Anthems

Season: 2017–2018
Artistic Director: Sean Baugh
Associate Conductor & Pianist: Scott Ayers

Exact date and venue not printed on available program pages. Season branding confirms 2017–2018.

Program

Part One

Piece	Composer/Source	Arranger	Notes
We Shall Overcome	Traditional	David Maddux
Keep Your Lamps!	Traditional Spiritual	André Thomas
Ohio	Neil Young		Soloists: Cody Dugger, Clay Harvey-Hodges, Grant Myers & Alvaro Ramalho; Dancers: SoundBytes
The Sound of Silence	Paul Simon	Benjamin Bedroske
Blowin' in the Wind	Bob Dylan		Soloists: Daryl Curry, Phillip Clark, Henry Cook, Forrest Johnson & Peter Mena
Find the Cost of Freedom	Stephen Stills	Nick Page
Respect	Otis Redding		Soloists: Jen Ellis, Sylvia Franze, Erica Penelope Granados & Donna Jones
MLK	U2	Bob Chilcott	Camerata; Soloist: Benny Ruiz
Up to the Mountain	Patty Griffin	Dave Volpe	Soloist: Jacob Lofland
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to be Free	Billy Taylor & Dick Dallas		Soloists: Roscoe Compton & Colby Geyer
Harriet Tubman	Rollo Dilworth & Eloise Greenfield
You Can't Stop the Beat	Marc Shaiman & Scott Wittman	Roger Emerson	Dancers: SoundBytes

Part Two — PEACEKEEPERS (World Premiere)

Text by Charles Anthony Silvestri

Piece	Composer	Notes
The Way of Trust	Andrea Ramsey	Soloist: Steven Fontaine
The "Peacemaker" - Colt .45	Charles Anthony Silvestri	Soloists: Phillip Clark, Bryan Daniel, Brian Dixon & Marco Garza
Stand Up	Gerald Gurss	Soloists: Brian Dixon & Matthew Harrington
Blessed are the Peacemakers	James Eakin III

Part Two — Continued

Piece	Composer/Source	Arranger	Notes
This Little Light of Mine	Traditional	Howard Helvey	Chamber Chorus
A Change is Gonna Come	Sam Cooke		Soloists: Chris Doubet (Fri/Sat); Michael Duane (Sun)
Lift Every Voice and Sing	J. Rosamond Johnson & James Weldon Johnson	Greg Gilpin
Why We Sing	Greg Gilpin		Soloist: Jonathan Pillow
Over the Rainbow	Harold Arlen & E.Y. Harburg	Mark Hayes	Soloists: Camerata
This is Me	Benj Pasek & Justin Paul	Dave Volpe	Soloists: Nico Decastro, Doug Fonville, Matthew Harrington, Alvaro Ramalho & Terry Wolfe; Dancers: SoundBytes

Notes

Featured the world premiere of Peacekeepers, a new song cycle by Andrea Ramsey, Gerald Gurss, and James Eakin III with texts by Charles Anthony Silvestri. Themed around social justice, civil rights, gun violence, women's rights, and LGBTQ rights.