The Concert Singers

Our Song Is Here to Stay

Vocal Jazz Concert

and Ice Cream Social

Celebrating 50 Years as a Choral Ensemble

Sunday, July 12, 1998, 3:30 p.m.

Covenant Presbyterian Church

PROGRAM

• And All That Jazz (1973: from Chicago; w. Fred Ebb; m. John Kander; arr. Kirby Shaw)
• Java Jive (Oakland; arr. Shaw) [Jon Christie, Grinnell Almy, and Barbara Miller, soloists]
• When I Fall in Love (1952: w. Edward Heyman; m. Victor Young; arr. Kirby Shaw) [Suzanne Lawrence, soloist]
• Ain't Misbehavin' (Waller & Brooks; arr. Shaw) [Cynthia Rothschild & Tom Gerhold, soloists]
• It's Only a Paper Moon (1933: w. Billy Rose and E. Y. Harburg; Harold Arlen; arr. Kirby Shaw) [Vicki Curry & Harris J. Levey, soloists]
• Stormy Weather (Harold Arlen; arr. Shaw)
• Can't Help Lovin' That Man of Mine (m. Jerome Kern; from Show Boat) [Suzanne Lawrence, soloist; Tom Gerhold, piano]
• Choo Choo Ch'Boogie (Horton, Darling, & Gabler; arr. Kirby Shaw)
• You Made Me Love You (Monaco)
• In the Mood (Garland; arr. Sterling)

Intermission

• Satin Doll (Duke Ellington; arr. Roger Emerson)
• I'm Beginning to See the Light (Duke Ellington; arr. Kirby Shaw) [Leora Brown-Hiegel, soloist]
• They Can't Take That Away From Me (1936: from the film Shall We Dance; w. Ira Gershwin; m. George Gershwin; arr. Kirby Shaw)
• Nice Work If You Can Get It (w. Ira Gershwin; m. George Gershwin; arr. Giplin; 1937: from the film A Damsel in Distress)
• Our Love Is Here To Stay (1937: w. Ira Gershwin; m. George Gershwin; from the film The Goldwyn Follies; popularly revived in 1991; also used in the film An American in Paris; arr. Kirby Shaw)

Alumni Sing Along

• Sentimental Journey (Green, Brown, Homer; arr. Ades)
• Steam Heat (Adler & Ross; arr. Shaw)
• Clap Yo' Hands (Gershwin; arr. King)
• It Don't Mean a Thing if it Ain't Got That Swing (1932: w. Irving Mills; Duke Ellington; arr. Mac Huff)