny St. Juste Joshua Espinoza Elijah Mernard Edilson Torres Lordon Estil Giuliano Montero Jalen Webb Jules Gouton Donald Oyebola Saami Williams David Griffin Parnell Pierre

The Florida Boychoir Brian Collar, Choir Master

Speyer Heerdt Jackson Settle Jack Mayo Timothy Melnichuk

The Georgia Boy Choir David R. White, Artistic Director and Conductor Scott Atchison, Associate Conductor and Organist Zachary Leffew, Assistant Conductor Rosemary B. White, Pianist

The Apprentice Choir

Josef Alavi Bronson Holsinger James Austin Steenson Vincent Alavi Akhil John Miles Steward Levi Clement Michael Johnson Deacon Taylor Elisha Gunter Aidan Lee Jonah Thomas Sebastien Harper Devon Scott-Van Dyck Nate Ugwonali

The Training Choir

Aren Burns Nolen Jarl Hayden Plog Maximilian de Coquet Truman Johnson Hall Pruet Sam Drury Dylan McFerrien Aubrey Seay Jalen Gardner Titus Messner Chase Summerlin Will Grenda Ethan Nguyen Caleb Walton Will Hilscher Christopher O’Mard

The Intermediate Choir

Mehdi Alavi Avery Jones Elijah Rittenberry David Anderson Patrick Jones Charleston Stringer Austin Clyne Alexander McGruder Charlie Suazo Jayden Holland Brandon Moffitt Liam Taylor John Johnson Afton Mosley William Taylor

The Concert Choir and Young Men’s Ensemble

Paul Colker Komichel Johnson Ryan Palmieri Steven Colker Nevin Korbett Paul Pasquale Alexander Cowen Sam Maas Jesse Rhodes Justin Goldman Ben Martin Walt Semrau Will Hamilton Oak Martin Alexander Spiegel Maksim Hull Alexander Merryman Nicolas St. Cloud Sebastjan Hutton Colin Moffitt Harry Suazo Alok John Daniel Noelle Noah Walton Joshua Welch William White Duane White Qayvion Wiggles

Artistic Director and Conductor, David R. White has been training boys and young men to sing for more than two decades. In 1994, he founded the Boy Choir of the Carolinas in Greenville, South Carolina. In 1998 he became the Music Director of Florida’s Singing Sons Boychoir in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. From 2001 to 2009, Mr. White was the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Atlanta Boy Choir in Atlanta, Georgia. Under his direction, choirs have participated in numerous festivals throughout the world including the Prague International Choral Festival, the Pacific International Children’s Choir Festival, the Anchorage Choral Festival, the Cultural Olympiad in Greece, the Baltimore Boychoir Festival, the Southeast Festival of Song, and the Choral Olympics in Linz, Austria. He has been a conductor on the faculty at the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Michigan as well as the Csehy Summer School of Music in Philadelphia. Mr. White holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance from Georgia College and is active as a lecturer, adjudicator, and conductor for choral and vocal competitions, workshops, and festivals. He currently holds the position of Repertoire and Standards Chair for the Georgia Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association.

Associate Conductor and Organist, Scott Hamilton Atchison serves as director of music and organist at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, where he administers a program including nine choirs. Under his leadership, the choirs have performed in some of the most venerable cathedrals and halls around the world. In the United States, the Choir of Peachtree Road has appeared at Carnegie Hall, the National Cathedral in Washington D.C., and the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. The Peachtree Road Choir has toured internationally for many years. Notably, the choir has appeared at St. Paul’s and Wells Cathedral in the United Kingdom and Notre Dame, Chartres, and Reims Cathedral in France. In 2002, Mr. Atchison began the design and installation of the 106-stop Mander Organ in the church’s new sanctuary. In November of that year, he was the featured soloist in the premiere of the Concerto for Organ, Orchestra and Chorus by renowned composer Stephen Paulus with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Mr. Robert Spano. The music program at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church includes a full-scale concert series which draws music lovers from across the city. The series includes at least two major choral works each season with members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Atchison’s schedule keeps him busy as an organ recitalist and choral clinician across the country. Mr. Atchison received his training in organ performance and choral conducting from Furman University as well as Georgia State University where his teachers included Lindsay Smith and Robert L. Simpson. Professional memberships include the American Guild of Organists, American Choral Directors Association, and the Royal School of Church Music.