Montage for Martin

MONTAGE FOR

MARTIN

BY STEPHEN NEWBY & JA JAHANNES

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9 5:00 PM

MONTAGE FOR

MARTIN A CONTEMPORARY ORATORIO

Libretto by Rev. Dr. Ja A. Jahannes Music by Ja Jahannes & Dr. Stephen Michael Newby

Welcome & Opening Prayer

PART I: FOUNDATION 1. Orchestra: Toccata for Peace 2. Choir: My Peace I Bring to You My peace I bring to you, that you might have peace My peace I leave with you, that you might have peace.

Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

This peace I leave with you, that you might have peace.

3. Choir: As We Are, We Come, Lord As we are, we come, Lord, in prayer bowed down to Thee Weary souls traveled far, Lord, that you will set us free.

As we are, we come, Lord, in search of peace in Thee.

This is our fervent prayer, Lord: Thou wilt our refuge be.

As we are we come in search of Thee, This is our prayer, Lord: we come to Thee This is our plea: we come to Thee In search of freedom, we come, Lord!

As we are, we come, Lord.

To your throne of grace: set us free!

As we are we come, Lord, poor wretched souls to see To your throne of grace, Lord, in search of liberty!

4. Solo: I Shall Move Upon the Land I shall move upon the land, tribulation and trials shall be, And everything will be changed.

How long can they run from me?

My people shall be free.

5. Solo: I, Lord I must love You, heaven knows I can I must love You for I am the soul of man I must see You, heaven knows I can I must see You in the Father’s hand I, Lord… Oh I, Lord.

I, Lord, am an instrument of Your peace, I, Lord, am a servant of Your joy, I, Lord, am a witness to Your Word.

I, Lord, I am my brother’s face, I, Lord, am a grain of sand, I, Lord, I am in Your hand, I, Lord… Oh I, Lord.

6. Orchestra: Fanfare for Struggle 7. Choir: Freedom Train The sound of trampling feet on the broken promise streets, The sound of weary men who will not retreat, The sound of hurting hearts where history does meet: The sound comes hurling forth.

Refrain: Freedom train, the freedom train!

Bound for freedom, bound, bound!

The courage of the small, buoyed up in song The fear of the weak shared among the throng, The passion of the cause to right the harm of wrong: The sound comes hurling forth. Refrain The eyes of the watching crowd, filled with tears, The pain of the marchers, weighted by the years, The sound of drumming feet, calming all their fears: The sound comes hurling forth. Refrain

PART II: TRIAL 8. Narration: Overseer of the Dream 9. Solo: I Must Carry the Gospel Just like Paul, from the roadside to the soulside I must carry the gospel Trumpet loud and trumpet clear, for all the world to hear Just like Paul, from the jailhouse to the White House I must carry the gospel.

Drum it deep, drum it clear, for all the world to hear Just like Paul, persecuted, mocked, and scorned I must carry the Gospel.

Jesus’ gospel, for all the world to hear.

10. Chamber Chorale: On and On, We Keep Marching 11. Solo: The Waters Will Wash Away the Sins I will not hear your songs, I will not delight in you For you have made a mockery before my golden throne.

You praised me for forty years, when need of me you had I’ve watched you upon the battlefield: you made me sad.

Both day and night your sins are in my ear, It is all I’ve ever had… ’tis all I ever hear.

12. Chamber Chorale: I Can’t Sit By I can’t sit by while injustice reigns, I can’t sit by despite the gains, I cannot stop until I’m through: separate but equal was never true.

Somebody please, O please, I can’t sit by.

I can’t sit by while it’s still night; I can’t sit still, wrong is right I cannot stop until I’m through: separate but equal was never true.

Somebody please, O please, I can’t sit by.

PART III: TRIBULATION 13. Solo & Choir: I Bear the Marks I bear the marks, the marks of Jesus; from my God I will not hide.

Doubt may drown me like a river, but I shall rise above the tide.

