THE MUSIC MINISTRY OF PEACHTREE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH PRESENTS
Sunday, June 8, 2025 | 4pm | The Sanctuary
Days of Elijah
MAH KOUYATE, SOLOIST • CHANCEL CHOIR
REFRAIN:
Behold He comes! Riding on a cloud!
Shining like the sun! At the trumpet call, Lift your voice! Year of jubilee!
Out of Zion’s hill salvation comes!
These are the days of Elijah,
Declaring the Word of the Lord; And these are the days of Your servant Moses, Righteousness being restored;
And though these are days of great trials, Of famine and darkness and sword;
Still we are the voice in the desert crying “Prepare ye the way of the Lord!’” REFRAIN
These are the days of Ezekiel!
The dry bones becoming as flesh.
And these are the days of your servant David
Building the temple of praise.
And these are the days of the harvest, The fields are as white in the world; And we are the laborers in your vineyard
Declaring the word of the Lord! REFRAIN
There’s no God like Jehovah!
There’s no God like Jehovah!
There’s no God like Jehovah!
There’s no God like Jehovah!
REFRAIN
WELCOME
& PRAYER
DR � CHUCK ROBERTS | SENIOR ASSOCIATE PASTOR
Alexander’s Ragtime Band IRVING BERLIN/ARR � CYNTHIA DOBRINSKI
CHANCEL BELLS
DONNIE MCCLURKIN
You’ll Never Walk Alone/Climb Every Mountain RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN/ARR � MARK HAYES
ELIZABETH CASTILLO, SOLOIST • CHANCEL CHOIR
When you walk through a storm, Hold your head up high
And don’t be afraid of the dark. At the end of the storm is a golden sky And the sweet silver song of a lark.
Walk on through the rain,
Though your dreams be tossed and blown. Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart, And you’ll never walk alone.
You’ll never walk alone.
Climb every mountain, Search high and low.
Follow every byway, Every path you know.
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Mine eyes have seen the glory
Of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage
Climb every mountain, Ford every stream.
Follow every rainbow, Till you find your dream!
A dream that will need
All the love you can give.
Every day of your life
For as long as you live.
Climb every mountain, Ford every stream.
Follow every rainbow
Till you find your dream!
CHANCEL CHOIR
Where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning
Of His terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
REFRAIN
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah! His truth is marching on!
I have seen Him in the watchfires Of a hundred circling camps;
PETER WILHOUSKY
They have builded Him an altar
In the evening dews and damps; I can read His righteous sentence In the dim and flaring lamps, His day is marching on!
REFRAIN
In the beauty of the lilies, Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom
That transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy,
Let us live to make men free,
While God is marching on.
REFRAIN
Armed Services Medley
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This Is My Country
Sure On This Shining Night
CHANCEL BELLS
Sure on this shining night
Of star made shadows round,
Kindness must watch for me
This side the ground,
On this shining night, This shining night.
Chanson de Matin
The late year lies down the north,
All is healed, all is health.
High summer holds the earth.
Hearts all whole.
Sure on this shining night.
I weep for wonder
Wandering far alone
Of shadows on the stars.
Sure on this shining night.
YANNIE TAN, CONDUCTING
Sous le ciel de Paris
ALVARD MAYILYAN, SOLOIST • MATTHEW KAMINSKI, ACCORDION
TRANSLATION:
Under the sky of Paris, a song flies away
It was born today in a young man’s heart
Under the sky of Paris, lovers walk around
Their happiness builds upon
A tune made for them
Under Bercy bridge a philosopher sits
Two musicians, some onlookers,
Then thousands of people
Under the Paris sky, they’ll sing until dusk
The hymn of people in love with this old city
Near Notre Dame, sometimes drama broods
But at Paname, everything comes together
Rays from the summer sky, sailor’s accordion
Hope blooms in Paris’ sky.
HUBERT GIRAUD
ALVARD MAYILYAN, SOLOIST • MATTHEW KAMINSKI, ACCORDION
TRANSLATION:
What good is it, love?
