UAB CONCERT CHOIR


UAB Concert Choir is the select choral ensemble at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Most recently, the choir competed in the 2014 Interkultur 8th World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia, winning a gold and two silver medals in three categories (Youth Mixed, Musica sacra with accompaniment, and Spiritual). The choir’s first CD project, “Unceasing Love,” is available at digital outlets including iTunes and Amazon, and via the department’s online store. Additional activities include a World Premiere performance of Glenn McClure’s Voices of Freedom, a work commemorating the anniversaries of the Civil Rights movement and the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation in 2013, and K. Lee Scott’s Gloria for MorningStar Publications in 2012. The choir tours annually, and has given concerts in Philadelphia, PA, Knoxville, TN, Greenville, SC, and Virginia Beach, VA, and at the AMEA In- Service Conference in 2012. The choir has built a strong reputation of choral excellence, and has performed at past conferences of the American Choral Directors Association(ACDA), and in international choral competitions, including the Fleischman International Trophy Competition in Cork, Ireland and the 34th annual Florlilege Vocal de Tours in Tours, France.


Brian Kittredge joined the University of Alabama at Birmingham faculty in 2010 as Director of Choral Activities, where he conducts the University Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, University Chorus, and teaches courses in conducting and music education. Under his direction, the UAB Choirs have gained a strong presence regionally, nationally, and internationally. Most recently, the UAB Concert Choir was invited to participate in the Interkultur 8th World Choir Games in Riga, Latvia, where they earned Gold and Silver medals in three categories. Other notable performances include and invitational performance at the 2012 Alabama Music Educators Conference in Montgomery, AL., and World Premiere recording performances for MorningStar Music Publications. The UAB Choirs under his direction maintain an active touring schedule, with annual concert appearances throughout the southeast. Prior to his appointment at UAB, Kittredge served on the faculty at Louisiana State University, where he taught courses in choral conducting and conducted the LSU Schola Cantorum. He also taught middle and high school at the Louise S. McGehee School in New Orleans, LA, where his choirs appeared in performances at state, regional, and international festivals. Kittredge is an active clinician and guest conductor, and is an active member of NAfME and ACDA. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Louisiana State University (2011), a Master of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music (2004), and a Bachelor of Music degree from Mansfield University (2002).


Friday, 7:00 PM Alabama Ballroom A


Concert Program


Cantate Domino.............................................Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643).........................................................cpdl.org Bogoroditse Devo.......................................... Sergei Rachmaninoff(1873-1943)........................................................cpdl.org Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe ...............................Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847).........................................................cpdl.org


Mid-Winter Songs.................................................Morten Lauridsen(b. 1943) ...........................Opus Music Publishers, Inc. 1. Lament for Pasiphaë 2. Like Snow 3. She Tells Her Love While Half Asleep 4. Mid-Winter Waking


This Little Light of Mine....................................arr. Moses Hogan(1957-2003) .............................Hal Leonard Corporation Balleilakka ..............................................................arr. Ethan Sperry(b. 1971)......................................................Earthsongs John, the Revelator............................................... arr. Stacey V. Gibbs(b. 1962)....................................................manuscript 46


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