WITH ONE VOICE COMMUNITY CHOIR PROGRAM We hope being part of this choir program will bring you great joy, new connections, friendships, opportunities, new skills and an improved sense of wellbeing and even a job if you need one! You will also feel the creative satisfaction of performing at some wonderful festivals and events. If you have any friends, family or colleagues who would also like to get involved, please give them Creativity Australia’s details, which can be found on the inside of the front cover of this booklet. We hope the choir will grow to be a part of your life for many years. Also, do let us know of any performance or event opportunities for the choir so we can help them come to fruition. We would like to thank all our partners and supporters and ask that you will consider supporting the participation of others in your choir. Published by Creativity Australia. Please give us your email address and we will send you regular choir updates. Prepared by: Shaun Islip – With One Voice Conductor In the meantime, don’t forget to check out our website: www. Kym Dillon – With One Voice Conductor creativityaustralia.org.au Bridget a’Beckett – With One Voice Conductor Andrea Khoza – With One Voice Conductor Thank you for your participation and we are looking forward to a very Marianne Black – With One Voice Conductor exciting and rewarding creative journey together! Tania de Jong – Creativity Australia, Founder & Chair Ewan McEoin – Creativity Australia, General Manager Yours in song, Amy Scott – Creativity Australia, Program Coordinator Tania de Jong AM Creativity Australia Founder & Chair VCA Arts House 204 St Kilda Melbourne 3006 03 8679 6088 [email protected] www.creativityaustralia.org.au 1 4 Hallelujah 26 Lean On Me 5 Why We Sing 28 Fields of Gold 6 Africa 30 Danny Boy 8 I Am Australian 31 Si Njay Njay Njay 10 That’s What Friends Are For 32 Love Changes Everything 11 You’ll Never Walk Alone 34 You’ve Got A Friend 12 Freedom Is Coming 36 The Cycle 13 Siyah Hamba 38 Lullaby 14 Rhythm of Life 39 Inanay 16 Wings 40 Moon River 17 You Raise Me Up 42 Better Be Home Soon 18 We Are The World 44 We’re All In this Together 20 Imagine 46 Amazing Grace 22 Keep Holding On 48 Dance, Love, Sing, Live! 24 What A Wonderful World 50 An Irish Blessing 25 Any Dream Will Do 3 Composed by Leonard Cohen, arr. R. Emerson Composed by Gregory Gilpin Solo: I’ve heard there was a secret chord S/A: A sound of hope, a sound of peace, That David played, and it pleased the Lord. A sound that celebrates But you don’t really care for music do you? And speaks what we believe. It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, T/B: A sound of love, a sound so strong. The minor fall, the major lift; It’s amazing what is given when we share a song. The baffled king composing Hallelujah. All: This is why we sing, why we lift our voice, All: Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Why we stand as one in harmony. This is why we sing, why we lift our voice. Solo: You say I took the name in vain Take my hand and sing with me. Though I don’t even know the name, But if I did, well really, what’s it to you? S/A: Soothe a soul T/B: (Soothe a soul), There’s a blaze of light in every word S/A: Mend a heart T/B: (mend a heart), It doesn’t matter what you heard, All: Bring together lives that have been torn apart. The holy or the broken Hallelujah. T/B: Share the joy S/A: (Share the joy), T/B: Find a friend S/A: (Find a friend). All: Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. All: It’s a never-ending gift that circles back again. All: I did my best, it wasn’t much, This is why we sing, why we lift our voice, I couldn’t feel so I tried to touch, Why we stand as one in harmony. I’ve told the truth, I didn’t come to fool you. This is why we sing, why we lift our voice. And even though it all went wrong Take my hand and sing with me. I’ll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah. Music builds a bridge, it can tear down a wall. Music is a language that can speak to one and all! All: Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah. This is why we sing, why we lift our voice This is why we sing! We sing! We sing! 4 5 Composed by Jeff Porcaro & David Piach, performed by Toto T/B: I hear the drums echoing tonight But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation She’s coming in 12:30 flight The moonlit wings reflect the stars That guide me towards salvation I stopped an old man along the way, Hoping to find some old forgotten words Or ancient melodies He turned to me as if to say, All: Hurry boy, It’s waiting there for you Chorus: S/A: Gonna take the life that dragged me away from you All: There’s nothing that a hundred men Or more could ever do I bless the rains down in Africa Gonna take some time To do the things we never have T/B: The wild dogs cry out in the night As they grow restless longing for some solitary company I know that I must do what’s right Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti I seek to cure what’s deep inside, All: Frightened of this thing that I’ve become 6 Composed by Bruce Woodley & Dobe Newton Male Solo: I’m a teller of stories, I’m a singer of songs I am Albert Namatjira, I paint the ghostly gums Solo parts can be sung by whole group I am Clancy on his horse, I’m Ned Kelly on the run I’m the one who waltzed Matilda, I am Australian Female Solo: I came from the dream-time, from the dusty red soil plains Female Solo: I’m the hot wind from the desert, I’m the black soil of I am the ancient heart, the keeper of the flame. the plains I stood upon the rocky shore, I watched the tall ships come. I’m the mountains and the valleys, I’m the drought and flooding rains For forty thousand years I’ve been the first Australian. Together: I am the rock, I am the sky, the rivers when they run The spirit of this great land, I am Australian Male Solo: I came upon the prison ship, bowed down by iron chains. I cleared the land, endured the lash and waited for the rains. All: We are one, but we are many Female Solo: I’m a settler, I’m a farmer’s wife on a dry and barren run And from all the lands on earth we come Male Solo: A convict then a free man, I became Australian. We share a dream and sing with one voice: I am, you are, we are Australian Female Solo: I’m the daughter of a digger who sought the mother I am, you are, we are Australian! lode The girl became a woman on the long and dusty road I’m a child of the depression, I saw the good times come Male Solo: I’m a bushy, I’m a battler, I am Australian All: We are one, but we are many And from all the lands on earth we come We share a dream and sing with one voice: I am, you are, we are Australian 8 9 Composed by Carole Bayer Sager & Burt Bacharach Composed by Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein II Solo (or all): And I never thought I’d feel this way When you walk through a storm And as far as I’m concerned Hold your head up high I’m glad I got the chance to say And don’t be afraid of the dark. That I do believe I love you At the end of a storm is a golden sky And if, I should ever go away And the sweet silver song of a lark. Well then close your eye Walk on through the wind, And try to feel the way we do today Walk on through the rain, And then if you can remember Though your dreams be tossed and blown Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart All: Keep smiling, keep shining And you’ll never walk alone Knowing you can always count on me, for sure You’ll never, ever walk alone! That’s what friends are for For/In good times and/in bad times I’ll be on your side forever more That’s what friends are for Solo: Well you came and opened me And now there’s so much more I see And so by the way I thank you And then, for the times when we’re apart Well then close your eyes and know These words are coming from my heart And then if you can remember All: Keep smiling, keep shining Knowing you can always count on me, for sure That’s what friends are for For/In good times and/in bad times I’ll be on your side forever more That’s what friends are for (Repeat Chorus) 10 11 Traditional African song Traditional African song S: Oh freedom, oh freedom, oh freedom All: Siyahamb’ ekukhanyen’ kwenkhos’, Siyahamb’ ekukhanyen’ kwenkhos’ A/T/B: Freedom is coming, Siyahamb’ ekukhanyen’ kwenkhos’, Freedom is coming, Siyahamb’ ekukhanyen’ kwenkhos’ Freedom is coming, Oh yes, I know.