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2018

SOUTHERN ALBERTA CHILDREN'S CHOIR

GUEST ARTISTS
Guest Conductor 
– Kelly Walsh (St. John's, NFL)
Accompanist – Evan Mounce (Calgary, AB)

PERFORMANCES 
Alberta Children's Choir Gala Concert ​– Knox United Church (Calgary), featuring Ecole Okotoks Junior High School Choir, Mount Royal Arioso, and Webber Academy Division II Choir

REPERTOIRE 
Gloria | David Giardiniere
How Can I Keep From Singing | Rev. Robert Lowry, arr. Rollo Dilworth
I'se the B'y | arr. John E. Govedas
Like a Singing Bird | Bob Chilcott
Shall We Dream? | Michael Atherton
Take Me Home | Maureen Ennis, arr. Leslee Heys
Wau Bulan | arr. Tracy Wong
Will There Really Be a "Morning"? | Craig Hella Johnson    
NORTHERN ALBERTA CHILDREN'S CHOIR

GUEST ARTISTS 
Guest Conductor
– Ruth Dwyer (Indianapolis, IN)
Accompanist – Kim Cousineau (Edmonton, AB) 

PERFORMANCES 
Alberta Children's Choir Gala Concert 
– Francis Winspear Centre for Music (Edmonton), featuring Mount Royal School Choir, St. Alphonsus Grade 4-5-6 Choir, Cantilon Chamber Choir, The Gracenotes, and Mary Hanley Grade 4-6 Choir

REPERTOIRE
Et exultavit from Magnificat RV 611 | Antonio Vivaldi
I Believe in the Sun | Thomas Juneau
Ciranda Da Lua | Daisy Fragoso
Rise and Shine | Spiritual arr. Rollo Dillworth
Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive | Harold Arlen, arr. Joy Hirokawa
We Are the Voices | Jim Papoulis
Amovolovolo | Traditional Zulu Dowry Song, arr. Rudolf de Beer 

2017

NORTHERN ALBERTA CHILDREN'S CHOIR
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GUEST ARTISTS
Guest Conductor
 -- Glenda Crawford (Mississauga, ON)
Accompanist -- Megan Crane (Edmonton, AB)

PERFORMANCES
Alberta Children's Choir Gala Concert — Francis Winspear Centre for Music (Edmonton), featuring D.S. MacKenzie Choir, Edmonton Children's Choir, Michael Strembitsky School Senior Choir, Monsignor Fee Otterson Junior High Choir, Nottingham Girls Choir

REPERTOIRE
The Rivals | Cynthia Gray 
Ask the Moon | Ron Nelson 
May I Learn to be Silent | Craig Cassils 
Bien vite c’est le jour de l’An | arr. Erica Phare-Bergh 
Everlasting Melody | Rollo Dilworth 
From Stabat Mater | G. Palestrina
  • I Stabat Mater dolorosa 
  • IV Que moerebat et dolebat 
  • VIII Fac, ut ardeat cor meum
SOUTHERN ALBERTA CHILDREN'S CHOIR

GUEST ARTISTS
Guest Conductor
 -- Joan Gregoryk (Washington, DC)
Accompanist -- Faye White (Calgary, AB)

PERFORMANCES
Alberta Children's Choir Gala Concert — Knox United Church (Calgary), featuring Brentwood School Senior Choir, Calgary Children's Choir

REPERTOIRE
Bless the Lord, O My Soul | Ruth Watson Henderson 
Laudate Dominum | W.A. Mozart, arr. Doreen Rao 
Cerf-volant | Barratier/Coulais 
Szello Zug | Lajos Bardon 
My Heart’s In the Highlands | arr. B. Wayne Bisbee 
Feel Good | arr. Barbara Baker
​Bowling Green | arr. Nick Page

2016

NORTHERN ALBERTA CHILDREN'S CHOIR
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Guest Conductor:
Janeal Krehbiel
Accompanist: Megan Crane

PERFORMANCES
Alberta Children's Choir Gala Concert — McDougall United Church (Edmonton), featuring Ecole Meridian Heights Magic Voices, Edmonton Children's Choir, Kikimasu

