Faculty/Staff Choir History
1990 - 1991
Letters were sent to virtually every U of A Faculty and Staff member in August 1990
4 choirs were established with choral conducting graduate students as leaders
3 mixed choirs, 1 women's choir
157 members in the 4 choirs
Concerts featured only the 4 Faculty/Staff choirs
First concert was Friday, October 26, 1990; second half was the performance of
René Clausen’s A New Creation with orchestral accompaniment
Holiday concert December 9th, 1990
Two spring concerts: March 3rd and May 3rd, 1991
Conductors:
Christine Sotomayor Lopez (fall)
Peter Wordelman (fall)
Jay Elmquist (fall)
Michael Bray (fall)
Wyant Morton (fall)
Kathleen DeJardin (spring)
Rodney Caldwell (spring)
James Schuppener (spring)
Lori Keyne (spring)
1991 - 1992
Four mixed choirs included one for AHSC employees (143 singers)
Concerts: October 20th and December 15th, 1991;
Conductors:
Lori Keyne (fall)
Christine Sotomayor Lopez (fall)
Michael Bray (fall)
Julie Barrier (fall)
1992 - 1993
Four choirs in the fall, one at TMC (fall only); 73 singers (fall), 46 singers (spring)
Concerts: October 16th and December 13th, 1992; March 7th and May 8th, 1993
Conductors:
Elizabeth Ann MacDonald (fall)
Tim Woods (two choirs; fall)
James Gall (fall)
J. Michael Davis (spring)
Joe Testa (spring)
Barry Isbell (spring)
1993 - 1994
One choir (22 singers)
Rehearsals in Music Annex (old church on Speedway, between UMC and main campus)
For the first time, the concerts are done in conjunction with other choirs such as University Singers, Recital Choir, Honor Choir
Concerts: October 10th and December 8th, 1993; May 4th, 1994
Conductors:
Rodney Caldwell (fall)
Seong Lee (spring)
1994 - 1995
23 singers
Concerts: October 9th and December 11th, 1994; February 28th and May 3rd, 1995
Conductors:
Rodney Caldwell (fall)
Tim Woods (spring)
1995 - 1996
43 singers
Rehearsals return to Music Building
Concerts: March 4th and May 1st, 1996
Conductor: Robin Williams (spring)
1996 - 1997
22 singers in the fall, 33 in the spring
Concerts: October 13th and December 4th, 1996; February 26th and April 30th, 1997
Conductors:
Scott Lehmkuhl (fall)
James Karge-Taylor (spring)
1997 - 1998
19 - 24 singers
Concerts: October 15th and December 9th, 1997; March 8th and May 6th, 1998
Sing at Faculty/Staff Appreciation concert on the mall
Conductor: Thomas Tropp (all year)
1998 - 1999
15 - 19 singers
Concerts: October 14th and December 8th, 1998; May 5th, 1999
Sing at Faculty/Staff Appreciation concert on the mall
Conductors:
Lisa Billingham (fall)
Terrie Ashbaugh (spring)
At the end of the spring semester, decide to organize; Jim Bray elected president
Members volunteer to copy, address, and send out flyers using UofA mailing labels
1999 - 2000
30 singers
Department of Music no longer furnishes a graduate student conductor
Conductor: Terrie Ashbaugh
Fall Concert: December 1st, 1999
All The Things You Are
Sweet Georgia Brown
The Girl From Ipanema
Like An Eagle
Geographical Fugue
The Star Spangled Banner
The Bells
Deck The Hall
The Twelve Days After Christmas
Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind
Ma-oz Tsur
Silent Night
Hanerot Halalu
Spring Concert
National Anthem
All The Things You Are
The Girl From Ipanema
Sweet Georgia Brown
Like An Eagle
Geographical Fugue
Oklahoma Selection
Time To Say Goodbye
Amani Utupe
May the Music Never End
Make Someone Happy
Old Horatius Had A Farm
Siyahamba
Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One
Due North: Woodpecker
Go 'Way From My Window
Sing at additional university functions and at Borders Bookstore
Conductor: Terrie Ashbaugh (voluntary service; the members collect honorarium for her)
Melissa McGee elected president at end of year; she resigns (work commitments) and David Nix takes over
Volunteers again do a mass mailing in August, 2000
First summer choir: meets once a week
2000 - 2001
65 singers
Conductor: Terrie Ashbaugh
Fall Concert: November 29th, 2000
'Twas the Night Before Christmas
The Bells
Alfred Burt Carols
Various Themes on Fa-La-La
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
Home on the Range
Siyahamba
Amani Utupe
National Anthem
Spring Concerts: February 21st and May 1st, 2001
National Anthem
Aura Lee
Shenandoah
El Cascabel
The Calypso Song
The Cloths of Heaven
Happy Reunion
I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing
Siyahamba
Amani Utupe
Home on the Range
May the Music Never End
Performances at Library Holiday party, Borders, SBS commencements (fall and spring), Aerospace Engineering Commencement, UofA Alumni Banquet
Danielle Charbonneau elected president at end of year
Summer choir meets once a week
2001 - 2002
Conductor: Terrie Ashbaugh
Fall 2001 Concert
Masters in This Hall
Noel, Noel, What a Wonderful Day
Jubilate Deo
The Glowing Menorah
Eight Candles
Chindia
Come, Lads and Lassies, Dance and Sing
Riu, Riu, Chiu
El Cascabel
The Calypso Song
Home on the Range
The Cloths of Heaven
Siyahamba
Amani Utupe
Set Me as a Seal
May the Music Never End
Spring 2002 Concert
Three Spoofs in Baroque Style
If Music Be the Food of Love
Tenting Tonight
Hold On!