People are always telling their foolish stories. But what good is it, love?
Love can’t be explained; It comes, just like that, From where no one knows And suddenly it takes hold. Me, I’ve heard it said That it makes you suffer It makes you cry, What good is it?
It brings us joy with tears in our eyes, It is sad and marvelous. People say it’s a deceiver, That there is one
in every pair
Who is never happy.
Even when one has lost,
A love one knew, There is a taste of honey, Love the eternal That’s all very pretty, But when all is over and done, It leaves you nothing
But a huge unhappiness.
All that now seems
To be tearing you apart, Tomorrow will be A memory of pure joy.
All in all, if I understand it, Without love in your life,
Daniel, Daniel, Servant of the Lord
Without its joys and sadness, You’ve lived for nothing. Ah yes. Look at me. I have believed in it every time And will believe always. That is what love is for.
But you, you are the last You are the first.
Before you there was nothing; With you I feel fine. It is you who I want, you who I need, You whom I will love always: That’s what love is for.
JEFF AKANA & WENDEL STEPHENS, SOLOISTS
PEACHTREE CHORALE
REFRAIN
Oh, the king cried, “Oh! Daniel, Daniel, Oh, Daniel, Daniel, oh! That-a Hebrew Daniel, Servant of the Lord!”
Among the Hebrew nation.
One Hebrew, Daniel was found. They put him in a-the lion’s den. He stayed there all night long. REFRAIN
Now the king in his sleep was troubled, And early in the morning he rose, To find God had sent a-his angel down To lock the lion’s jaws! REFRAIN
I Know I’ve Been Changed ����� TRAD� SPIRITUAL/DAMON DANDRIDGE SEAN SAVAGE, SOLOIST • PEACHTREE CHORALE
I know I’ve been changed the angels in heaven done signed my name
I prayed all night, I prayed all day too, I’ll keep on praying ‘til I come through.
I stepped in the water and the water was cold It chilled my body but not my soul
If you don’t believe I’ve been redeemed, Just follow me down to that Jordan stream
Beautiful River (Shall We Gather at the River)
TRADITIONAL/ARR � JOHN RUTTER
CHANCEL CHOIR
Shall we gather at the river, Where bright angel feet have trod; With its crystal tide forever
Flowing by the throne of God?
Yes, we’ll gather at the river, The beautiful, beautiful river, Gather with the saints at the river That flows by the throne of God.
On the bosom of the river, Where the Savior King we own, We shall meet, and sorrow never, ‘Neath the glory of the throne.
Yes, we’ll gather at the river, The beautiful, beautiful river, Gather with the saints at the river That flows by the throne of God.
Ere we reach the shining river, Lay we every burden down; Grace our spirits will deliver, And provide a robe and crown.
Yes, we’ll gather at the river,
The beautiful, beautiful river, Gather with the saints at the river That flows by the throne of God.
Soon we’ll reach the shining river, Soon our pilgrimage will cease; Soon our happy hearts will quiver With the melody of peace.
Yes, we’ll gather at the river, The beautiful, beautiful river, Gather with the saints at the river That flows by the throne of God
I’ll Be On My Way
SEAN SAVAGE, SOLOIST • CHANCEL CHOIR
When I am gone, don’t you cry for me, Don’t you pity my sorry soul. What pain there might have been Will now be past and my spirit will be whole.
I’ll be on my way, I’ll be on my way.
I’ll have left my feet of clay upon the ground, I will be glory bound, I’ll be on my way.
When I am gone, please forgive The wrongs that I might have done to you; There’ll be no room for regrets up there, High above, way beyond the blue.
I’ll be on my way, I’ll be on my way.
I’ll have laid my frown And all my burdens down, I’ll be putting on my crown,
I’ll be on my way.
When I am gone, don’t you look for me
In the places I have been; I’ll be alive but somewhere else, I’ll be on my way again!
