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​Concert Choir Performance History

​2023-2024
Winter - Winter Dreams
John Rutters Magnificat 
Carol settings by David Willcocks and holiday selections by PINKZEBRA, Michael McElroy and Joseph Jouibert
Gala - A Night in the Big Apple 
Featuring both new and classic Broadway tunes sung by the Greenville Choral Society and guest vocalist, Kristin Wetherington
Spring - Illuminare and selected choral arrangements by artist-in-residence, Elaine Hagenberg

2022-2023
Winter - A Festive Celebration of the Season
Daniel Pinkham's Sinfonia Sacra (Christmas Cantata)
Selected Carol Arrangements by Dan Forrest, John Rutter, and David Willcocks
Selected Christmas Spirituals by Andre Thomas and Moses Hogan
Gala - Love Is All You Need featuring choral arrangements of music of the Beatles
Spring - TUVAYHUN--Beatitudes for a Wounded World, by Kim Andre Arnesen with libretto by Charles Anthony Silvestri

2022-2023
Winter - A Festive Celebration of the Season
Daniel Pinkham's Sinfonia Sacra (Christmas Cantata)
Selected Carol Arrangements by Dan Forrest, John Rutter, and David Willcocks
Selected Christmas Spirituals by Andre Thomas and Moses Hogan

2021-2022
Winter -  Selections from Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 by J.S. Bach
Fantasy for Piano, Choir and Orchestra, op. 80, by Ludwig van Beethoven
Many Moods of Christmas, Suite 2, arr. by Robert Shaw and Robert Russell Bennett
Spring - For a Breath of Ecstasy, by Michael John Trotta on poems by Sara Teasdale
Selected works by Moses Hogan in memory of his 65th birthday
Gala - Carolina on My Mind, featuring choral arrangements of music by North Carolina songwriters/composers

2020-2021 (Pandemic Year)
Winter – First-Ever Virtual Concert - Robert Shaw/Robert Russell Bennett: Many Moods of Christmas - Suite One & Handel: Messiah (selections)
Gala – Canceled Due to COVID-19
Spring – Outdoor Concert - Rutter: Gloria & Works by Nathaniel Dett

2019-2020 (50th Anniversary)
50th Anniversary Concert – Various selections by past conductors and the premiere of "Everyone Sang" by Tony Maglione
Winter – Handel: Messiah (selections)
Gala –  Gather 'Round the Radio (1940s Favorites)
Spring – Canceled Due to COVID-19

2018-2019
Winter – Forrest: Lux – The Dawn from on High
Gala –  Pirate Follies
Spring – Soulspeak: Soulspeak-Stroope, Frostiana-Randall Thompson, Even When He Is Silent-Arnesen

2017-2018
Winter – Vaughan Williams: Hodie (This Day)
Gala – The Great American Songbook
Spring – Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love Songs, Thomas: I Hear America Singing; & Keep Your Lamps Trimmed and Burning

2016-2017
Winter – FJ Haydn: Theresienmesse (Theresa Mass) Gala – L’Amour: Songs of Love
Spring – JM Haydn: Requiem in C Minor, Gilkyson: Requiem, & Vasks – The Fruit of Silence

2015-2016
Winter - Bach: Wachet Auf (Sleepers Wake), Finzi: In Terra Pax, & Mechem: Seven Joys of Christmas
Gala - A Night at the Oscars
Spring - Rutter: Requiem & Corigliano: "Fern Hill"

2014-2015 (45th Anniversary)
Winter - Handel: Messiah (Part 1)
Spring - Haydn: Mass in Time of War, Mendelssohn: Verleih’ uns Frieden (Grant unto us thy peace), & Wilberg: Let Peace Then Still the Strife
Gala -  A Musical Journey Across the South

2013-2014
Winter - Handel: Utrecht Te Deum
Spring - Mozart: Requiem
Gala -  A ‘Groovy’ Gala—Music of the 1960s

2012-2013    
Winter - Seasonal selections (with Raleigh Ringers on S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series)
Winter - Vivaldi: Gloria & Seasonal selections
Spring – Schubert: Mass in G & Hummel: Mass in B flat
Gala – Broadway Showstoppers

2011-2012
Fall - Great Opera Choruses
Winter - Christmas Through the Ages
Spring - Fauré: Requiem and other French sacred music
Gala - Your Favorite Love Songs
​2010-2011
Fall - Poetry Into Music
Winter - Saint-Saens: Christmas Oratorio
Spring - Puccini: Messa di Gloria
Gala - A “Glee”-ful Reunion

2009-2010 (40th Anniversary)
Fall - German Romantic Part Songs (Schumann, Brahms, Schubert, Mendelssohn)
Winter - Handel: Messiah (part 1)
Spring - Mozart: Coronation Mass and other works
Gala - Broadway in the 1940s
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2008-2009
Fall - Music from the Moravians      
Winter - Handel: Messiah (part 1)
Spring - Schubert: Mass in F & Beethoven: Mass in C
Gala - Vegas Nights - The Rat Pack Years
2007-2008
Fall -  Copland: The Promise of Living
Winter - Pergolesi: Magnificat
Spring -  Haydn: The Creation
Gala - Night on the Red Carpet - Songs from Oscar-Winning Films

2006-2007
Fall - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Winter - Rutter: Gloria
Spring - Mendelssohn: Elijah
Gala - Music of Gilbert and Sullivan

