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Resurrection
Lutheran Church
9920 West Grand Avenue
Franklin Park, IL
60131
(Resurrection Lutheran is home to a 4-Division Rodgers Pipe Organ)
Part I
Hodie - Sweelinck
Wolcum - Britten
Balaulow - Britten
O Magnum Mysterium - Lauridsen
From Heaven Above - Christiansen
Hodie - Szymko
Hark the Herald Angels Sing - traditional
Part II
Hodie - Palestrina
The Root of Jesse - Phillips
Who is He in Yonder Stall - Young
What Child is This? - arr. McCullough
Hodie - Willan
How Far is It to Bethlehem
- arr. Huntsinger
You Oughta Know - Joubert
Joy to the World - traditional
Celebrating their 64th season of making a joyful noise unto the Lord.
The Lutheran Choir of Chicago is a unique
sacred choral ensemble with a rich spiritual tradition and an ever-expanding
repertoire. For more than fifty years, our classic a cappella style has
enlightened, educated and entertained the people of Chicago and the world.
Artistic
Director Wilbert O. Watkins began his
association with the Lutheran Choir of Chicago for the 2007-2008 season,
bringing a wealth of knowledge and experience. Dr. Watkins is the founding artistic
director for a not-for-profit organization known as Sing to Live Community
Chorus, which provides a musical outlet for women and men touched either
directly or indirectly by breast cancer.
His past Midwestern conducting experience has
included the following: director of the mixed chorus Unison with the Windy City
Performing Arts in Chicago, visiting assistant professor of music education at
Northern Illinois University, adjunct faculty at De Paul University, Director
of Choral Activities at Clarke College in Dubuque, Iowa, where he was the
originator of a multicultural choral series; and director of the Dubuque Area
Men's Chorus.
Having taught as both a choral music educator
and an applied voice teacher in Texas, Florida, Iowa and Illinois, Dr. Watkins currently teaches voice privately,
serves Pilgrim Congregational Church in Oak
Park (also a Rodgers Organ Owner) and has been involved in several volunteer
community efforts.
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