SONGFEST SELECTIONS

Year

Conductor

Title

Composer/Arr.

2006

Penns Valley

 

Hosts:

Evie Mugridge

Shannon Henry

Conductor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2005

Mifflin County School District

Hosts:  Lori Thomas

Joan Loewen

Kathy Ritchey

Patricia Loudenslager

Erik Liebegott

Mark Baylor

Rich Battles

Conductor

Dr. Ann Clements

Penn State University

 

 

Accompanist

Patricia Loudenslager

Hashivenu

Doreen Rao

Jubilate Deo

Michael Praetorius

Over the Sea to Skye

Arr. Arr. Joyce Eilers

Shenandoah

Arr. Mary Goetze

Siyahamba

Arr. Doreen Rao

Good Night

Arr. Doreen Rao

Cripple Creek

Arr. Emily Crocker

Chariot’s Comin

Besig and Price

Praise His Name

Keith Hampton

Let My People Go

Arr. Roger Emerson

2004

Juniata Valley

School District

 

Host -

Christina Ramsey

Conductor

Lou Ann Shafer

 

Accompanist

Mary Bahnfleth

Simply Gregorian

Arr. Donald Moore

Festival Sanctus

John Leavitt

Wind On The Hill

Vitoria Ebel-Sabo

I Bought Me A Cat

Arr. Linda Spevacek

When I Open A Book

Marylou Dunn

Arr. Sherri Porterfield

Great Day

Arr. Rollo A. Dilworth

Al Sholsha D’Varim

Allan E. Naplan

2003

Glendale School

District

 

Host

Darla Burket

Conductor-

Joan Berrensford

 

 

Accompanist –

Valerie Day

Siyahamba

Arr. Doreen Rao

Rejoice, O My Spirit

Arr. James Easson

Hine Ma Tov

Allan E. Naplan

I Lift My Eyes To The Hills

Paul Bouman

Hand Me Down My Silver Trumpet

Arr. Jean A. Blake

Shenandoah

Arr. Mary Goetze

Charlotte-Town

Arr. Emily Crocker

To Music

Arr. Betty Bertaux

2002

Bald Eagle Area School District

 

 

Hosts

Debbie Arnold

Emily Paxter

Conductor

Lisa E. Johnson-Jaworowski

 

 

Accompanist

Linda Hoffman

Wade In The Water

Arr. Brad Printz

Bist Du Bei Mir

J.S. Bach  Arr. Doreen Rao

Jubilant Song

Mary Lynn Lightfoot

Simply Gregorian

Arr. Donald Moore

Good Night

Dmitri Kabalevsky

Arr. Doreen Rao

Obwisana

George Strid & Mary Donnelly

The Tailor of Gloucester

Arr. Cyndee Giebler

To Music

Franz Schubert 

Arr. Doreen Rao

Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel

Arr. Roger Emerson

2001

Keystone Central

School District

 

Hosts - Valerie Day

Teresa Forringer

Sherry McGraw

Cynthia Middleton

Beth Regan

Martena Rogers

Conductor

Dr. Tony Leach

 

Accompanist

Martena Rogers

El capotin

Antonio de la Campa

Gaudeamus Hodie

Natalie Sleeth

Great Day

Rollo Dilworth

I’m Gonna Sing When The Spirit Says Sing

Spiritual  (chorus & teachers)

Lo Yisa Goy

Debbie Cavalier

Over the Sea to Skye

Joyce Eilers

Seasons

Betty Bertaux

The Shanty Boys

Ruth Dwyer

Siyahamba

Doreen Rao

2000

Clearfield Area

School District

 

 

Hosts

Barbara R. Schmaus

Stephen J. Switala

Conductor

Jay Buhler

 

 

Accompanist

Sandra Buhler

Consider Yourself

Bart/Leyden

Can’t Help Singing

Huff/Jacobsen

Chris Crossed

Mary Lynn Lightfoot

Where Go The Boats?

Stevenson/Copley

Chariot’s Comin’!