Quoniam Tu Solus Sanctus | Vivaldi, ed. Janey Galvan
Sing to Me | Andrea Ramsey 
Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening | Vera Kistler
Lunar Lullaby | Jacob Narverud
Ton The' | Jeanne & Robert Gilmore, arr. Susan Brumfield
On Wind, On Wing | Amy Feldman Bernon
Angels Ever Bright and Fair | Handel, arr. Epp
When I Think of You | Laura Farnell
There Has to Be a Song | Andrea Ramsey
SOUTHERN ALBERTA CHILDREN'S CHOIR
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Guest Conductor:
 Zimfira Poloz
Accompanist: Faye White

PERFORMANCES
Alberta Children's Choir Gala Concert — Knox United Church (Calgary), featuring Kairos Young Singers, University of Lethbridge Children's Choir
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The Last Spring | Grieg, arr. Henry Leck 
Norwegian Trilogy | arr. Margaret King 
Breath in the Wind | J. Clemens
Canto De Pilon | Traditional, arr. Cristian Grases 
Stand Together | Jim Papoulis 
Piramida Shlomo Gronich | Naomi Faran

2015

NORTHERN ALBERTA CHILDREN'S CHOIR

​Guest Conductor:
 Sanna Valvanne
Accompanist: Mathew Walton

PERFORMANCES
Alberta Children's Choir Gala Concert — McDougall United Church (Edmonton), featuring Cantilon Chamber Choir, Young Columbian Choir

La ronda que nunca se acaba | Alberto Grau
Nuku nuku | trad. Finnish lullaby, arr. P.J. Hannikainen
Leijoo | trad. Joik from Lapland, arr. Sanna Valvanne
Singin’ in the Rain | Nacio Herb Brown
Hand in Hand | Giorgio Moroder, arr. Seppo Hovi
SOUTHERN ALBERTA CHILDREN'S CHOIR

​Guest Conductor:
 Christy Elsner
Accompanist: Faye Klassen

PERFORMANCES
Alberta Children's Choir Gala Concert — Knox United Church (Calgary), featuring Cantare Children's Choir, Gilbert Paterson Select Choir

Allelluia | J.S. Bach
The Adventures of Isabel | Andrea Ramsey
I Had a Paint Box | Z. Randall Stroope
The Deaf Old Woman | Missouri folksong, arr. Katherine Davis
I’m Going’ Up a Yonder | Walter Hawkins
The Sally Gardens | Benjamin Britten
Jambo | Teddy Kalanda Harrison, arr. Jacob Narverud

2014

NORTHERN ALBERTA CHILDREN'S CHOIR

​Guest Conductor:
Carolyn Boyes
Accompanist: Sheila Wright

PERFORMANCES
Alberta Children's Choir Gala Concert — McDougall United Church (Edmonton), featuring Cantilon Children's Choir, Eldorado School Choir, Suzuki Charter School Choir

Art Thou Troubled | George Frederic Handel
Canto de Pilon | Traditional from Venezuela, arr. Cristian Grases
Five Eyes | C. Armstrong Gibbs
How Can I Keep From Singing? | Rev. Robert Lowry, arr. Robert I. Hugh
Hush, Somebody's Callin' My Name | Traditional Spiritual, arr. Rollo Dilworth
Hushabye Mountain | Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
J'entends le moulin | French Canadian folk song, arr. Marcelline K. Moody 
The Rhythm of Life | Dorothy Fields and Cy Coleman, arr. Roger Emerson
SOUTHERN ALBERTA CHILDREN'S CHOIR
​

Guest Conductor
: Elise Bradley
Accompanist: Faye Klassen

PERFORMANCES
Alberta Children's Choir Gala Concert — Knox United Church (Calgary), featuring Calgary Girls' School Concert Choir, Westside Children's Choir

A Dragon is in My Computer | David Hamilton
A Snowy Day | Sheldon Rose
Firefly | Andy Beck
Leisure | Eleanor Daley
Magical Kingdom | John Rutter
Sing a Song of Sixpence | Michael D. Mendoza
Sound the Trumpet | Henry Purcell 
Wenn ich ein Voglein War | Robert Schumann

2013

ALBERTA CHILDREN'S CHOIR

Guest Conductor
: Catherine Glaser-Climie
Accompanist: Sheila Wright 

PERFORMANCES
Alberta Children's Choir Gala Concert — McDougall United Church (Edmonton), featuring Alberta Children's Apprentice Choir, All City-Junior Choir, Edmonton Young Voices Children's Choir, Strathcona Children's Choir

