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Singing City Winter Concert

66th Anniversary Concert

African-American Music—Extensions of the Tradition

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Singing City

Jeffrey Brillhart, Artistic & Music Director

Bryan Anderson,Pianist

with

The Germantown Friends School ChoirSteve Kushner, director

The Singing City Children’s ChoirSteven Fisher, director

Presents

African-American Music—Extensions of the Tradition

Saturday, February 21, 2015, 7:30 p.m.

Germantown Friends School Meeting House31 W. Coulter Street, Philadelphia, PA

On the Cover Three Folk Musicians by Romare Bearden, 1967

Art © Romare Bearden Foundation/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

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Program

I dream a world where manNo other man will scorn,

Wayfarin’ Stranger arr. Gilbert M. Martin I’ve Been in the Storm So Long arr. Harry T. Burleigh

Ben Weissman, baritone

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Audience and Choir

Shine on Me arr. Rollo Dilworth

Where love will bless the earthAnd peace its paths adorn

Down to the River to Pray arr. Philip LawsonAnne Hess, soprano

In Bright Mansions Above arr. Roland CarterI Am His Child Moses Hogan

SC Children’s Choir

I Know I’ve been Changed arr. Damon H. DandridgeWilliam Lim, tenor

Hallelujah, Salvation and Glory arr. Roscoe GillAudience and Choir

I dream a world where allWill know sweet freedom’s way,

Where greed no longer saps the soulNor avarice blights our day.

Wade in the Water arr. D. MorrowThe Drinking Gourd Trad., arr. André ThomasLet Me Fly arr. Robert DeCormier

Nicandro Iannacci, tenor

During the concert, please feel free to tell everyone that you are present with us through Twitter and Facebook. All we ask is that your phone is in silent mode!

Photos during the first ten minutes of the concert are also welcome.

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Program Notes

One hundred fifty years ago, on January 31, 1865, the 13th Amendment made it through the House of Representatives and 3.9 million African American slaves were freed. In his column in the February 8 Philadelphia Inquirer, Allen C. Guelzo wrote that,“perhaps 150 years later, the abolition of slavery is taken so much for granted we forget how much slavery had been the norm for human societies, and freedom the hard-won exception. Even today, human trafficking flourishes under the radar of Western nations, and terrorism and failed states in the rest of the world have reintroduced human slavery with dismaying ease.” There can be no question that he is correct. One hundred fifty years after the

A world I dream where black or white,Whatever race you be,

Will share the bounties of the earthAnd every man is free,

Where wretchedness will hang its headAnd joy, like a pearl,

Attends the needs of all mankind-

MLK U2, arr. Bob ChilcottWilliam Lim, tenor

Precious Lord Thomas A. Dorsey Audience and Choir

Dream Keeper Rollo Dilworth/Langston HughesSC Children’s Choir

Justice arr. Rollo DilworthKerri Williams, mezzo-soprano

My Soul’s Been Anchored Moses Hogan

Of such I dream, my world!

I Dream a World Rosephanye PowellTotal Praise Doreen Rao

Following the concert, please join us for a reception in the Social Room adjacent to the Meeting House.


13th Amendment justice has yet to become the norm in even our own city. I have long been moved by Langston Hughes’ visionary poem, “I Dream a World.” In a very real way, Langston has given us a prayer for the common good, a plea for a peaceful and just world. Given Singing City’s passion for social justice, his poem is a magnificent framework for today’s concert and helped shape my choice of repertoire. The inspiration that comes from the music of enslaved Africans in America is simply staggering. Negro spirituals have been described as “the most beautiful expression of human experience born this side of the seas.” (Jefferson Cleveland & William McClain, A Historical Account of the Negro Spiritual) That such beauty, such depth of belief could come from an enslaved people is overwhelming for the singer and frankly even more so for the conductor. Preparing to rehearse and conduct music of this profound depth is a most humbling experience. Performing these works with our dear guests from Germantown Friends School and their superb director Steve Kushner makes this concert all the more poignant. We hope that the texts and melodies we present will strengthen your resolve to be a force for justice in your community. Of such I dream, my world!

Jeffrey Brillhart

Choir and Audience

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless ChildSometimes I feel like a motherless child,Sometimes I feel like a motherless child,Sometimes I feel like a motherless child,A long way from home, a long way from home.

