BRANCH COUNTY COMMUNITY CHORUS
Gerald J. Blanchard, Artistic Director
Kathy Cary, Principal Accompanist

OUR MUSIC
Please note that this is not a comprehensive list. There are numerous works which have been performed by the choir not represented on this list.

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2007/2008 SEASON (Tour: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois)
Gerald J. Blanchard, Artistic Director

Voices of Autumn (sung in Japanese)- Jackson Hill
Mass No.2, D.167- Franz Schubert
Glory to God (Messiah)- G. F. Handel
At the River- Copland
The Heaven's Are Telling(Creation) -F. J. Haydn

Patapan by Smith
The Holly and the Ivy by Boughton
There Shall a Star by Mendelssohn
Three Songs for Christmas by Grundman
Joy to the World by Handel
Love Came Down at Christmas by Fissinger
Be Thou Exalted by Handel
Shalom Chaverim by Liebergen
Gloria in Excelsis by Vivaldi
Bring Your Pipes, Bring Your Drum by Reed
Adeste Fideles by Everett

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2006/2007 SEASON (Tour: Michigan/ Indiana)
Gerald J. Blanchard, Artistic Director

Dreaming a World by Peter Boyer-(World Premier)
Premiere performances: March 9 & 10, 2007, W.K. Kellogg Auditorium, Battle Creek, Michigan
Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra, Anne Harrigan, Music Director
Kellogg Community College Choral Union, Gerald Blanchard, Director
Battle Creek Community Chorus, Brian Clissold, Director
Echoes of Grace Community Choir, Wyhomme Matthews, Director
Battle Creek Girls’ Chorus, Brian Clissold, Director
Battle Creek Boychoir, Brooks Grantier, Director
Sojourner Truth Youth Chorus, Pauline Norris, Director
Premiere performances conducted by Anne Harrigan, conductor of the Battle Creek Symphont
Heilig, Heilig (double choir)-MENDELSSOHN
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2005/2006 SEASON
Gerald J. Blanchard, Artistic Director

Hodie- Sweelinck
Do You Hear What I Hear- Mac Huff & John Jacobson
Gaudete- Annon.
Red, Red Rose- Mulholland
Music of the Night-Webber
Messiah- G. F. Handel
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2004/2005 SEASON
Gerald J. Blanchard, Artistic Director

Fum, Fum, Fum- arr. Alice Parker & Robert Shaw
Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas -arr. Russ Robinson
Mister Sandman
Cruela Devil
Lo, How A Rose Er'r Blooming-Wilberg
Medieval Gloria- Vijay Singh
Hush, Somebody's Callin My Name-Dennard
Fauna Cazona-Vecchi
Gaudete- Annon.
Carol of the Bells- Mikhail Leontovich/Wilhousky
Missa in Angustiis (Lord Nelson) F. J. Haydn (w/ orchestra)
When I Fall in Love- Heyman
Winter Cantabile
Bidi, bidi bom-David Eddleman
O Magnum Mysterium (double choir with Brass/organ)- Giovanni Gabrieli
Trial by Jury (excerpts)- Gilbert/Sullivan

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2003/2004 SEASON
Deric Craig-director

"GLORIA"
Gloria by Rutter

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2002/2003 SEASON
Deric Craig-director

"MUSICAL COLLAGE"
Ave Maria- Victoria
Ave Maria- Arcadelt
Ave Maria- Stravinsky
Ave Maria- Beibl
Fa una Canzona- Vecchi
Sicut cervus-Palestrina
Hear the Murmuring Waters- Monteverdi
Ave Verum Corpus- Mozart
Vive L'mour- Parker/Shaw
Red, Red Rose- Mulholland
Saul- Hovland
Past Life Melodies- Hopkins
Route 66- Troup
When I Fall in Love- Heyman
Swonderful- Gershwin
Pie Jesu- Webber
Music of the Night-Webber

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2001/2002 SEASON
Deric Craig-director

"SACRED MUSIC THROUGH THE AGES"
Ave Maria- Victoria
Sicut cervus- Palestrina
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring- J. S. Bach
Gloria in Excelsis Deo- W. A. Mozart
When Jesus Wept- Billings
John Saw the Number- Shaw/Parker
At the River- Copland
Simple Gifts- Copland
Zion's Walls- Copland
eep River-Hayes
City Called Heaven- Poelinitz
Sing Me to Heaven-Gawthrop

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2008 Choir Tour Information
2008 Choir Tour (printable version)

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