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ATHENS FUMC
DAVIDSON FINE ARTS
THE DAVIDSON CHORALE Director: PHILLIP STREETMAN
The Davidson Chorale from the John S. Davidson Fine Arts Magnet School in Augusta, GA performs regularly at prestigious events and venues in their home state of Georgia, across the nation, and internationally. Founded in 1981 by the late Kitty Lamb, the Chorale achieved national notoriety under director Dr. James Dunaway, garnering invitations in 2004 and 2005 to appear at the American Choral Directors Association Divisional and National Conventions, as well as performances at the Georgia Music Educators Association conference in 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012. In 2007, The Chorale performed at the Music Educators National Conference Southern Division Convention in Charleston, South Carolina.In 2007, and again in 2008, The Chorale became the first high school ensemble to present a concert on the National Gallery of Art Concert Series in Washington, D. C.. In 2010, the Chorale received an exclusive invitation to sing for Easter Sunday services at the historic St. Thomaskirche in Leipzig, Germany, the home church of J. S. Bach. The choir followed up this honor with a world-premiere performance at Lincoln Center in NYC in 2011, and an invitation in 2012 to appear at Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, home of the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They are the 2012 Winners of the American Prize in Choral Performance and appeared at the 2014 Southern Division ACDA Conference under the direction of Dr. Timothy Powell and performed in Dublin, Kilkenny, and Belfast Ireland in 2016 also received distinguished honor to perform at the Low Sunday Mass at Christ Church under the direction of Phillip Streetman.
Across the Vast, Eternal Sky………………………………………………………………………………………....Ola Geilo The Snow, Op. 26, No. 1 ….………………………………………………………..…Edward Elgar, arr. John Rutter Dr. Laura Tomlin, Violin I; Mrs. Amy Ellington, Violin II
I love my love....……………………………….………………………………………………………….……….Gustav T. Holst Choose Something Like a Star (from Frostiana)…………………………..….……………Randall Thompson Nox Aurumque…………………………………………………………………..……….………………………….Eric Whitacre Of Crows and Clusters……………………………………….……………………………..……………Norman Dello Joio 84
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