I’ll be on my way! I’ll be on my way!
I will lift my wings and soar into the air, There’ll be glory everywhere, I’ll be on my way.
I’ll be on my way! I’ll be on my way!
I’ll have laid my frown
And all my burdens down, I’ll be putting on my crown, I’ll be on my way.
I’ll have left my feet of clay upon the ground, I will be glory bound, I’ll be on my way!
MAH KOUYATE, SOLOIST
When I think of home, I think of a place
Where there’s love overflowing
I wish I was home, I wish I was back there
With the things I’ve been knowing Wind that makes the tall grass
Bend into leaning,
Suddenly the raindrops that fall
Have a meaning, Sprinkling the scene, Makes it all clean.
Maybe there’s a chance for me to go back
Now that I have some direction;
It sure would be nice to be back home
Where there’s love and affection
And just maybe I can convince time to slow up, Givin me enough time in my life to grow up:
Time be my friend, And let me start again.
Suddenly my world’s gone And changed its fate
And I still know where I’m going I have had my mind spun round in space
And watched it growing
And if you’re listening, God, Please don’t make it hard
To know if we should believe
The things that we see
Tell us should we try and stay
Or should we run away
Or will it be better just to let things be.
Living here in this brand new world
Might be a fantasy
But it’s taught me to love, And its real, so real to me
And I’ve learned that we must look
Inside our hearts to find
A world full of love, like yours,
Like mine: like home!
“One Day More” from Les Misérables
ALAIN BOUBIL & CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG
SOLOISTS: CLARENCE BELL, CALEB NELSON, EMILY NELSON, SARAH DEMPSTER, MICHAEL VAVASES, JEFF AKANA, LARA LONGSWORTH, SEAN SAVAGE
JOIN US after the concert for ice cream on the Green Space
MUSIC MINISTRY STAFF
Mary Hoffman Senior Director of Music
Steven Wooddell Organist
Heather Ellison Chancel Bells Director
Sarah Dempster Senior Worship Associate
Meredith Baker Senior Children’s Music Associate
Todd Fields Contemporary Worship Leader
Jason Maynard Principal Pianist
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SUNDAY WORSHIP
9:45am | Traditional Worship
11:15am | Contemporary Worship
CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL CONCERT
Sunday, December 7 | 5pm | The Sanctuary
SOPRANO
Gail
Barbara
Karina
Kathy
Emily
Babs
Kathy
SPECIAL GUEST ARTISTS
ELIZABETH CASTILLO
The Soprano Elizabeth Claxton Castillo has toured across Europe and the United States � She is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music in London, England � Some of her concert performances include Mozart’s Exultate Jubilate with Atlanta Opera’s Rolando Salazar conducting, Rutter’s Magnificat and the Brahms Requiem in Atlanta’s Spivey Hall, under the direction of Dr� John Ratledge, Shostakovich’s Seven Poems of Alexander Blok for Piano Trio and voice Opus 127 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Gerhilda in Die Walküre with The London Philharmonic, Elijah , Verdi Requiem , Carmina Burana , and A Sea Symphony� She was winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Georgia (2008) and Florida (2006) District Auditions �
Elizabeth has performed the title role in The Merry Widow and debuted the role of Winnie Verloc in the World Premiere, The Secret Agent with Capitol City Opera in Atlanta � Other roles include Donna Anna, Musetta, Violetta, and Rosalinda � Just recently she premiered John Ratledge’s La Divina Sirena for voice and piano at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall � She is now Senior Worship Coordinator as well as staff singer at Peachtree Presbyterian Church, all while managing her very active two little girls along with her husband, Roy�
MATTHEW KAMINSKI
Matthew Kaminski is best known as the organist at Truist Park for our own Atlanta Braves! He’s been playing for the Braves since the 2009 season. A popular figure in the baseball world, he’s known for entertaining the crowds with funny musical asides when a player from the opposing team is announced � He is also a versatile musician who’s proficient on the piano and accordion as well as the Hammond B3 organ �
Kaminski learned to love music from his father, a Polish immigrant who played the accordion and sang polka tunes around the house � He began studying the organ at the age of five, and continued studying through college, earning a Master of Music degree from Georgia State University� While attending both The University of Arizona and Georgia State University, Matthew was fortunate enough to perform with many master jazz musicians � Outside of his seasonal day job, Kaminski is a very busy performing and recording artist, having released three studio CDs and a self-released digital album � He’s a member of a Latin Salsa orchestra called Orquesta MaCuba , plays accordion for a western swing band called Back in the Saddle, and leads a polka band called The Georgia Polka Connection by singing, playing the accordion and the organ �
MAH KOUYATE
A rising 8th grader at The Ron Clark Academy, Mah is an honor roll student known for her creativity and charisma � She serves as lead vocalist in school musicals, serving as a youth ambassador at the Model UN�
Whether performing the National Anthem for the Atlanta Falcons, singing at a Skyhawks game or at a private event, Mah Kouyate captivates every audience � A classically trained vocalist with Kanjani Chamber Choir, she showcases both versatility and passion � Mah also excels on clarinet and cello, and was recently inducted into the Tri-M® Music Honor Society�
From pitching tech ideas to investors and managing a restaurant, to presenting on NBA TV and being interviewed by Gayle King on CBS Mornings in New York, Mah has already tackled each challenge with poise and insight � She managed and led team building, choreography, and competition preparation with the RCA Essentials Step Team, helping secure their fourth consecutive national Stomp Wars championship in Texas �
Mah is driven by a passion for learning, a desire to pursue a career in medicine, and a vision to open a global healthcare facility, and she is committed to making a difference in the world �
ALVARD MAYILYAN
Alvard Mayilyan joined the Peachtree Choir as a staff singer in 2021 � The Armenian born mezzo-soprano holds a Master’s Degree in Music from the Yerevan State Conservatory and another Master’s Degree in French language from the Yerevan Linguistic University� Ms � Mayilyan has already performed all over Europe as well as in her homeland Armenia � A performing artist, professor, and music educator, she believes that the “music education is THE key”; she teaches voice and piano in her private studio in East Cobb�
SEAN SAVAGE
Lyric tenor, Sean Savage, has been a regularly-featured soloist at Peachtree Presbyterian Church for over five years. Sean began his career with the Virginia Opera Association as a chorister� He has performed in various opera productions, including Rigoletto, Turandot, La Boheme, and Sweeny Todd with the Capitol City Opera Company, and he sang the role of St � Brioche in The Merry Widow�
Sean was a featured soloist at the Piccolo Spoleto Music Festival in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2014 � Around the city of Atlanta, he has appeared in various theatrical and vocal venues, as well as singing commercial specials �
YANNIE TAN
Yannie Tan is thrilled to return to the Pops Concert—a place that transformed her life � In 2019, her performance of the piano cover of the Tom and Jerry at this very concert went viral, launching a YouTube music career that reached audiences around the world � She went on to attend Stanford University, where she graduated in 2024 with a minor in music, studying conducting for works such as The Firebird and Mars by Holst � She later interned at Disney where she worked as a Technical Director intern on the production of Moana 2 , which only emphasizes her love for music and entertainment �
Yannie remains deeply committed to classical performance and is currently based in New York City, where she works at a healthcare startup and dabbles on the violin in the Weill Cornell Medical College community orchestra
A pianist at heart, she continues to perform and compose, with aspirations to release a Chopin Waltz album in the near future �
2025-2026 CONCERT SEASON
GLORIA LEVEL
$5,000 and above
Mr Lewis Brannon
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Friends of Frank Skinner
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$2,500–$4,999
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$500—$999
Mrs Judy Bicknell
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PROCESSIONAL LEVEL
$100—$499
Ms Melissa Clements
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PRELUDE LEVEL
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$1,000—$2,499
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