Besig/Price

Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening

Frost/Kistler

Sunshine and Music

Butler

Clouds

Crupi/Fournier

Younger Generation

Copland/Swift

All My Trials

Arr. Audrey Snyder

From Sea to Shining Sea

Bates/Ward/Whitney

1999

Southern

Huntingdon

Area School District

 

Host

Charlotte Stevens

Conductor

Elaine Goldsmith

 

Accompanist

Jeff Mills

Rejoice, O My Spirit

J.S. Bach

Music Alone Shall Live

Douglas Wagner

I Bought Me A Cat

Linda Spevacek

Hold The Memories

(Sung by the teachers)

Don Muro

America The Beautiful

Bates/Ward

This Land is Your Land

Woodie Guthrie

Shenandoah

Herrington & Glick

1998

West Branch Area

School District

 

Host

Patricia Coldiron

Conductor

Dr. Joanne Rutkowski

 

Accompanist

Lisa Cerami

The Path To The Moon

Madeline C. Thomas

O Wind

Mary Lightfoot

One Eyed Jack

Nancy Telfer

The Drunken Sailor

Arr. Emily Crocker

Music Is A Sound Idea

David Eddleman

America The Beautiful

Bates/Ward

This Land Is Your Land

Woodie Guthrie

1997

Bellefonte Area

School District

 

Hosts

Susan Zimmerman

Jay Zimmerman

Conductor

Jessica Barth

 

 

Accompanist

Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum

Hine Ma Tov

Allan E. Naplan

Ca’ The Yowes

Arr. Mary Goetze

The Tree Song

Robert Sterling

Marienwurmchen

Johannes Brahms

Festival Sanctus

John Leavitt

More Love

Shaker Tune/Isabel Carley

Winter’s On The Wing

John Leavitt

1996

Glendale Area

School District

 

Host

Darla Burket

Conductor

Robert Long

Take The Time

Audrey Snyder

Younger Generation

Aaron Copland

Siyahamba

Doreen Rao

Gaudeamus Hodie

Natalie Sleeth

Musical Selection

Phil Solomon & the Steel Impressions

Sheep May Safely Graze

J.S. Bach

Charlotte-Town

Emily Crocker

Chariot’s Comin’!

Don Besig/Nancy Price

For The Beauty Of The Earth

John Rutter

1995

Mifflin County

School District

 

Host

Jo Henry

Conductor

Judith L. DuBose

 

Accompanist

Patricia Loudenslager

Now I Walk In Beauty

Gregg Smith

Duet from Cantata No. 15

J.S. Bach

Stopping By Woods

Vera Kistler

Oliver Cromwell

Arr. Benjamin Britten

Selections by Don Muro

 

Hold the Mem’ries

Don Muro

Good Night

Arr. Doreen Rao

When I Sing

Arr. David J. Elliot

1994

State College Area

School District

 

Host

Patti Begg

Conductor

Paul Chapin

 

Accompanist

Tracy Bunnell

Charlotte-Town

Emily Crocker

Jubilate Deo

Michael Praetorius

Velvet Shoes

Randall Thompson

Tree Song

Ken Medema

Chris Crossed!

Mary Lynn Lightfoot

Chariot’s Comin

Arr. Don Besig

1993

State College Area

High School

 

Hosts

Joanne Rutkowski

Lisa Bevan

Conductor

Tony Leach

 

Accompanist

Debbie Shelley

Gaudeamus Hodie

Natalie Sleeth

Gaudeamus Hodie

Natalie Sleeth

Song of Peace

Donnelly Arr. George Strid

Hooked on History

Mary Kay Beall & John Carter

Psalm 108

Mark Wurster

Over The Sea to Skye

Arr. Joyce Eilers

Cripple Creek

Arr. Emily Crocker

John Saw Da Numbah

Arr. Anthony Leach

1992

State College Area

Junior High School

 

Hosts

Joanne Rutkowski

Irene Womer

Conductor

Kathleen Hartzell

 

Accompanist

Deborah Schaadt

To Music

Betty Bertaux

Hashivenu

Doreeen Rao

Wyinken, Blynken and Nod

Sprenkle/Bertaux

Ca’ The Yowes

Mary Goetze

Mausfallen Spruchlein

Wolf/Goetze

Take The Time

Audrey Snyder

Younger Generation

Aaron Copland

1991

State College Area

Junior High

Hosts

Joanne Rutkowski

Patti Begg

Conductor

Nancy Cooper

 

Accompanist

Michael Rider

The Path To The Moon

Thiman

I Had A Little Nut Tree

Bertaux

Wind On The Hill

Ebel-Sabo

Marienwurmchen

Brahms

A Tree Toad

Henderson

Jazz-Man

Britten

1990

Penn State Univ.

 

Host

Joanne Rutkowski

Conductor

Dr. Maria Runfola

 

Accompanist

Diana Helmetag

Smile and Be Yourself

Doug Nichols

Give A Little Love

Doug Nichols

All Glory Be To Thee

G. F. Handel

Pass It Along

Linda Spevacek

Velvet Shoes

Randall Thompson