Shiru | Allan Naplan 
Two Roads to the Heartland | Allan Gordon Bell 
Where'er You Walk | GF Handel 
Psalm 150 | Benjamin Britten 
Birdsong | Paul Read
ALBERTA CHILDREN'S APPRENTICE CHOIR

Guest Conductor:
Linda Burwell
Accompanist: Judy Loewent

​PERFORMANCES
Alberta Children's Choir Gala Concert — McDougall United Church (Edmonton), featuring Alberta Children's Choir, All City-Junior Choir, Edmonton Young Voices Children's Choir, Strathcona Children's Choir

You'll Never Guess What I Saw | Ruth Watson Henderson 
Hand Me Down My Silver Trumpet | Jean Ashworth Bartle 
The Mending Song | Daniel Kallman 
A Great Big Sea | Lori Anne Dolloff 
When I Lay Me Down To Sleep | James Mulholland

2012

ALBERTA CHILDREN'S CHOIR

Guest Conductor:
Kellie Walsh
Accompanist: Sheila Wright

PERFORMANCES
Alberta Children's Choir Gala Concert — McDougall United Church (Edmonton), featuring Blessed Kateri School Choir, Camrose and Area Senior Children's Choir, Victoria School of the Arts Div II Choir

Be Like a Bird | Sheila Wright **Commissioned work by the Alberta Choral Federation and World Premiere 
Can You Hear Me? | Bob Chilcott 
Oye | Jim Papoulis 
Heal the World | Michael Jackson, arr. Andy Beck 
Niska Banja | Nick Page 
Taivas on Sininen | arr. Donald Patriquin

2011

ALBERTA CHILDREN'S CHOIR

Guest Conductor: 
Linda Beaupre
Accompanist: Sheila Wright 

PERFORMANCES
Alberta Children's Choir Gala Concert — McDougall United Church (Edmonton), featuring Edmonton Children's Choir, The Gracenotes Choir, Kikimasu
​
Sesere eeye | Torres Strait Islands Folksong
Winter Sleigh Ride | Cynthia Gray
A Jubilant Song | Mary Lynn Lightfoot
Agnus Dei from the Little Jazz Mass | Bob Chilcott
Tutira Mai | Maori Folksong, arr. Anthony Ritchie
Canticle to the Spirit | Eleanor Daley
Hymn to Freedom | Oscar Peterson, arr. by Seppo Hovi
Mí Yítnení Of | Traditional Jewish Melody, arr. Audrey Snyder
Donkey Riding | Thomas Bell

2010

ALBERTA CHILDREN'S CHOIR

Guest Conductor: 
Zimfira Poloz
Accompanist: Dr. Roger Admiral

PERFORMANCES
Alberta Children's Choir Gala Concert — McDougall United Church (Edmonton), featuring St. Mary's Catholic School Grade 2/3 Choir, Julia Vos, Darin Grant

Winter's Night from Norwegian Sami Songs | Frode Fjellheim
An Irish Blessing | Eleanor Daley
Obwisana (Goin' to Ghana) | Ghana Folksong, Music by Mary Donnelly, arr. George L.O. Strid
Blue Skies | Irving Berlin, arr. Roger Emerson
Shining Moon | Thai Folksong, arr. Audrey Snyder
Ave Maria | Simon Lindley
Exsultate Cantamos Festivo | arr. Jay Althouse
A la Cart | Judith Watson
Kyrie from A Little Jazz Mass | Bob Chilcott
El Cielo Canta Alegria! | Pablo Sosa, arr. Roger Bergs

2009

ALBERTA CHILDREN'S CHOIR
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Guest Conductor: 
Elise Bradley
Accompanist: Helen Stuart

​Sanctus | Richard Ozwin 
Mi’kmaq Honour Song | Lydia Adams 
J’Entends le Moulin | arr. Donald Patriquin
Cantar | Jay Althouse (Alfred) 
Peace Song | Dorothy Buchanan
Festive Alleluia | Lyn Williams
Magic Prayer | Srul Irving Glick (earthsongs) 
City Songs | Bob Chilcott (Oxford University Press)

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