Year
2012
Penns Valley
2011
McConnellsburg
Host:
Cathy Richards
2010
State College
Host:
Lisa Bevan
Patti Begg
2009
Juniata County
Host:
Brent Snyder
2008
Forbes Road
Host:
Donna Ankney
2007
Penns Valley
Hosts:
Evie Mugridge
Shannon Henry
2006
West Branch
CHORUS FEST SELECTIONS
Conductor
Title
Conductor America the Beautiful
Rita Griffith
Music Alone Shall Live
Pie Jesu
Accompanist Cripple Creek
Jo Lash
Tree Song
Swingin’ on a Star
Conductor Wade In The Water
Rachel Pollard
Shenandoah
I Bought Me A Cat
Marienwurmchen
Hine Ma Tov
The Artist Teaches Us All
Alexander’s Ragtime Band
Conductor Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel
Charlotte-Town
Tree Song
Oliver Cromwell
This Shall Be For Music
The Sally Gardens
Al Shlosha D’Varim
RENAMED CHORUS FEST IN 2009
Conductor Chariot’s Comin’! (Swing Low)
Dr. Kimberly
The Drunken Sailor (Sea Chantey)
Councill
A Jubilant Song
Susquehanna
Sakura (Cherry Blossom Song)
University
Song of Peace (Dona Nobis Pacem)
Accompanist –
To Music
Lauren Fisher
The Water Is Wide (Waly, Waly)
Conductor On Wind, On Wing
Lou Ann Shaffer Wind On The Hill
We Will Sing for Joy
Accompanist –
Cantar
Mary Bahnfleth
A Tree Toad
Chumbara
Seasons of Life
Shiru
Conductor Jubilate Deo
Patricia Begg
Chariot’s Comin’
The Coasts of High Barbary
Accompanist –
On Wind, On Wing
Amy Meyers
Good Night (A Russian Song)
Everlasting Melody
El capotin (Puerto Rican Folk
Song)
Conductor Chumbara
Dr. Anthony
Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel
Composer/Arr.
Ruth Elaine Schram
Douglas E. Wagner
Mary Lynn Lightfoot
Arr. Emily Crocker
Arr. Ken Medema
Arr. Greg Gilpin
Brad Printz
Herrington and Glick
Linda Spevacek
J. Brahms
Allan Naplan
Mark Patterson
I. Berlin/D. Wagner
Arr. Roger Emerson
Arr. Emily Crocker
Medema Arr. Sterling
Arr. Benjamin Britten
Stevenson/Mark Patterson
Arr. Benjamin Britten
Allan E. Naplan
Arr. Besig & Price
Arr. Emily Crocker
Mary Lynn Lightfoot
Arr. Linda Spevacek
Mary Donnelly, Arr. Strid
Arr. Betty Bertaux
Arr. Ruth Elaine Schram
Amy Bernon
VictoriaElbel-Sabo
Arr. Helenclair Lowe
Jay Althouse
Ruth Watson Henderson
Arr. Dave & Jean Perry
James Mulholland
Allan Naplan
Praetorius/Doreen Rao
Don Besig, Nancy Price
Jeanne Julseth-Heinrich
Bernon and Feldman
Arr. Doreen Rao
Rollo A. Dilworth
Arr. de la Campa
Arr. Dave & Jean Perry
Arr. Roger Emerson
Host:
Jennifer Sproull
2005
Mifflin County
School District
Hosts: Lori Thomas
Joan Loewen
Kathy Ritchey
Patricia Loudenslager
Erik Liebegott
Mark Baylor
Rich Battles
2004
Juniata Valley
School District
Host Christina Ramsey
Leach
Penn State
University
AccompanistKelly Wright
Conductor Dr. Ann Clements
Penn State
University
Accompanist Patricia
Loudenslager
Conductor Lou Ann Shafer
Accompanist Mary Bahnfleth
2003
Glendale School
District
ConductorJoan Berrensford
Host
Darla Burket
Accompanist –
Valerie Day
2002
Bald Eagle Area
School District
Conductor Lisa E. JohnsonJaworowski
Hosts
Debbie Arnold
Emily Paxter