Sometimes I feel like I’m almost done,Sometimes I feel like I’m almost done,Sometimes I feel like I’m almost done,And a long, long way from home, a long way from home.

Hallelujah, Salvation and Glory Hallelujah, salvation and glory

Honor and power unto the Lord, our God

For the Lord, our God, is almightyYes, the Lord, our God is omnipotentThe Lord, our God, is wonderful.

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Precious LordPrecious Lord, take my handLead me on, let me standI am tired, I am weak, I am wornThrough the storm, through the nightLead me on to the lightTake my hand precious Lord, lead me home

When the darkness appears And the night draws nearAnd the day is past and goneAt the river I standGuide my feet, hold my handTake my hand precious Lord, lead me home

Precious Lord, take my handLead me on, let me standI’m tired, I’m weak, I’m doneThrough the storm, through the nightLead me on to the lightTake my hand precious Lord, lead me home

July 2016 Tour to South Africa

Join Singing City on its tour to South Africa in the summer of

2016 where we will perform in Johannesburg, Garden Route and Cape Town. Singers and non-singers welcome!

The $5,000 cost of the trip includes:Airfare from Philadelphia to Johannesburg and ground and air

transportation within South Africa; 6 performances, including concerts, informal recitals and outreach participation; 11 nights accommodation in

superior tourist class hotels, sharing twin-bedded rooms with private bathrooms; Continental breakfast plus 7 group dinners; land transportation

by private deluxe motor coach; guided sightseeing tours of Soweto, Johannesburg,and Cape Town, and visits to a penguin colony, Featherbed

Nature Reserve, and an open vehicle game drive in Pilanesberg National Park. If you are interested in participating and would like to receive more information, please contact Executive Director Lauren Anderson,

[email protected] or 267-519-5321 or visit our website:www.singingcity.org


Singing City: History and Mission

Singing City was founded as an integrated choir in 1948 in Philadelphia by Dr. Elaine Brown. The Choir was born out of the

Fellowship House movement, which believed that differences between races, religions, and cultures could be bridged by people coming together in shared activities. In addition to performances in and around Philadelphia, the Choir traveled to the South during the 1950s and ’60s struggle for civil rights, performing before integrated audiences.

As a result of critical acclaim through performances with The Philadelphia Orchestra, the Choir was invited to perform in Israel with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic and also in Jordan and Egypt while on tour in the 1970s and ‘80s. Singing City was the first western choir to perform with the Leningrad Philharmonic in Leningrad in 1990. In May 2000, Singing City was the lead choir at the First International Choral Festival de Cuba. The choir toured Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in the summer of 2004 and Brazil in July 2009. The choir traveled to Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, and Montenegro in July 2012.

The Choir remains committed to artistic excellence and to the betterment of the community. Singing City offers programs corresponding to the three “pillars” of its mission and vision: Performance, Community, and Education. The Choir’s multi-faceted mission includes choral performance at the highest levels, community involvement and educational outreach.

Singing City continues to bring choral music to the under-served, performing not only in concert halls, but also in homeless shelters, nursing homes, and inner-city schools in and around Philadelphia. Singing City’s nationally recognized schools residency program, Singing City in the Schools, has brought music rudiments, choral singing, and composition techniques to children in the Philadelphia public schools. From 2003-2013, the Singing City Prize for Young Composers recognized outstanding young choral composers with a cash award and a performance of their work at our annual Winter Concert. The Singing City Children’s Choir joined the Singing City family in the fall of 2010.

Under the banner of Performance, Community and Education, Singing City strives to be an artistic, social and spiritual force, bringing people together through choral music.

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Jeffrey Brillhart, Artistic & Music Director Appointed in 1999, Jeffrey Brillhart directs the Singing City Choir and oversees all aspects of Singing City’s musical initiatives. He provides artistic leadership for a rich program of formal concerts, choral music workshops as part of Singing City in the Schools, and outreach concerts in diverse communities in and around Philadelphia. Jeffrey is also Director of Music and Fine Arts at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church in Bryn Mawr and is recognized as one of the foremost musicians working in the Presbyterian Church. He has won national recognition for his abilities in organ improvisation, organ performance, and conducting. Mr. Brillhart’s formal training was at Drake University, where he received his Bachelor of Church Music degree in 1977, and at the Eastman School of Music, where he received a Master of Performance and Literature Degree in 1979 and studied piano, organ, harpsichord, voice and conducting.

