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Western Carolina University School of Music
WCU Concert Choir and University Chorus
Directed by Dr. Allison Thorp

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2026
7:30 PM, Bardo Performing Arts Center

Program

University Chorus
America, the Beautiful………..Music: Samuel Ward; Text: Katherine Lee Bates

Sure On This Shining Night……….Music: Samuel Barber; Text: James Agee

Ev’ry Time I Feel the Spirit…………..African American Spiritual; arr. William Dawson

Dear Theodosia…………..Music and Text: Lin-Manuel Miranda; arr. Andy Beck

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor……….Music: Irving Berlin; arr. David Chase; Text: Emma Lazarus


Concert Choir
Modern Musick………..Music and Text: William Billings

My Lord, What a Mornin’………..African American Spiritual; arr. Harry T. Burleigh

Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal…………..Music and Text: Invitation; arr. Alice Parker

Pine Psalm………Music: Jonathan Reid; Text: Emma Galloway Stephens

The Word Was God……….Music: Rosephanye Powell; Text: John 1:1-3


Combined Choirs
I Dream a World……….Music: Dwight Bigler; Text: Langston Hughes