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San Tan Community Performing Arts History

San Tan Chorale began its first Fall 206 session with 29 members. This Fall 2011 session membership reached 87. All totaled, 205 members have performed with the chorale. The number of regular session events to date total 32 performances.

Additionally, guest performances with Sister's Christmas Catechism, The Chandler Symphony Orchestra, Maricopa County's 12k's of Christmas, a tour to Hawaii and Washington, DC, and a Memorial Day concert, the Chorale has participated in 50 singing opportunities.

San Tan Orchestra has been an entity performing with the Chorale since February 2007 with the Rutter Requiem performance. Its first independent concert was Fall 2010 and the second concert in Spring 2011. Directed by Katherine Shields, the San Tan Orchestra performed "Mozart and More" for their Fall Concert of 2011.

San Tan Players, the theatrical branch of STCPA has had 2 sessions as part of the Madrigal Feaste performances including "A Ring of Truth" in January of 2010 and "Three Jesters in the Fountain" in January 2011.

Season/Year Concert Title Venue Repertoire Program Cover
Fall 2006 "Broadway Lites" Higley Performing Arts Center, Mesa

First Lutheran Church, Mesa

Anything Goes (Porter – Kern)
Comedy Tonight (Sondheim – Gilpin)
Light in the Piazza (Guettel – Purifoy)
One Day More (Schonberg – Brymer)
Rhythm of Life (Coleman – Barnes)
Steam Heat (Adler – Huff)
There’s No Business Like Show Business (Berlin – Brymer)
Think of Me (Webber – Huff)
Winner Takes it All (Andersson – Gilpin)
Winter 2007 "A Rutter Repose" Church of the Master Presbyterian, Mesa

First Methodist Church, Mesa

All Things Bright and Beautiful (Rutter)
Down by the Riverside (arr. Rutter)
For the Beauty of the Earth (Rutter)
Music’s Always There With You (Rutter)
Requiem (Rutter)
Spring 2007 "Music Through the Ages" First Methodist Church, Gilbert

Velda Rose UMC, Mesa

Welcome One and Welcome All (Snyder)
Fair Phyllis (Farmer)
Ave Verum Corpus (Byrd)
Come, Ye Sons of Art (Purcell)
Sing Unto God (Handel)
Hail to Thee (Mozart – Liebergen)
Agnus Dei (Haydn)
William Tell Overture (Rossini – Eshliman)
He, Watching Over Israel (Mendelssohn)
Zion’s Walls (Copland – Kopomen)
Shenandoah / He’s Gone Away (arr. Hayes)
Come to the Music (Martin)
Fall 2007 "Touring America Through Song" Our Saviors Lutheran Church, Mesa

Epiphany Lutheran Church, Chandler

50 States in Rhyme (Wrytzen, Brower – Jennings)
Hymn to America (Parry – Snyder)
Manhattan Melodies (Dublin, Warren, Ebb, Kander – Schmutte)
Isle of hope, Isle of Tears (Graham – Leavitt)
New York State of Mind (Joel – Zegree)
Oklahoma (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
Red River Valley (arr. Rentz)
Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride (Silvestri, Ho’omalu – Huff)
Aurora Borealis (Bernon)
Mississippi Mud (Cavanaugh, Barris – Shaw)
Louisiana 1927 (Newman – Althouse)
Yellow Rose of Texas (arr. Leavitt)
Oh Shenandoah (arr. Schram)
Homeland (Spring-Rice, Stroope, Holst – Stroope)
Winter 2008 "Amy Beach
Mass in E-Flat Major"
Velda Rose UMC, Mesa

Arizona Community Church, Tempe

Grand Mass in E Flat Major
Spring 2008 "Rhythmic Reverberations of America" Mesa Baptist Church, Mesa

St. Luke Lutheran Church, Mesa

Mountain Music (Owen – Huff)
I Walk the Line: The Music of Johnny Cash (arr. Billingsley)
Hush! Somebody’s Callin’ My Name (arr. Dennard)
Fly Away Medley (arr. Hayes)
Stephen Foster Tribute (arr. Martin)
Put a Little Love in Your Heart (Holiday, Myers, DeShannon – Althouse)
Y.M.C.A (Belolo, Morali, Willis – Emerson)
Puttin’ on the Ritz (Berlin – Shaw)
Two Too Wet! (arr. Althouse)
All Aboard! (Warren, Gordon, Merce – Althouse)
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (Mason – Martin)
Farewell, My Friend (Poorman)
I’m Going Home (Breedlove – Choplin)
Fall 2008 "A Journey in Song" King of Glory Lutheran, Tempe

