CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

ADVANCED WOMEN’S CHORUS

DIRECTOR: RUTHIE PHILLIPS

The Central Advanced Women’s Chorus consists of students from all walks of life. The members of the Advanced Women’s Chorus include athletes, band musicians, student council representatives, foreign language speakers, academic achievers, and more. None of the members of the Advanced Women’s Chorus study voice outside of the school day. As the only auditioned choral ensemble at Central High School, the Advanced Women’s Chorus contains mostly upperclassmen, though it is open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors. The women of this ensemble have exceptional music reading skills which allow them to learn and perform a large quantity of music with an expert caliber. The Advanced Women’s Chorus regularly performs either SSA or SSAA repertoire in a concert series that includes a fall concert, winter concert, spring concert, and GMEA Large Group Performance Evaluations. In addition to singing treble repertoire, this group also learns music for the Advanced Mixed Chorus. This choral ensemble is a combination of the Advanced Women’s Chorus and the Central Men’s Chorus. Though they do not rehearse with each other during the school day, these ensembles perform mixed repertoire at concerts in addition to their own respective repertoire. Thus, the Advanced Women’s Chorus learns a larger volume of music throughout the school year.

Peace of Wild Things………………………………………………………………………..……………………..Joan Szymko

Come Alive…………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Jenny Mahler

Sigue……………………………………………………………………………………………..…Ivette Herryman-Rodriguez

Song of Miriam……………………………………………………………………………….....……………Elaine Hagenburg

Cantate Domino…………………………………………………………………………………...…………….Charlotte Botha

Never Sit Down from “Two Suffrage Songs”……………………………………………...………….Gwyneth Walker

Rise My Soul………………………………………………………………………………………...…………arr. Susan LaBarr