Down By The Riverside, Sung by The Washington DC Temple Choir - June 2, 2024

The Washington DC Temple Choir presents "Celebrating America Through Song, Summer Pops Concert" at the Stake Center chapel in Ashburn, VA, on 6/2/2024.
Song List:
• From Sea to Shining Sea - A Fantasy Based on America the Beautiful, Arranged by Maurice C. Whitney
• Old American Songs Arranged by Aaron Copland (Featuring the Chamber Orchestra):
o Zion’s Walls
o At the River
o Ching-A-Ring Chaw
o Long Time Ago
o Simple Gifts
o I Bought Me a Cat
• Selections from The Music Man, Arranged by Clay Warnick
o Soloists:
 Barbershop Quintet: Patrick Horne, Tim Willis, Christopher Pumford, Aaron Wiggins, Kevin Harper
 Wells Fargo: Bryan Stout, Allyson Wilkins, Jonathan Schroeder, Bianca Newkirk
 Till There Was You: Beth Campbell, Jimmy Gregory
• Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World, Arranged by Roger Emerson, Conducted by Kim Blair
o Instrumentalists: Julia Rose and Greg Goehring, ukulele
• O Brother, Where Art Thou, Arranged by Mac Huff
o Soloists: Elissa Fenton, Laura Sturm, Erin Mecham, Chris Woidka
o Instrumentalists: Erick Erickson, banjo; Greg Goehring, dulcimer guitar; Julia Rose, guitar
• Over in the Glory Land, Arranged by Moses Hogan
o Instrumentalists: Vic Bowman, trumpet; Tim Hoyt, contrabass; Janelle Harris Freeman, clarinet; Lydia Sorenson, percussion, Nate Campbell and Kelly Childress, trombone
• Down By the Riverside, Arranged by John Rutter
o Instrumentalists: Vic Bowman, Rick Whittenberger, Randy Whittenberger, and Greg Goehring, trumpet; Janelle Harris Freeman, clarinet
• What a Difference Can Be Made By One, Words and Music by Kay Durr
• Heal Our Land, Words by Orrin G. Hatch, Music by Janice Kapp Perry
o Soloists: Nelson Burton, Carl Crockett
• God Bless America; Arranged by Joseph M. Martin
o Soloists: Janelle Harris Freeman
• An Irish Blessing, Harmonized by David J. Hardin
Chamber Orchestra, Featuring Members of the Washington D.C. Temple Orchestra
- Emily Ricks, Violin & Concertmaster
- Meg Stout & Arian Johnson, Violin
- Bonnie Bennett, Viola
- Noble Hwang, Cello
- Tim Hoyt, Contrabass
- Rebecca Tate, Flute
- Marcelaine Tanner, Oboe
- Janelle Harris Freeman, Clarinet
- Jeff Tate, Trumpet
- Linda Hardin, French Horn
Choir Leadership and Support:
- Gary B. Clawson, Music Director
- David J. Hardin, Associate Music Director
- Kate Thurgood, President
- Kay Durr, Principal Accompanist
- Nicole Papenfuss and Timothy Willis, Assistant Accompanists
- Ted Kirby, Stage Manager
- Adam Sowa, Narrator
Find out more about the choir and how to join or support at dctemplechoir....
Special thanks to David Garrison and Jeff Hight for the audio/video production of the concert. @DG-DigStudios and @Jeff_H_the_Guitarist