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April 2007 - Beaux Chanteurs    

An original review featuring music and scenes from Broadway productions that showcase younger characters and includes “Matchmaker” from Fiddler on the Roof, and songs from Babes in Arms; Bye, Bye, Birdie; 1776; Big River; and The Light in the Piazza. Joining Beaux Chanteurs are Eli Jones, 7, and Margaret Ellis, 8 in a rendition of “Dites-moi” from South Pacific. 

Young at Heart was conceived and directed by Jennifer Ellis and accompanied by Dr. Henry Jones. Beaux Chanteurs, an adjunct of the Greater Baton Rouge Children’s Chorus, is comprised of select high schoolers who have graduated from the GBRCC choral program. Beaux Chanteurs represent public, private, and homeschools in the Greater Baton Rouge area.   

The show was unique in that the performers explored roles and music specifically written for teens and young adults. The intimate setting of the Women’s Club allowed the audience to experience the vibrant energy of these talented young performers.

 

January 2007

  • Horeini Adonai     Tarlow

  • Crawdad Hole    American Folk Song, arr. Goetz

  • Japanese Garden    Culluton

  • Beautiful Soup    Benjamin

  • Let's Go Fly a Kite    Sherman, arr. Miller

  • Soon It's Gonna Rain    Schmidt

  • Singin' in the Rain    Brown, arr. Schram

  • English Tea    McCartney

  • Never-Land    Bernstein

  • Evening Prayer    Humperdinck, arr. Snyder

  • Perfect Day    Colin Towns, arr. Ellis

 

 

 

Spring 2006

  • Love Changes Everything     Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948-)

  • Butterflies and Moths Andrew Carter (1939-)

  • Mmm, Winter (The Cocoon) Jean Berger (1909-2002)

  • The Bluebird Song Kenny Kleinpeter

  • Io Son Farfalla Giovanni Maria Nanino (1543-1607)

  • Transform us Tune: Ascended Triumph Arr. James Vyhanek

  • Amazing Grace traditional    Arr. Stephen Hatfield

  • Sinner to Saint Craig Matherne, Jr., Text: Julia Rose Gaines

  • These Bones Gonna Rise Again Spiritual, Arr. Jennifer Ellis

  • Rising Moon Kenny Kleinpeter, Kenny Kleinpeter, piano

  • When You Wish Upon a Star Leigh Harline (1907-1969), From Pinocchio Arr. Henry Jones

  • The Ugly Duckling Frank Loesser (1910-1969) From Hans Christian Andersen

  • The Brightening Air Daniel Brewbaker

  • Love Heals Jonathan Larson (1960-1996) From Rent

 

 

 

Christmas 2005

  • Dancing Day - John Rutter (1945- )

    Part I: Prelude, Angelus ad virginem, A virgin most pure, Personent Hodie

    Part II: Interlude, There is no rose, Coventry Carol, Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

  • What Child is This? -16th century English melody, arr.Robinson

  • Christmas Medley - traditional, arr. Henry Jones (Beaux Chanteurs)

  • Sleigh Ride - Anderson, arr. Funk 

  • Go Tell it on the Mountain - African-American spiritual, arr. Patterson 

  • The Shepherd’s Spiritual - African-American spiritual, arr. Moore

  • O Little Town of Bethlehem - Surrey Tune, arr. Dicie

  • S’Vivon traditional Hebrew, arr. Henry Jones

  • Angels We Have Heard On High traditional French, arr. Glick 

  • The First Noel traditional English carol, arr. Berg

  • Hallelujah from Messiah G. F. Handel (1685-1750), arr. Jennifer Ellis

 

 

 

Spring 2005

  • Oliver Cromwell - Benjamin Britten 

  • A Tragic Story - Benjamin Britten, words by Thackery

  • The Swallow - arr. Bob Chilcott, Newfoundland folk song

  • The Lachlan Tigers - arr. Mark O’Leary, Australian folk song

  • The Silver Swan - Orlando Gibbons, 17th century madrigal

  • The Falcon - Mary Lynn Badarak, 20th century madrigal

  • Jabberwocky - Carolyn Jennings, words by Lewis Carroll

  • Mr. Dudley - James Bennighof

  • Don Gato - arr. Steven Gustafson, Jennifer Ellis, Mexican folk song

  • Once Upon a Time - Charles Strouse

  • Old Dan Tucker - Daniel Decatur Emmett, arr. Douglas Ipson

  • Two Poems by Eugene Field - Steven Gustafson

  • Wynken, Blynken, and Nod, The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat - Jennifer Ellis, soprano

  • Go Down, Moses - arr. Henry Jones

  • The Battle of New Orleans - lyrics Jimmy Driftwood, arr. Jennifer Ellis

 

 

Fall 2004

  • It’s Only a Paper Moon - Arlen

  • Bye ‘m Bye/Jewels - Texas spiritual, arr. Gustafson

  • Swingin’ on a Star - Van Heusen, arr. Gilpin

  • Can You Count the Stars? - Willcocks

  • Yellow Evening Sun - Whittemore (Zoë Davis Jones, harp, guest artist)

