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Teaneck Community Chorus

Season 11 – September 2009 to June 2010

 

Winter Concert 2010 –
"Take the "A" Train- A Harlem Renaissance Concert"

Song Title

Composer/Arranger/Comments

Harlem Night Song-Recitation Langston Hughes
Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing

James Weldon Johnson (words)/John Rosamond Johnson (music)
Take the ‘A’ Train Billy Strayhorn, arr. Kirby Shaw
Harlem Sweeties Langston Hughes-performed by Lottie Porch
Jumpin’ at the Woodside Jon Hendricks (words)/Count Basie (music)
Ezekiel Saw the Wheel Traditional-performed by Teaneck High School Madrigals
Sympathy Paul Laurence Dunbar-performed by Lottie Porch
God Bless the Child Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog-performed by Rachelle Gill Alexander, winner 2009 Teaneck Teen Idol competition
I’m Beginning to See the Light Don George, Johnny Hodges, Duke Ellington, Harry James, arr. Kirby Shaw
Minnie the Moocher Cab Calloway and Irving Mills
Ain’t Misbehavin’ Fats Waller, arr. Luther Henderson, adapted by Steve Bell
Handful of Keys Fats Waller, arr. Larry Shackley
It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)

Irving Mills (words),Duke Ellington (music) arr. Mac Huff


Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 2010
“Standing United to Keep the Dream Alive”

Song Title

Composer/Arranger/Comments

Meet Us in the Air Lee Kesselman/Wendell Berry

 

Spring Concert 2010  - “Nueva Canción-Love & Justice”

Song Title

Composer/Arranger/Comments

Gracias a La Vida Violeta Parra, arr. Steven Bell
Por que cantamos (Why We Sing) Poem by Mario Benedetti
La Muralla (The Gate) Paul Basler (music)/Nicolás Guillén (words)
Te Quiero (I Adore You) Alberto Favero (music)/Mario Benedetti (words),
Arr. Liliana Cangiano
Kasar Mie La Gaji (The Earth is Tired) Alberto Grau
I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free Billy Taylor & Dick Dallas
La Partida Victor Jara
Cantares J.M. Serrat (music)/Antonio Machado (words)
This Little Light of Mine Traditional Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan
Duerme Negrito (Sleep, Little Black One) Atahualpa Yupanqui, arr. Emile Solé
We Shall Overcome Traditional Spiritual, arr. Uzee Brown, Jr.
Canción con Todos (A Song for All People in the Americas) César Isella (music)/Armando Tejada Gómez (words), arr. Alberto Balzanelli