THE COLORS OF MUSIC

Directed by Jennifer Ramsay

Accompanied by Michelle Blaisdell-Wirth

Special Guests:  The Cooperative Middle School 

Choruses directed by Catherine Hammon

 

Part One

De Colores         Trad. Spanish, arr. Weston

 

Red River Valley    Trad., arr. Ruth Elaine Schram

 

Blue Tango Leroy Anderson, arr. Giardiniere

Dancers:  Ann Elliott and Steve Paul 

 

How Green is My Valley Mary Donnelly, arr. Strid

 

The Yellow Rose of Texas      Minstrel Song, arr. Parker and Shaw

 

The Colors of the Wind       Menken/Schwartz, arr. Huff 

 

The Sugarbeats

Prayer of the Children Bestor, arr. Klouse

I’m Always Chasing Rainbows            Carroll, arr. Moore

 

Part Two

Bobby Shafto            Trad. English, arr. Lawson

 

Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair      Folk Song, arr. Schram

 

Ease on Down the Yellow Brick Road          Arlen/Harbug/Smalls, arr. 

Albrecht 

 

Hope is the Thing with Feathers       Dickinson, arr. LaBarr

Special Guests – The Cooperative Middle School 

Chorus Sopranos and Altos

 

Soul Man                         Hayes/Porter, arr. Shaw

Special Guests – The Cooperative Middle School Chorus

Tenors and Basses



The Birth of the Blues          Henderson, arr. Strommen