In addition to his position as Director of the Fine Arts Program at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, where he works with over 600 youth and adults, Jeffrey supervises nine choral and handbell ensembles, an art program and “Young-in-Arts,” a music and art school for children. He directs the 120-voice Senior Choir which sings for two services each week and prepares several special performances each season. Mr. Brillhart also directs the Bryn Mawr Chamber Singers, a 24-voice ensemble specializing in baroque and 20th century music. His church ensembles have performed for national conventions of the American Guild of Organists and the American Choral Directors Association. Mr. Brillhart has presented master classes at the Curtis Institute of Music, the University of Iowa, Drake University, and the Eastman School of Music. He served as chorus master for The Philadelphia Orchestra’s Martin Luther King Tribute Concert in January 2004. In January 2005, he joined the music faculty of Yale University to teach organ improvisation. He is the author of “Breaking Free,” an improvisation textbook, that is in wide use throughout the United States and Europe.


Do you love to sing?

Are you looking for a great community of singers?Singing City is now auditioning experienced singers.

Auditions are held by appointment.Call the Singing City office, 267-519-5322, to schedule an audition or

e-mail Choir Administrator Ben Weissman, [email protected].

Rehearsals are Tuesday evenings from 7:20 to 9:50 p.m. at Friends Center, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

Singing City Choir

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Toni MenningerKim MurphyRosalyn OminskyMark RaderLaura RandolphSterling RandolphBetsy A. RileyJacy RingMark RitterGili RonenMindy RubinlichtM’Annette RuddellRajeev SachdevaPeter ScarpatoKen SchoenholzMatt SiverdRichard SobelBetty StockwellRobert ThuenerDanielle TraitzBill Van StoneAndrew WesterhausKerri WilliamsAmberly WilliamsBarbara WilligLaVerne WoodWilliam Young

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Bryan Anderson, pianist

Bryan Anderson is a fifth-year student at the Curtis Institute of Music, where he studies organ performance with Alan Morrison and harpsichord with Leon Schelhase. A native of Atlanta, Bryan studied piano with Jeannine Morrison and organ with Sarah Martin before attending Curtis. Bryan currently serves as assistant organist at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church and Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, and also at the Wanamaker Grand Court organ at

Macy’s in central Philadelphia.

He is a frequent recitalist and collaborator as an organist, pianist, and harpsichordist, including recent performances at the Kennedy Center, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City, and the Musee des Augustins in Toulouse, France.

The Germantown Friends School ChoirStephen Kushner, conductorKen Lovett, asst. conductor and accompanist

Germantown Friends School is an independent, Quaker day school founded in 1845. Serving 865 students in grades K-12, the school is located in the historic Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia. GFS takes its strong identity from a constellation of five distinct elements: a vibrant intellectual community of teachers and students who share a profound belief in the power of education; an historic urban setting which teems with the richness and breadth of human experience; a diverse and multicultural student body who value difference as indispensable; a Quaker vision of what is possible for both individuals and communities; and a belief in fulfilling this vision through reflection, collaboration and action.

The Germantown Friends School Choir is an ensemble of 45 students selected by audition from grades 10-12. Directed by Stephen Kushner, the Choir performs frequently throughout the year, often collaborating


with many of Philadelphia’s leading professional musicians. Recently, the group has performed with members of the Philadelphia Pops Orchestra, the Fairmount Chamber Orchestra and the Yale Glee Club, and has sung the Philadelphia premiere of “somewhere I have never travelled, gladly beyond” by Pulitzer Prize winning composer Jennifer Higdon.

The GFS Choir has a long tradition of travelling nationally and internationally, including concert tours to China, England, Scotland, France, Scandinavia, Canada, Poland, Russia, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Puerto Rico. In 2008, the Choir toured the southern United States, singing concerts in Atlanta, Birmingham and Memphis, culminating with an extended stay in New Orleans where, in addition to singing a concert, the students participated in a project with Habitat for Humanity, helping to rebuild homes that were destroyed in hurricane Katrina. The Choir’s most recent tour took them to Costa Rica, where they sang concerts in La Fortuna, Monteverde, Quepos, and Cartago.

