THE USM SOUTHERN CHORALE


The Southern Chorale is the primary touring ensemble at the University of Southern Mississippi. The group has appeared at numerous meetings of ACDA and MENC, including national conventions in Chicago and Los Angeles and the Southern Division ACDA in Memphis. Recent endeavors include a recording project of the music of native Mississippi composer James Mulholland and a performance of the Mass in B Minor by JS Bach. In the last decade the group has had concert tours of England, France, Mexico, and Jamaica. In 2005 Manhattan Concert Productions hosted the Chorale for a Hurricane Katrina Relief concert in


Carnegie Hall. The group has been invited to perform with the Transylvania Philharmonic, Cluj Romania, in May of 2013.


Gregory Fuller is in his thirteenth year as Director of Choral Activities at The University of Southern Mississippi. He conducts the Southern Chorale and the Hattiesburg Choral Union, teaches graduate conducting courses, supervises candidates in the master’s and doctoral conducting program, serves as the chair of the Conducting Division, and is a member of the School of Music Executive Committee. In 2004 he launched the first Southern Invitational Choral Conference, an event that now hosts over fifty institutions each September. Since arriving in 2000, he has presided over growth that has more than doubled the number of vocal/choral majors at Southern Miss.


Thursday, Jan. 10, 10:30 A.M. Concert Program


Fantasy on “LEONI” from Sacred Harmony.........Thomas Olivers/arr. J.D. Frizzell.............................................................unpublished Hymns Without Words...............................Norman Dello Joio/transcribed by Gregory Fuller...................Associated Music Publishers Alleluia...............................................................................Randall Thompson.......................................E. C. Schirmer Music Company Clapping Music ...............................................Steve Reich/transcribed by Gregory Fuller...........................Universal Edition (London)


Missa Brevis.........................................................................Leonard Bernstein..............Leonard Bernstein Music Publishing Company Brandon Ring and Karis Tucker, soloists Joey Wolfe and Matt McMurrin, chimes


I. Kyrie II. Gloria IV. Dona Nobis Pacem


Had I the Heavens’ Embroidered Cloths.....................James Quitman Mulholland......................................................Colla Voce Music Walking on the Green Grass........................American Folk Song/arranged by Michael Hennigan.............................Boosey & Hawkes


Sing We Now of Christmas ......................Traditional French Carol/arranged by Nancy Hill Cobb......................................unpublished Pamela Finch, djembe


i thank You God for most this amazing day...........................Eric Whitacre...................................................Walton Music Corporation Nikisha Williams, soprano


Windy City Romance............Peter Cetera, Gary Jackson, and Carl Smith/arranged by Jonathan Rodgers...........................unpublished Brett Barnes, Daniel Massey, and Nikisha Williams, soloists


Brooke Armstrong, Jonathan Rodgers, Aaron Strum, and Claire Welch, percussion


Wishin’ You Were Here If You Leave Me Now After the Love is Gone Higher and Higher


Roll, Jordan, Roll..................................Traditional Spiritual/arranged by Rollo Dillworth..............................Hal Leonard Corporation 32


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