Sing, Get Happy!

The Arizona Masterworks Chorale Gets Happy – And You Will, Too!

Just when you need it most, a chance to hear some of the greatest smile-making popular choral pieces ever.  Whether you're coming from a Mother's Day brunch or heading to an early Sunday supper, you'll be humming along with some of the greatest hits of the 20th Century – and maybe even a 21st Century showpiece celebrating the amazing capabilities of the human voice.  Show tunes, folk songs from England and the USA, Irish love poetry, and even the Beatles will put a smile on your face and get your pulse moving and grooving.  Help us close out our 2024-2025 season on high and swinging note!

Be with us to hear the exquisite beauty of poetry and sound, the "AMC Experience"

Concert Program

• Hallelujah!/Get Happy  (arr. Mac Huff)  "A fun, swingin' arrangement" of Harold Arlen's original show tune from the 1930 musical "The Nine-Fifteen Review." Recorded by artists from Judy Garland to Lady Gaga.
• Yellow Bird  (arr. Chuck Cassey)  A popular appropriation of the original "Choucoune," a 19th Century Hatian Creole song, from a poem by Oswald Durand about a beautiful woman.
• I Write the Songs  (Bruce Johnson, arr. Harry Simeone)  #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and Grammy winner, recorded by just about everybody.
• How Can I Keep From Singing  (arr. J. Edmund Hughes)  A modern take on an original American folksong from 1868, made popular during the folk revival of the 1960s.
• In My Life  (John Lennon & Paul McCartney)  An autobiographical song about John Lennon's life, friends, and lovers, which he called "A little piece of art work."
• With a Voice of Singing  (Martin Shaw)  A joyous choral classic that's appropriate for any festive occasion.
• For the Beauty of the Earth  (John Rutter)  A modern interpretation of a Eucharistic hymn by English hymnodist and poet Folliott S. Pierpoint, first published in 1864.
• The Rhythm of Life  (Cy Coleman, arr. Richard Barnes)  From the Broadway Musical "Sweet Charity," sung by Big Daddy, the leader of the "Rhythm of Life" church/cult.
• The Young May Moon  (C. H. Lloyd)  A poem by Thomas Moore, published in his "Irish Melodies," about a young lover who is always ready for action: "'Tis never too late for delight, my dear."
• Five English Folk Songs  (Ralph Vaughan Williams)  From the great tradition of British composers who transcribed melodies from the vast oral tradition of folk music, now a staple of the choral repertoire: The Dark-Eyed Sailor / The Spring Time of the Year / Just as the Tide Was Flowing / The Lover's Ghost / Wassail Song
• Nyon, Nyon  (Jake Runestad)  It's all nonsense vocalise, an exploration of the amazing effects and varieties of colors that the human voice can produce to create a thrilling sonic landscape.

The program is about an hour in duration.  It is performed without intermission and is subject to change without notice