Accompanist Linda Hoffman
2001
Keystone Central
School District
Conductor Dr. Tony Leach
Hosts - Valerie Day
Teresa Forringer
Sherry McGraw
Cynthia Middleton
Accompanist Martena Rogers
Non Nobis, Domine
Allelu, Sing Praises
De Colores
Moon at the Ruined Castle
Ma Navu
Hashivenu
Jubilate Deo
Over the Sea to Skye
Shenandoah
Siyahamba
Good Night
Cripple Creek
Chariot’s Comin’
Praise His Name
Let My People Go
Simply Gregorian
Festival Sanctus
Wind On The Hill
I Bought Me A Cat
When I Open A Book
William Byrd
Michael Jothen
Arr. Francisco J. Nunez
Rentaro Taki
Arr. Audrey Snyder
Doreen Rao
Michael Praetorius
Arr. Arr. Joyce Eilers
Arr. Mary Goetze
Arr. Doreen Rao
Arr. Doreen Rao
Arr. Emily Crocker
Besig and Price
Keith Hampton
Arr. Roger Emerson
Arr. Donald Moore
John Leavitt
Vitoria Ebel-Sabo
Arr. Linda Spevacek
Marylou Dunn
Arr. Sherri Porterfield
Great Day
Arr. Rollo A. Dilworth
Al Sholsha D’Varim
Allan E. Naplan
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
Wade In The Water
Arr. Brad Printz
Bist Du Bei Mir
J.S. Bach/Doreen Rao
Jubilant Song
Mary Lynn Lightfoot
Simply Gregorian
Arr. Donald Moore
Good Night
Kabalevsky/Doreen Rao
Obwisana
Strid & Donnelly
The Tailor of Gloucester
Arr. Cyndee Giebler
To Music
Schubert/Doreen Rao
Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel
Arr. Roger Emerson
El capotin
Antonio de la Campa
Gaudeamus Hodie
Natalie Sleeth
Great Day
Rollo Dilworth
I’m Gonna Sing When The Spirit
Spiritual
Says Sing (Chorus & Teachers)
Lo Yisa Goy
Debbie Cavalier
Over the Sea to Skye
Joyce Eilers
Seasons
Betty Bertaux
Beth Regan
Martena Rogers
2000
Clearfield Area
School District
Hosts
Barbara R. Schmaus
Stephen J. Switala
1999
Southern
Huntingdon
Area School District
Conductor Jay Buhler
Accompanist Sandra Buhler
Conductor Elaine Goldsmith
Accompanist Jeff Mills
Host
Charlotte Stevens
The Shanty Boys
Siyahamba
Consider Yourself
Can’t Help Singing
Chris Crossed
Where Go The Boats?
Chariot’s Comin’!
Stopping By Woods On A Snowy
Evening
Sunshine and Music
Clouds
Younger Generation
All My Trials
From Sea to Shining Sea
Rejoice, O My Spirit
Music Alone Shall Live
I Bought Me A Cat
Hold The Memories-(Sung by
teachers
America The Beautiful
This Land is Your Land
Shenandoah
The Path To The Moon
O Wind
One Eyed Jack
The Drunken Sailor
Music Is A Sound Idea
America The Beautiful
This Land Is Your Land
Hine Ma Tov
Ca’ The Yowes
The Tree Song
Marienwurmchen
Festival Sanctus
More Love
1998
West Branch Area
School District
Conductor Dr. Joanne
Rutkowski
Host
Patricia Coldiron
Accompanist Lisa Cerami
1997
Bellefonte Area
School District
Conductor Jessica Barth
Hosts
Susan Zimmerman
Jay Zimmerman
Accompanist Nora KrollRosenbaum
1996
Glendale Area
School District
Winter’s On The Wing
RENAMED ELEMENTARY SONG FEST IN 1996
Conductor Take The Time
Robert Long
Younger Generation
Siyahamba
Gaudeamus Hodie
Musical Selection
Host
Darla Burket
Sheep May Safely Graze
Charlotte-Town
Chariot’s Comin’!