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Grant KellyAlice LaBanZoe LoomisEve Lukens-DayEmma LynamGabby MarloweEvan McClellandJoseph NewmanMatt O’ConnorLaila OkesonSamuel PengMatt PetersonAdam SaahIsabel SchmidtJessica ShawSophie SmithMarion StandeferSchyler TullisNick WellsIsaac Zukin

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Singing City Children’s Choir

Under the direction of Steven Fisher, the Singing City Children’s Choir (SCCC) is a choral music education and performance program for children in grades 3-8 at the James Rhoads Elementary School in West Philadelphia. Music from all styles and periods serve as the basis for the curriculum. The Children’s Choir performs 8-10 times a year, most recently at the kickoff event for One Book One Philadelphia, where they performed a new work by TJ Cole, a composition student at the Curtis Institute that was inspired by this year’s book selection, Orphan Train.

Steven M. Fisher, Director, Singing City Children’s Choir

Steve has been the Director of the Children’s Choir since 2005 when it was the West Philadelphia Children’s Choir. For seven years, Steve was the Assistant Music Director of the Philadelphia Boy’s Choir. He then went on to found his own boychoir, Keystone State Boychoir, which is celebrating its 11th Anniversary Season this year. The Boychoir has sung with the region’s most esteemed music ensembles, including the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Opera Company of Philadelphia, for which the Boychoir serves as its official children’s choir. The Boychoir has performed internationally and in December of 2009 made history as the first choir to sing in Antarctica. In doing so, the Boychoir also became the first choir to have sung on all seven continents. Steve is also director of “FYI!” (Find Your Instrument!), the outreach program of the Keystone State Boychoir. In addition Steve is music director and a founder of the New York Boychoir.

Steve holds a bachelor’s degree in music education and a master’s degree in music from Temple University. He studied conducting with Alan Harler, composition with Richard Broadhead, arranging with

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Zykiera GayAnya GriffinKristin HaydeZanai HickesMiana Miller-JohnsonMadison PalmerTaylor ScottTaniya ShawNiyanna ThomasNila Watson


Alice Parker, and piano with Alexander Fiorello. While at Temple, Steve received the prestigious Presser Foundation Award, which recognizes a student that has the potential to make a significant contribution in the field of music. Steve is a composer of choral music. Hal Leonard recently published his song “Even,” a setting of the beloved poem “The Lanyard” by poet laureate Billy Collins. Colla Voce will be publishing a medley of South African songs Steve arranged while in South Africa. During his time at Temple, Steve and Dr. Kathy Robinson, with the help of then Dean Jeff Cornelius, founded Umcolo! This immersion program in the townships of South Africa offers music educators the opportunity to experience first-hand the vibrant South African choral tradition.

Steven resides in New York City where he pursues a career as a writer of musical theatre. His musical Mandela has been presented in New York, Johannesburg and at the Tony-award winning Crossroads Theatre. His family musical Isabelle and the Pretty-Ugly Spell enjoyed an extended run in New York this past spring and received a rave review from The New York Times. Steve is currently collaborating with Hector Berlioz on a symphonic play entitled Sorry, based on the recent tragic death of prodigious violinist Tyler Clementi.

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Singing City Board of Directors

Peter Boyer PresidentNancy Frandsen Vice-President Jane Gardner TreasurerSteve Crandall Secretary

Brian AuerbachWendy BrowderPeggy CurchackMargaret C. Gregg, ex-officio

Jackie LesserDiane MalleryJane MurphyBarbara RittenhouseAnne Sciolla

Advisory BoardAnton E. ArmstrongJack AsherJeffrey CorneliusJoseph FlummerfeltR. Thomas FriedmanDeVonne Gardner Elizabeth L. HaslamRobert H. HolmesScott Jenkins

Walter JohnsonMary Tryon LedwithClaire McKinleyWeston Noble Helmuth RillingSandra StoufferAndre J. ThomasRadclyffe Thompson

Rosalinda R. Madara, Honorary Director

Staff Jeffrey Brillhart, Artistic and Music DirectorLauren Anderson, Executive DirectorBen Weissman, Choir Administrator and Office ManagerBryan Anderson, PianistSteven Fisher, Director, Singing City Children’s ChoirAndrew Bleckner, Composer-in-Residence

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Season Subscribers provide the backbone of financial support for the performance aspect of our mission. We are grateful for their generosity

and for their commitment to artistic programming.