Prayer of the Children (SSAA)
This Is My Country (TTBB)
We Are the Choir
Children of the Earth
I Hear America Singing
Come, Lads and Lassies, Dance and Sing
2002 - 2003
Conductor: Terrie Ashbaugh
Fall 2002 Concert
Music in the Air
Hanukkah Dance
In the Bleak Midwinter
Gloria Deo!
Various Themes on Fa-La-La
May the Music Never End
The Bells
We Are the Choir
Tucson Wonderland
Silent Night
Maoz Tsur
Spring 2003 Concert
Harriet Tubman
Down By The Riverside
PDQ Bach Liebeslieder Polkas
Since First I Saw Your Face
Fair Phyllis I Saw
Chopsticks
A Tree Toad
Leave No Song Unsung
May The Music Never End
We Are The Choir
2003 - 2004
Conductor: Terrie Ashbaugh
Fall 2003 Concert
Yonder Come Day
Home on the Range
We Shall Not Pass This Way Again
May the Music Never End
Nutcracker Jingles
Do You Hear What I Hear
O Nata Lux
T'was the Night Before Christmas
Christmas in the Air Singalongs
Spring 2004 Concert
Mosquitoes
Woodpecker
Set Me As A Seal
From A Distance
The Rose
Veni Sancte Spiritus
We Shall Not Pass This Way Again
Home On The Range
May The Music Never End
Festival Sanctus
Gloria in Excelcis
Harriet Tubman
It Was a Lover and His Lass
2004 - 2005
Conductor: Terrie Ashbaugh
Fall 2004 Concert
The Lamb
Lo how a Rose E'r Blooming
Hannukah Nagila
Silent Night
Christmas Day
Masters in This Hall
A La Nanita Nana
2006 - 2007
Conductor: Terrie Ashbaugh
Assistant Conductor: Justin Raffa
Choir President: Bev Goodwin
Terrie Ashbaugh retired from the choir at the end of the year
2007 - 2008
Conductor: Justin Raffa
Choir President: Kelley Merriam Castro
Fall 2007 Concert at UA Museum of Art
Awake, Arise and Hail the Morn, arr. Mack Wilberg
O, Come All Ye Faithful
In the Bleak Midwinter, Michael Hegeman
Winter's Cold, Gerald Custer
The First Noel
Cuncti simus, arr. Ricardo Soto
S'vivon, arr. Joseph Flummerfelt
My Dreydl
Ocho Kandelikas, Flory Jagoda
Sir Christèmas from Ave Rex, William Mathias
Angels We Have Heard on High
The Wild Wood Carol, John Rutter
The Twelve Days After Christmas, Frederick Silver
Deck the Hall
Feliz Navidad, Jose Feliciano
WZlobie Lezy, arr. Roger Ames
I Saw Three Ships, arr. Mack Wilberg
Spring 2008 Concert at UA Marroney Theatre
Missa Brevis in Bb Major, W.A. Mozart
Missa Kenya, Paul Basler
Paddlin' Madelin' Home, Harry Woods, arr. Dave Grusin
My Love Walks in Velvet, Gwyneth Walker
Banks of Doon, Donna Gartman Schultz
Younger Generation, Aaron Copland
Stomp Your Foot from "The Tender Land," Aaron Copland
Choral Reflection on Amazing Grace, arr. Roger Ames
Southwestern Suite, Randol Alan Bass