Border Songs
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