  • Jupiter theme from The Planets - Holst, arr. Proulx/Ellis

  • Follow the Drinking Gourd - Traditional, arr. Thomas (Beaux Chanteurs)

  • Moonlight Serenade - Miller, arr. Jones (Beaux Chanteurs)

  • Little Prelude - Susann McDonald

  • Moonlight, Stars - Zoë Davis Jones, harp

  • The Earth is Our Mother Cherokee, -  arr. Sletto

  • What a Wonderful World - Thiele & Weiss, arr. Brymerh

  • No zone from Green Songs Chilicott

  • Keep it Good from

  • Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern - J.S. Bach, from Cantata No. 1, BWV 1

 

 

 

Spring 2004

  • Avec La Garde Montante from Carmen - Georges Bizet (1838-1875)
  • Sequidilla from Carmen (Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo soprano, guest artist)
  • Evening Prayer from Hänsel und Gretel - Engelbert Humperkinck (1854-1921) arr. Snyder
  • Meditation from Thäis - Jules Massenet (1842-1912) (Kelly Smith Toney, violin, guest artist)
  • Food, Glorious Food and Where is Love? from Oliver! - Lionel Bart (1930-1999) arr. Huff
  • River from The Mission - Enio Marricone (1928-)
  • Welsh Lullaby (Suo Gan) from Empire of the Sun - arr. Herrington and Glick
  • Caprices from The Red Violin - John Corigliano (1938-) (Kelly Smith Toney, violin, guest artist)
  • Una voce poco fa from Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) - Giacchino Rossini (1792-1868) (Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo soprano, guest artist)
  • Reprise: The Sound of Music and My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music - Richard Rodgers (1902-1979)
  • Simple Song from Mass - Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
  • I Feel Pretty from West Side Story - Bernstein (Sonja Bruzauskas, mezzo soprano, guest artist)
  • Somewhere from West Side Story - Bernstein
  • When You Believe from Prince of Egypt - Stephen Schwartz (1948-)

 

 

Fall 2003

Prelude by The Pelican State Brass (guest artist)

Musick's Empire - Lloyd Pfautch (1921-2003), arr. Ellis

Veni, veni Emanuel - 8th c. text, 13th c. manuscript

Hodie Christus Natus Est - 13th c. Britain

Wexford Carol - 12th c. Irish, arr. Goetze

Adam Lay Ybounden - Peter Warlock (1894-1930), 15th c. text

Riu, riu, chiu - 16th c. Spanish, arr. Snyder

'Twas in the moon of wintertime - French Canadian tune, c. 1641, arr. Hinton

O Jesulein Süss! O Jesulein mild! - harmonized J.S. Bach (1685-1750)

Esurientes implevit bonis from Magnificat, BWV 243 - J.S. Bach (David Shaler, countertenor, guest artist)

And the Glory from Messiah - G.F. Handel (1685-1759), arr. Stevens

Regina Angelorum from Litaniae Lauretanae, K. 109, W.A. Mozart (1756-1791), arr. Bennett

God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - Traditional English, arr. Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

I Wonder as I Wander - Appalachian carol, arr. Osborne

Mary Had a Baby - African-American spiritual, arr. Kinsman

Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson (1908-1975), arr. Gerbrecht (Pelican State Brass, guest artists)

Christmas Time is Here - Vince Guaraldi (1928-1976), arr. Pugh

Carols of Christmas - Traditional, arr. Crutchfield

 

Spring 2003

featuring • Helen Hoffpauir • Drew Lamonica Arms • Howard Jackson • Jack Wilson •

  • Psalm 100 (reading)
  • Psalm 150 - arr. Pelz
  • Brother James' Air (Psalm 23) - Bain, arr. Jacob
  • Lift Ev'ry Voice - James Weldon Johnson (Anthony Ellis, guest artist)
  • A Birthday - Christina Rossetti (reading)
  • She Shall Have Music - Nick Page
  • Oliver Cromwell - Benjamin Britten
  • Sweet and Low - John Leavitt
  • The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost (reading)
  • Counting-Out Rhyme - Tom Benjamin
  • Sympathy - Paul Lawrence Dunbar (reading)
  • Pavane - Gabriel Faure
  • One Perfect Rose - Dorothy Parker (reading)
  • Assorted Limericks (reading)
  • Jabberwocky - Carolyn Jennings
  • Too Many Daves - Dr. Seuss (reading)
  • You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch - Jeff Funk
  • The English are So Nice! - D.H. Lawrence (reading)
  • It Was a Lover and His Lass - John Rutter
  • The Vagabond - Robert Louis Stevenson (reading)
  • Ae Fond Kiss - Trad. Scottish, arr. Kesselman
  • Her Hands - Anna Hempstead Branch (reading)
  • My Mom - Walter Donaldson

   

 

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