Season Subscribers

SponsorsJessica R. BrownMaguerite P. HarrisWalter H. Johnson

BenefactorsMr. and Mrs. James R. Affleck, Jr.Lauren AndersonDeb Clarke and Cheryl BruttomessoNancy R. Frandsen

Ruth HorowitzKim and Jane MurphyJack and Roberta RubinlichtRajeev SachdevaBill and Betty Stockwell

PatronsSusan AlpinePeter BoyerJeffrey BrillhartWendy BrowderPeggy and Mark CurchackHelen GilmoreJim and Martha GrantPeggy GreggMarguerite HarrisElizabeth Haslam

Warren and Claire HuffDon and Laila Nada IsaacsonBeth JohnsonMary Tryon LedwithLinda LitwinClaire McKinleyBarbara RittenhouseElaine B. ShafferMary Ann Sullivan

Foundation, Business and Government Support

Baker HostetlerThe Connelly FoundationSamuel S. Fels FundAnn and Gordon Getty FoundationJohn and Elizabeth Knorr FoundationPA Council on the ArtsThe Philadelphia FoundationThe Presser FoundationThe Philadelphia Cultural FundWells Fargo FoundationHenrietta Tower Wurts Memorial


Special Thanks

The GFS CommunityFriends of Singing CityProgram Advertisers

To everyone who helped at the box office, volunteered to usher, or provided food and drink and helped with

this evening’s post-concert reception.

Coming Up!

Spring Concert

I’ll Make Me A WorldSunday, April 19, 2015, at 3 p.m.

The Church of the Holy Trinity, 1904 Walnut Street, Rittenhouse Square,

Philadelphia, PA

This concert brings Singing City together with Lyric Fest for a musically eclectic, thought-provoking look at our world. Inspired by James Weldon Johns’ poem The Creation, this concert will be an exploration of the gifts of the natural world, the art that reflects those gifts, and the bounty and need that live side by side in the 21st century experience.

Solo songs interspersed with choral works, including a new work by Lyric Fest’s composer in residence, Kile Smith, scored for audience participation. With Stephen Powell, Elizabeth Weigle and Chrystal Williams; Laura Ward, piano; and percussion ensemble.

Tickets: $20 ($10 for students)


$1,000 and aboveAnonymousLauren Anderson*Bryn Mawr Presbyterian ChurchMark and Peggy Curchack*Nancy R. FrandsenJames and Martha GrantHerbert and Margaret HeinemanJonathan E. LehmanMary T. LedwithPeter and Bonnie MotelCharles (Kim) and Jane MurphyRajeev SachdevaCheryl SlipskiBill and Betty Stockwell*

$500 to $999Peter Boyer*Jeffrey BrillhartWendy Browder*Jeffrey CorneliusSusan DomingosRoy and Nancy FairmanSteven M. FisherSue Anne GrierRon and Peggy GreggElizabeth HaslamSam and Margaret McKeelJudy NeilsonDavid RawleMrs. Ginny Smith

$250 to $499Rebecca Bien and David PollLuke and Sara BrownDeborah A. Clarke and Cheryl BruttomessoRebecca Coyne

Ellen and Bill DohmenSusan DomingosJospeh FlummerfeltDr. Robert H. HolmesBeth E. JohnsonRobert KidderBetty-Jean RiedersBarbara Rittenhouse*The Schlarbaum Family FoundationAngela Scully and George ElserElaine B. Shaffer*John and Sandra StoufferWilliam and Anita Young*

$100 TO $249Ellen G. AndersonSoryl AngelTherese BarringerKenneth and Betty BarrowElizabeth BartleWilliam and June BrownH. Boyce and Karen BuddAnthony P. ChecchiaCelia ChenHarris and Louise ClearfieldSteve CrandallMr. and Mrs. Bruce CundiffSarah EnglandLouis and Ann FancherAndrew FullerHelen H. GilmoreMr. and Mrs. Robert A. GirondiCarol GreyHilary HarrisMarguerite P. HarrisJoan M. HonigMargot and Ellis HorwitzClaire Huff*

