A Partial Listing of Program Options
These and other works can be combined and further suggestions by choir directors are welcomed.
The 21st Century:
Four Rituals (for percussion quintet, choir and audience) - by Christos Hatzis
The 20th Century:
Carmina Burana (complete or excerpts) - by Carl Orff,
Catulli Carmina by Carl Orff
Epitaph for Moonlight - by R. Murray Schafer - choir & percussion
Gloria (from Missa Brevis) - by Leonard Bernstein
Dona Nobis Pacem (from Missa Brevis) - by Leonard Bernstein
Shona Mass - by Lee Kesselman, Choir and African percussion
Beat! Beat! Drums! - by Brent Pierce, mixed choir, percussion & piano
Drake’s Drum by C. Stanford - arr. Robin Engelman
Battle Hymn of the Republic by J. Rutter
The 19th Century:
Oh! Canada - Choir and percussion - arr. by Robin Engelman
The Star Spangled Banner, original 1812 version - arr. Robin Engelman for field drums and choir
Three Sacred Harp Songs from the “Original Sacred Harp”, Denson revision (1936):
1. Idumea - Anaias Davisson (1817)
2. The Morning Trumpet - B. F. White (1874) - arr. Robin Engelman
3. New Britan “ (Amazing Grace) - Lyrics, John Newton (1789)
Two Shaker Gift Songs:
1. Simple Gifts “ attributed to Elder Joseph Brackett (1848) - arr. Robin Engelman
2. I’ll Beat My Drum “ Jane Sutton, Shaker Song (mid cent.) - arr. Robin Engelman
The Drummer Boy of Shiloh - William Shakespeare Hays (1862) Soprano Solo - arr. Robin Engelman
Pretty Girl Milking A Cow - Trad. Tenor solo - arr. by Robin Engelman
The18th Century:
See, the Conqu’ring Hero Comes, (from Judas Maccabaeus) - G. F. Handel - arr. R. Engelman
Rule, Britannia! - Dr. Thomas A. Arne (1741) - arr. Robin Engelman
Yankee Doodle - arr. Robin Engelman. Lyrics: Andrew Barton, (1767) The Columbian Songster (1799) Thomas Skillern, London (1778).
The Roast Beef of Old England - Leveridge - arr. R. Engelman
The Anacreontic Song (ca.1775) by Tomlinson - arr. R. Engelman
Chester, 1770 - William Billings, for Choir, percussion and organ - arr. Robin Engelman
Funeral Dirge on the Death of General Washington, 1799 - Peter A. van Hagen, Sr. - arr. Robin Engelman