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Festival of Faith

Dr. Alfred Calabrese, Guest Conductor
Sponsored by the DeKalb Choral Guild

Saturday, March 9, 1996
Atlanta Unity Church

Atlanta Unity Church Choir

Sharon West, Music Director
Betty Folger, Accompanist

Shine Forth by Smiley, Gersmehl and Farrell
Ev’rytime I Feel the Spirit, arr. W. L. Dawson
It is Well With My Soul by Spafford and Bliss
And the Father Will Dance, arr. Hayes

St. Jude the Apostle Parish Choir

Peggy Stapleton, Director
Leanne Elmer Herrmann, Accompanist

Laudate Dominum from SolemnVespers by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Julia Benjamin, soloist
Agnus Dei by Lisa Corpus

HARMONY: Atlanta’s International Youth Chorus

Dr. Elizabeth Kimble, Director

In Harmony by Silversher, arr. Snyder
Celebrate the Differences by Jill Gallina
Goodwill Ambassadors by Jill Gallina
Take Time in Life, Liberia
Go Well and Safely, Zulu
The Gift of Flowers, China
Celebrate (reprise)

The Winds of Mountain Park

William O. Baker, Music Director
Ken Wells, Associate Director

Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copland
Niagara Overture by Fote
March from Suite No. 1 in Eb by Gustav Holst
Chant and Jubilo by McBeth

Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation Choir

Enite (Hymn of Praise), arr. Anastasiou
Ti Ipermacho (Hymn to the Theotokos - Mother of God), arr. Vrionides
Se Imnoumen (We Praise You), arr. N. Roubanis
O Angelos (The Angels Rejoice at Christ’s Resurrection), arr. F. Desby
Soma Christou (The Resurrection Communion Hymn, arr. T. Zes
Epi Si Hera (All Creation Rejoices in Thee), arr. Bogadanos
Christos Anesti (Christ is Risen)

The DeKalb Choral Guild

Mary Evelyn Root, Director
Leanne Elmer Herrman, Accompanist

A Child My Choice by Wheeler
Lux Aeterna from Requiem by John Rutter

Combined Choirs

Dr. Alfred Calabrese, Guest Conductor
Leanne Elmer Herrmann, Accompanist

The Last Words of David by Randall Thompson
Sicut Cervus by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Ezekiel Saw De Wheel, arr. Dawson
Joel Hansel, soloist
The Lord is my Shepherd from Requiem by John Rutter
Karen King, oboe
How Excellent Thy Name by Howard Hanson
When the Trumpet Sounds by André Thomas

History

The Festival of Faith, originally called “Music in the Church”, originated in 1990 out of a desire to allow the community to hear some of the beautiful and unusual sacred music that most church and temple choirs never have the opportunity to perform in public. Since the first performance at Northwoods Presbyterian Church, venues for the Festival have included the Martin Luther King Center for Non-Violent Social Change, Cannon Chapel at Emory University, and the Chamblee-Dunwoody United Methodist Church. A wide variety of sacred and multicultural choruses and instrumental ensembles have participated in these Festivals, including the Avondale-Patillo UMC Chancel Choir, the Shirim Chorale, Emory Presbyterian Chancel Choir, Wheat Street Baptist Church Combined Choir, and the Alleluia Ringers of Mountain Park.

A choral workshop for participants and the public was added to the Festival in 1994 with Dr. Ann Howard Jones (Associate Conductor for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus) as the guest conductor. The DeKalb Choral Guild continues to sponsor this biannual event, which has become and expression of different faiths through music.