For The Beauty Of The Earth
Ruth Dwyer
Doreen Rao
Bart/Leyden
Huff/Jacobsen
Mary Lynn Lightfoot
Stevenson/Copley
Besig/Price
Frost/Kistler
Butler
Crupi/Fournier
Copland/Swift
Arr. Audrey Snyder
Bates/Ward/Whitney
J.S. Bach
Douglas Wagner
Linda Spevacek
Don Muro
Bates/Ward
Woodie Guthrie
Herrington & Glick
Madeline C. Thomas
Mary Lightfoot
Nancy Telfer
Arr. Emily Crocker
David Eddleman
Bates/Ward
Woodie Guthrie
Allan E. Naplan
Arr. Mary Goetze
Robert Sterling
Johannes Brahms
John Leavitt
Shaker Tune/Isabel
Carley
John Leavitt
Audrey Snyder
Aaron Copland
Doreen Rao
Natalie Sleeth
Phil Solomon & the Steel
Impressions
J.S. Bach
Emily Crocker
Don Besig/Nancy Price
John Rutter
1995
Mifflin County
School District
Host
Jo Henry
1994
State College Area
School District
Host
Patti Begg
1993
State College Area
High School
Hosts
Joanne Rutkowski
Lisa Bevan
1992
State College Area
Junior High School
Hosts
Joanne Rutkowski
Irene Womer
1991
State College Area
Junior High
Hosts
Joanne Rutkowski
Patti Begg
1990
Penn State Univ.
Host
Joanne Rutkowski
Conductor Judith L. DuBose
Now I Walk In Beauty
Duet from Cantata No. 15
Stopping By Woods
Accompanist Oliver Cromwell
Patricia
Selections by Don Muro
Loudenslager
Hold the Mem’ries
Good Night
When I Sing
RENAMED ALL-STAR SING IN 1994
Conductor Charlotte-Town
Paul Chapin
Jubilate Deo
Velvet Shoes
Accompanis -t
Tree Song
Tracy Bunnell
Chris Crossed!
Chariot’s Comin’
Conductor –
Gaudeamus Hodie
Tony Leach
Gaudeamus Hodie
Song of Peace
Accompanist Hooked on History
Debbie Shelley
Psalm 108
Over The Sea to Skye
Cripple Creek
John Saw Da Numbah
Conductor To Music
Kathleen Hartzell
Hashivenu
Wyinken, Blynken and Nod
Accompanist Ca’ The Yowes
Deborah Schaadt
Mausfallen Spruchlein
Take The Time
Younger Generation
Conductor The Path To The Moon
Nancy Cooper
I Had A Little Nut Tree
Wind On The Hill
Accompanist Marienwurmchen
Michael Rider
A Tree Toad
Jazz-Man
Conductor Smile and Be Yourself
Dr. Maria Runfola Give A Little Love
All Glory Be To Thee
Accompanist Pass It Along
Diana Helmetag
Velvet Shoes
Gregg Smith
J.S. Bach
Vera Kistler
Arr. Benjamin Britten
Don Muro
Arr. Doreen Rao
Arr. David J. Elliot
Emily Crocker
Michael Praetorius
Randall Thompson
Ken Medema
Mary Lynn Lightfoot
Arr. Don Besig
Natalie Sleeth
Natalie Sleeth
Donnelly Arr. Strid
Beall & Carter
Mark Wurster
Arr. Joyce Eilers
Arr. Emily Crocker
Arr. Anthony Leach
Betty Bertaux
Doreeen Rao
Sprenkle/Bertaux
Mary Goetze
Wolf/Goetze
Audrey Snyder
Aaron Copland
Thiman
Bertaux
Ebel-Sabo
Brahms
Henderson
Britten
Doug Nichols
Doug Nichols
G. F. Handel
Linda Spevacek
Randall Thompson