“To sing, truly that is a different breath.”
Rainer Marie Rilke
Peace Day Concert 2022
A return to our annual Peace Day Concert featured the Lincoln University Concert Choir, Professor Charity Harter, and the nonprofit service organization Better Days Ahead.
Songs in order are:
What A Wonderful World
Prayer of the Children
God Only Knows
Peace — performed by Lincoln University
Hold On — performed by Lincoln University
Stand Up — performed by Lincoln University
Hear My Prayer — performed by Lincoln University
The 23rd Psalm
No One is Alone
It Takes a Village
A Different Breath
Our first concert post-pandemic was performed on March 27th, 2022. A triumph of community and commitment, A Different Breath gave us a space to take a breath of fresh air.
Songs in order are:
Down in the Valley to Pray
City Called Heaven
Stand By Me
Embraceable You
May it Be
Wheels of a Dream
The Undying Hymns
Earth Song
Salmo 150
What a Wonderful World
Vive L’amour
We Shall Overcome
Tshotsholoza
May It Be
In the face of a global pandemic threatening to create a world without singing, we found a way to keep our music alive. The Section Leaders and Directors of Concordia share Enya’s “May It Be” from The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, arranged for chorus by Mark Brymer.
Recorded August 5, 2020
Africa
The culminating event of our Second Annual Peace Day Concert, “Rise Up and Sing!” We combined with members of the Grove Youth Choir and a 3-piece rhythm section to perform Toto’s “Africa, arranged by Bryan Sharpe.
Recorded October 6, 2019