2005-2006
Winter - C.P.E. Bach: Magnificat & Seasonal selections
Spring - American music by Thompson, Hanson, Copland, Barber, Corigliano
Gala - Golden Age of Broadway

2004-2005 (35th Anniversary)
Winter - Rutter: Te Deum & Bass: Gloria
Spring - Mozart: Requiem
Gala - For the Love of Broadway

2003-2004
Winter - Mozart: Coronation Mass & Handel selections
Spring -   Choral Classics 101 (selections by Tallis, Vivaldi, Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Orff, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn)
Gala - A Musical Punchline

2002-2003
Winter - Bach: Magnificat in D
Spring -  Fauré: Requiem and other sacred works
Gala -  Celebration of Broadway

2001-2002
Fall - Program with Judy Collins on S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series
Spring - Music of Love and Springtime

2000-2001
Winter - J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor (selections)
Spring  -  Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna
Spring -  Haydn: The Creation (with ECU ensembles)

1999-2000 (30th Anniversary)
Fall - Rutter: Magnificat
Winter - “Joy of Christmas”, Hopson: Festival of Hymns for Organ, Brass and Chorus, & Seasonal Selections
Spring - Brahms: A German Requiem

1998-1999
Winter - Handel: Messiah (selections) & Seasonal selections
Spring - Schubert: Mass in E flat

1997-1998
Winter - Seasonal selections
Spring - “America’s Voice”: Selections by Copland, Barber, Clausen, Rutter

1996-1997
Winter - Poulenc: Gloria (with ECU ensembles)
Spring - Puccini: Messa di Gloria

1995-1996
Fall - Duruflé: Requiem (with ECU ensembles)
Winter - Pinkham: Christmas Cantata & Seasonal selections
Spring - Selections from Bizet’s Carmen, Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, Verdi’s La Traviata, and Bernstein’s Candide.

1994-1995 (25th Anniversary)
Winter - Seasonal selections
Spring - Beethoven: Mass in C

1993-1994
Winter - Stroope: Hodie! & Seasonal selections
Spring - Selections by Handel, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Haydn, Faure, and Brahms

1992-1993
Fall - Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes
Winter - Finzi: Magnificat & Seasonal selections
Spring - Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass

1991-1992
Fall - Mozart: Mass in C Minor (with ECU ensembles)
Winter - Wilberg: Jubilate Deo & Seasonal selections
Spring - Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 “Hymn of Praise”

1990-1991
Winter - Rheinberger: Der Stern von Bethlehem & Seasonal selections
Spring - Mendelssohn: Psalm 115 (at ECU) Spring - Handel: Utrecht Te Deum      

1989-1990 (20th Anniversary)
Winter - Mahler: Symphony of a Thousand (with NC Symphony)
Winter - Bach: Magnificat in D
Spring - Bernstein: Chichester Psalms & Fauré: Requiem


​1986-1987
Winter – A Christmas Vespers Concert
Spring - Haydn: Mass in Time of War

1985-1986
Winter - Poulenc: Gloria & Seasonal selections
Spring - Mozart: Requiem

1984-1985 (15th Anniversary)
Winter - Da Victoria: Ave Maria, Sweelinck: Hodie Christus Natus Est, Thompson: Alleluia, & Seasonal selections
Winter - Schubert: Mass in G
Spring - Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music

1983-1984
Winter - J.S. Bach: "Motet No. 6" & Hindemith: Five Chansons, & Selections by Handel, Scarlatti, Lotti, Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Britten
Spring - Brahms: German Requiem (with ECU ensembles)

1982-1983
Fall - Beethoven: Ninth Symphony (with ECU ensembles)
Winter - Gabrieli: Hodie Christus Natus Est Da, Victoria: O Magnum Mysterium, & Seasonal selections
Spring -  Haydn: Theresienmesse & Selections by Billings and Copland

1981-1982
Winter – Bach: Magnificat in D & Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Spring - Fauré: Requiem & Thompson: Peaceable Kingdom

1980-1981
Winter - Vivaldi: Gloria and Pinkham: Christmas Cantata
Spring - Kodaly: Missa Brevis & Handel: Coronation Anthem

1979-1980 (10th Anniversary)
Winter - Saint-Saens: Christmas Oratorio
Spring - Haydn: The Seasons

1978-1979
Winter - Handel: Resonet in Laudibus, Bartok: Four Slovak Folk Songs, & Seasonal selections
Spring - Mendelssohn: Elijah

1977-1978
Winter - J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Spring -  Fauré: Requiem

1976-1977
Winter - Buxtehude: Rejoice, Beloved Christians, & Seasonal selections
Spring - Mozart: Coronation Mass

1975-1976
Winter - Handel: Judas Maccabaeus
Spring - Mozart: "Regina Coeli", Britten: Festival Te Deum, & Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs

1974-1975 (5th Anniversary)
Winter –
Spring –

1973-1974
Winter - Handel: Messiah (part 1)
Spring - Handel: Messiah (part 2)
Spring - Handel: Messiah (part 3)

1972

Handel: Messiah (part 1)
1971
Vivaldi: Gloria

1970
Handel: Messiah (part 1)
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1969 (Inaugural Concert)
Handel: Messiah (selections)
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The ​​Greenville Choral Society & New Carolina Sinfonia
P.O. Box 1357
Greenville, NC 27835

252-493-6544
Ramona LeGrand - General Manager 
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