Border Songs

Date: November 12 | 7:00PM
Venue: Meyerson Symphony Center
Season: 2023-2024

Program

• Canto del Agua/Song of the Water — Chamber Chorus Arr. David Hill
• Dear Immigrants — Poem by Adrienne Rich Performed by Doug Mitchell
• Here/Aquí — Chamber Chorus Music and text by Joshua Rist
• Ayúdame/Help Me — Chamber Chorus Music and text by Carlos Cordero
• Borderless Dreams — Narrative by Jonathan McClellen
• Why We Build the Wall/ Por qué Construimos el Muro — Turtle Creek Dance Company Music and text by Anais Mitchell Soloist: Alex Carr
• Gracias a la Vida/Thank You To Life — Music and text by Violeta Parra Soloist: Martin Antonio Guerra-West
• Poor Wayfaring Stranger/Pobre Extraño Caminante — Coloratura Arr. John Leavitt
• La Cancion De Camino/The Song of the Road — Coloratura Music and text by Rosephanye Powell
• La Puerta/ The Door — Music and text by Luis Demetrio Soloist: Peter Mena
• Bella Maria / Beautiful Maria — Written and composed by Arne Glimcher and Robert Kraft Soloist: Fernando Moreno
• Go the Distance — TCC Terravox Music and text by Menken and David Zippel Soloist: Sam Garrott
• Border Song/ Canción Fronteriza — Terravox Music and text by Elton John Arr. by Don Staffin
• Ester from Nostalgias del Abuelo/Ester from Grandfather's Nostalgia — Music and text by Nico Gutierrez and David Mejia, Jr. Soloist: David Meja Jr.
• Starting Now/A partir de Ahora — Chamber Chorus Music and Text by Jocelyn Hagen (Commission World Premiere)
• Somewhere/En Algún Lugar — Terravox Music and text by Leonard Bernstein and Steven Sondheim
• Let Me Listen/Dejame Escuchar — Combined Ensembles Music and text by Dan Forrest
• We Are One/Somos Uno — Combined Ensembles Music and text by Brian Tate Arr. by Gerald Gurss