Risen Savior Lutheran Church, Chandler

Come Travel With Me (Farthing)
Fly With Me (Hayes)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Sherman – Funk)
Skye Boat Song (arr. Rodgers)
Swiftly Glides the Bonny Boat (Beethoven)
Ride the Gospel Train (Franklin)
Trolley Song (Martin, Blane – Billingsly)
On the Good Ship Lollipop (Clare, Whiting – Swietlicki)
Swim Little Fishy (Beck)
Good Charlottes Final Voyage (Parker & Courtney)
Song of the Tall Ship (Luttrell & Hayes)
Ride the Chariot (arr. Smith)
Wells Fargo Wagon (Willson – Emerson)
Come Sail Away (DeYoung – Shaw)
Fun, Fun, Fun (Wilson, Love – Emerson)
When Your Heart Has Wings (Merk, Holter, Many – Ray)
Holiday 2008 "Handel Messiah Selections" Sun Lakes UMC, Sun Lakes

(with Chandler Symphony Orchestra)

Handel Messiah Selections  
Winter 2009 "The Baroque Masterworks of Bach & Vivaldi" Mountain View High School, Mesa

Velda Rose UMC, Mesa

Vivaldi's Gloria & Bach's Cantata #80-Ein Feste Burg
Spring 2009 "Global Notes" Trinity Baptist Church, Mesa

Gold Canyon UMC, Gold Canyon

Cielito Lindo (arr. Harlow)
Loch Lomond (arr. Lantz)
Who Can Sail (arr. Littleton)
Russian Picnic (Enders)
Three Hungarian Folk Songs (Bartok – Suchoff)
Tatkovina (arr. Jasperse)
Bwanna Awabariki (arr. Butler)
Grumble Too Much (Schram)
Ahrirang (arr. DeCormier)
Four French Folk Songs (arr. Kirk)
Rising of the Moon (arr. Emerson)
Lass from the Low Country (arr. Courtney)
Lo Yissa Goy (arr. Beck)
American Folk Suite (arr. Althouse)
Summer 2009 "Hawaii Bon Voyage" Concerts - Hawaii Concerts First Evangelical Lutheran church, Mesa

Trinity Lutheran Church, Fountain Hills

All Aboard (Warren – Althouse)
Barn Dance (arr. Adams)
Colorado Trail (arr. Snyder)
Fifty States in Rhyme (Wyrtzen – Jennings)
Hymn to America (Parry – Snyder)
I Walk the Line (Cash – Billingsley)
Patriotic Salute (arr. Spevacek)
Sing a Song of Peace (Gallina)
Wells Fargo Wagon (Willson – Emerson)
Fall 2009 "Musical Memories" Trinity Baptist Church, Mesa

Risen Savior Lutheran Church, Chandler

Those Were the Days (Raskin – Ley)
Moments to Remember (Bricusse, Williams – McPheeters)
Somewhere in My Memory (Allen – Strommen)
Ancient Mother (arr. Bradfield)
Try to Remember (Jones, Schmidt – Althouse)
Memories (Chatman)
Memory (Webber – Lojeski)
Complete History of Western Music (Snyder)
Where Have All the Flowers Gone (Seeger – DeCormier)
Do You Recall (arr. Kirk)
In this Ancient House (Gray)
Old Time Rock and Roll (Jackson, Jones – Funk)
Long Time Ago (arr. Wagner)
Yesterday Once More (Bettis, Carpenter)
Musical Memories (Perry)
On This Day (Strouse – Huff)
Holiday 2009 - With Chandler Symphony Holiday Concert with the Chandler Symphony Orchestra Sun Lakes UMC, Sun Lakes Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind (Rutter)
Candlelight Carol (Rutter)
Hallelujah Chorus (Handel)
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (arr. Rutter)
We Wish You a Merry Christmas (arr. Rutter)
Winter 2010 Madrigal Feaste Crescent Run Ballroom, Mesa Three Fragmented Farces (Walth)
Banquet Fugue (Rutter)
Fair Phyllis I Saw (Farmer – Walker)
Feast – Sweet 1 (Petker)
Feast – Sweet 2 (Petker)
Feast – Sweet 3 (Petker)
Good Cheer (arr. Snyder)
Hear Ye, Hear Ye (Shaw)
Let Us Dance, Let Us Sing (Purcell – Spevacek)
Madrigal of Joy (Spevacek)
Mouse Madrigal (arr. Porter)
One Minute Madrigal (Moore)
Sing of the Spring (Morley – Albrecht)
Spring 2010 Mozart Requiem Velda Rose UMC, Mesa

