Chamber Singers
Dr. Clell E. Wright, direção

 Trombone Ensemble
Dr. Doug Farwell, direção

Palácio Nacional da Ajuda

Igreja da Misericórdia
(Guarda)

Igreja de San Martín
(Segovia, Spain)

Santuario de Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro
(Madrid, Spain)

PROGRAMME

Jake Runestad: I Will Lift My Eyes
(Chamber Singers)

James Whitbourn: Give Us the Wings of Faith
(with trombones playing organ part)      

Hans Leo Hassler: Verbum caro factum est
(Choir and Trombone Ensemble)

Heinrich Schutz: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
(Choir and Trombone Ensemble)

Robert Shaw / Alice Parker: Early American Folk Hymns
(Chamber Singers)
– Sing to the Lord
– Come Away to the Skies
– Shout On

James Erb: Shenandoah
(Chamber Singers)

Appalachian Fantasy
(Trombone Ensemble)

Bernard Scherr: Déus te Salve Grorïosa Reinna Maria
(Choir and Trombone Ensemble)

Dan Forrest: Entreat Me Not to Leave You
(Chamber Singers)

Franz Bieble: Ave Maria
(Choir and Trombone Ensemble)

Stacey Gibbs: Daniel, Servant of the Lord
(Chamber Singers)

Georgia
(Trombone Ensemble)

David Moore (arr.): Will the Circle Be Unbroken
(Chamber Singers)

Started in 1906 as an institution dedicated to educating women, today Valdosta State University (Georgia) is proud of its diverse student body. Its Department of Music at offers an experience for music students looking for personal, high quality instruction. Featuring an award winning orchestra and high profi le jazz, choral and band programs, it provides high level performance experiences for students. The Department of Music at Valdosta State University is a fully accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Music, with a faculty of 32 artist teachers and over 170 music majors and minors. It presents over 150 musical performances for the public each year. In addition, several of the major performing ensembles of the department travel throughout Georgia, the Southeast, and abroad, performing for schools, civic groups, and as part of community concert series. The department offers a full range of instrumental and vocal performing ensembles, including the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra. Students graduating from high schools in Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Tennessee and are eligible for in-state tuition at Valdosta State University.

The Chamber Singers of Valdosta State University is the premier vocal ensemble of the university and is comprised of an elite group of vocalists (six singers per part) chosen by audition. Chamber Singers is one of fi ve choral ensembles in the Department of Music and represents the university through recordings and performances both on and off campus and yearly tours. The Chamber Singers of VSU have performed at such invitational events as the American Choral Directors Association and the Georgia Music Educators Association. They have also performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City. They are honored to be performing this year for the 2024 Lisbon Music Fest. The Valdosta State University Trombone Ensemble performs twice each semester on the campus of Valdosta State University and around the community for various events. The group is made up of trombone majors and has performed for the Georgia Music Educators conference on two occasions. Members of the ensemble are also a part of many other ensembles including the Blazin’ Brigade Marching Band, Wind Ensemble, Concert Band, Jazz Ensemble and Combos, Valdosta Symphony Orchestra, Opera Orchestra and other chamber music ensembles such as the Presidential Brass Quintet. The group is honored and excited to be performing with the VSU Chamber Singers on the 2024 summer tour to Portugal and Spain.