Don and Laila Nada IsaacsonWalter H. JohnsonJeff KnightlyMr. and Mrs. Robert W. LandleyDr. Bruce and Francine Levin*Susan T. MackenzieClare and Jim MackieLinda and Ted MadaraDiane MalleryJohn McNicholBernadette M. Menna and Louise AmesRandall NonemakerBrenda OliphantJane G. PepperHarriet PerkinsRosalyn Ominsky*Barbara PollMark and Sandy RitterJeffrey RocciaFranna RuddellDr. David SachsRichard SobelMary Ann SullivanCarol TashjianLinda B. ThompsonMr. and Mrs. Radclyffe F. ThompsonRosemary A. TownleySteven TyreNancy Newcomer VickEleanor WarderJack and Linda WeaverElizabeth WeigleBarry Winograd

Up to $100Soryl Angel*Anton E. ArmstrongBonnie Atwood

Singing City Friends Drive 2013-14Annual contributions to Singing City are of crucial importance because they are used to support the operating budget of the Choir. Annual Friends Drive gifts are spent throughout the year on operating needs such as our formal concert series, community concerts at care facilities and retirement homes, the SC Children’s Choir, and to support our small but dedicated staff.

The 2014-15 campaign is underway. Please consider supporting Singing City. Visit www.singingcity.org/support for more information.

Singing City Friends Drive


Elaine W. BaerElaine Axelman BroudyJohn C. ConnellMary L. CrangleMs. Helen B. DennisDave and Cyndi DetwilerMike and Kathy DolanKelly Anne DolanFrank and Janet DomingosJere EisenstatPeter EvansAnne FadullonJayne L. FieroAlbert L. and Martha Fried-CassorlaJulie FriedmanRobert and Mattye GandelSonya C. GarfinkleDr. and Mrs. Jack S. Ginsberg

Kathleen HarterEnid D. HorowitzJohn ImmerwahrLauren JamesBeth and Bob KrickJay KuderDolores L. KuykendallMrs. Carrie LaneJanis L. LangeStephen E. LevinLinda LitwinAnne Guldin LucasDorothy MarshallJoyce MarshallBarbara A. MaxwellDonald and Linda McPhersonSusan R. MeredithLaura Randolph

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. RobertsRobin RoseckyMr. and Mrs. Harold S. RosenbluthJohn RossheimSusan Grody RubenMindy Rubinlicht*Frances RubinsohnM’Annette RuddellJ.E. TaylorRobert Thuener*June TruittGil and Justine VernonJanet Yamron*These individuals made additional gifts to support the purchase of a new Yamaha NU1 rehearsal piano for Singing City.

Every effort has been made to insure the accuracy of this list. Please contact us if an error has been made.

Singing City is all about uniting

people. Whether in one of our

two singing ensembles or as

members of an audience, we

are committed to exploring

what it means to be in

community. We believe that

people in a community are

stronger people, better able to

be a transformational part of

our city. Your gift to Singing City’s annual Friends Drive has a direct impact

on our work—from an outstanding concert series to outreach concerts in

Philadelphia neighborhoods, collaborations with area arts organizations and

the Singing City Children’s Choir.

Send your gift to:

Singing City, 1501 Cherry Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102,

or give online at www.singingcity.org.

Thank you for your support!

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Philadelphia, PA 19104-2891

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Laurel Oak Wealth Management Group

A financial advisory practice of Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

(856) 797-0200, Ext. 115701A Route 73, Suite 405, Marlton Executive Park

Marlton, NJ 08053

Christopher Heiser, CFP®, ChFC®Private Wealth Advisor

CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ practitioner

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Best Wishes to Philadelphia’s Treasure,Singing City

In honor of my favorite bass.

Thanks for asking. I love the choir, but I love you more.

Singing City Presents

Brahms Requiem Sing-InSunday, June 14, 2015, 3 p.m.

Reform Congregation Keneseth Israel 8339 Old York Road, Elkins Park, PA 19027

With the National Music Festival OrchestraRichard Rosenberg, conductor

Join Singing City in singing one of Brahms’ most beloved works.

Tickets: $10


2014-15 SEASON

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the Assets of our Clients

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Singing City · Total Praise Doreen Rao ... Master of Performance and Literature Degree in 1979 and studied piano, ... Singing City is now auditioning experienced singers