Gold Canon UMC, Gold Canyon

Mozart Requiem
Summer 2010 Variety Show Our Savior Lutheran Church, Mesa  
Fall 2010 "Bits of Britain" Risen Savior Lutheran Church, Chandler

St. Luke Lutheran Church, Mesa

What If I Never Speed (Dowland)
Love Changes Everything (Webber – Lojeski)
I Love My Love (arr. Holtz)
A Tribute to Queen (arr. Brymer)
In Moonlight (Shelley, Elgar)
The Gondoliers (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Yellow Submarine (Lennon, McCartney – Brymer)
Short Festival Te Deum (Holst)
Barbara Allen (arr. Spevacek)
H.M.S. Pinafore Medley (Gilbert & Sullivan – Epp)
Jerusalem (Blake, Parry – Jacobsen)
Love is All You Need – Beatles Medley (arr. Emerson)
Winter 2011 "A Taste of Italy - Madrigal Feaste" Fiesta Fountains, Mesa All Ye Who Music Love (Spevacek)
Come, Now Let Us Be Joyful (Vecchi – Greyson)
Cricket (Des Prez – Merrill)
Fa Una Canzona (Vecci – Parker-Shaw)
Feast – Sweet 1 (Petker)
Feast – Sweet 1 (Petker)
Feast – Finale (Petker)
Gastronomical Fugue (Shaw)
Hear Ye, Hear Ye (Shaw)
I Delight in All Your Beauty (Gastoldi – Liebergen)
Love Now Invites Us (Gastoldi – Liebergen)
Matona Mia Cara (di Lasso – Robinson)
Pasta (Shaw)
Welcome One and Welcome All (Snyder)
Spring 2011 "Five Year Flashback" Christ's Greenfield Lutheran Church, Gilbert

Gold Canyon UMC, Gold Canyon

Fly With Me (Hayes)
Lo Yissa Goy (arr. Beck)
Eine Feste Burg (Bach)
Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears (Graham – Leavitt)
The Gondoliers (Gilbert & Sullivan)
Aurora Borealis (Bernon)
Lacrymosa (Mozart)
On This day (Strouse)
Old Time Rock and Roll (Jackson, Jones)
Barbara Allen (arr. Spevacek)
The Lord Is My Shepherd (Rutter)
Rhythm of Life (Barnes, Fields, Coleman)
Hush Somebody’s Callin’ My Name
Domine Fili Unigenite (Vivaldi)
Pasta (Shaw)
William Tell Overture (Rossini – Eschliman)
Summer 2011 "Memorial Celebration Concert" Fountain Hills Presbyterian Church, Fountain Hills

Washington DC Trip Preparation

National Anthem (Bennett)
Patriotic Salute (arr. Spevacek)
Sing a Song of Peace (Gallina)
God of Our Fathers (Roberts, Warren – Wilberg)
God Bless America (Berlin – Davis)
Proud to Serve (arr. Davis)
America the Beautiful (Bates, Ward – Wilberg)
Hymn to the Fallen (Williams)
On This Day (Strouse – Huff)
Let Peace Then Still the Strife (Warner – Wilberg)
Look to this Day, For It Is Life (Gilpin)
Battle Hymn of the Republic (Howe, Steffe – Wilhousky)
Fall 2011 "And the Oscar(r) goes to..." Christ's Greenfield Lutheran Church, Gilbert

Epiphany Lutheran Church, Chandler

Let’s Go to the Movies (Charnin, Strouse – Billingsley)
Zip-a-dee-doo-dah (Bilbert, Wrubel – Huff)
When You Wish Upon a Star (Washington, Harline – Ringwald)
Over the Rainbow (Arlen, Harburg – Hayes)
Jai Ho (Rahman, Gulzar, Shah – Brymer)
My Heart Will Go On (Horner, Jennings)
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (Webster, Fain – Ringwald)
Lullaby of Broadway (Dubin, Warren – Althouse)
High Hopes (Cahn, Van Heusen – Shaw)
Take My Breath Away (Moroder, Whitlock – Brymer)
Over the Rainbow (Harburg, Arlen – Beck)
Talk to the Animals (Bicusse – Simms)
Colors of the Wind (Menken, Schwartz – Huff)
Into the West (Walks, Shore, Lennox – Billingsley)
Fame (Gore, Pitchford – Funk)
When You Believe (Schwartz – Snyder)
Let the River Run (Simon – Shaw)
 
Winter 2012 "Western Vistas" - A Tribute to Arizona Centennial Celebration Desert Cross Lutheran Church, Tempe

St. Luke Lutheran Church, Mesa

TBA

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