On my body the marks of Jesus, in my life a piercing thorn, In my path a killing cross, on my head a bloody crown.

Refrain: I will carry this heavy burden, I will carry this heavy load Do not weep for my sorrow, I will walk this winding road.

If I rest, I’ll have no pleasure, at my end a starry crown It shall cover the marks of Jesus in whose bosom I am bound. Refrain

14. Solo: I Get Tired Sometimes I get tired sometimes, Oh heaven, I get tired sometimes.

I must renew my soul, O Jesus, I must renew my soul I get weary sometimes, my burdens are great.

I must renew my soul, O Jesus, I must renew my soul.

15. Solo & Chamber Chorale: Never Turn Back What would have happened if a Daniel had stopped at the Lion’s den and never gone in?

What if Shadrach, Meshach, Abednego stopped at the fiery furnace and never gone in?

What if Jonah hadn’t struggled more, straight down to the ocean floor in the belly of the whale?

No, no, never turn back! No, no, Martin, never turn back!

16. Solo: Woman in the Crowd Woman in the crowd, her soul gone mad, world imperfect still She had my heart in sight of the knife of affliction, like grist for the grinding mill.

Love in the crowd, its face before me, in a world imperfect still.

Love had my heart in sight with a firm conviction, For it was surely my Savior’s will.

I thank God for His shield, I thank God for my soul, I thank God for His perfect will in a world imperfect still.

17. Solo & Choir: Anchor My Soul Anchor my soul, Lord, anchor my soul.

Deep in the heart of me, I cry “Holy.”

I can search this life in the company of men And never know the joy and peace You give within.

Anchor my soul in Your word.

Deep in the heart of me, I cry “Holy.”

When I am lonely and my days are cast down, Anchor my soul in Your word.

Deep in the heart of me, I cry “Holy.”

When day betrays me and the nights are cold I thank You, Lord, for my dear soul: Oh thank You, thank You for my soul.

Anchor my soul.

You hold me up on solid ground.

Deep in the heart of me, I cry “Holy.”

On Thee I lean, on Thee I stand.

All other ground is sinking sand.

I am anchored in Your word.

Deep in the heart of me, I cry “Holy.”

Where I am weak, Thou art strong.

You are my shield from hurt and harm.

Anchor my soul.

18. Solo: What Kind of People Worship Here?

Refrain: What kind of people worship here? Who is your God? You better hold onto the truth, my child: Oh Lordy, who is your God? The greatest treason is to worship without reason in this house of pain.

While the angels sing a bad refrain That men have so abandoned Him. Refrain The lesson is to look in your welcome book Within your hearts of grief to see that blindness is a thief That men have so abandoned Him. Refrain

19. Solo & Chamber Chorale: Beloved Community The deep groans of passionate yearning, the tender spirit of our refrain, Purest impulse of humanity.

For the God of this whole world is patient with us yet And hands must join to celebrate Destiny.

Refrain: Beloved community shines brightest when we must sit in Harmony Beloved community shines brightest around the tent of truth.

In the afternoon of our peace, When we have forgotten the small sorrows of a daunting youth And evening paints a portrait, Oh we can bring our gifts to the altar In the colors of a love Supreme.  Refrain We can never lose our way, we can never fail or falter Beloved community is our dream.

20. Solo: Lift Your Brother Up Lift your brother up, lift your sister up, Let love fill your cup, lift your brother up.

Lift your family up, lift your country up, Let love fill the land, give love a helping hand.

Lift your brother up, lift your sister up, Let love be your joy, let love set you free.

PART IV: MARTYRDOM 21. Solo: When You Have Done the Best that You Can Do When you have done the best you can do, When you have lent a helping hand, been a soldier of the band Then you have done, done the best you can do.

When you have gone all the way through the trials of the day Then you have done the best you can do.

When you have been true, to you and your brothers, too, Then you have done the best you can do.

22. Solo: We Knew He Would Die We knew that he would die, but how dare it be so soon, His life was so full, he gave it all to You. Out in front of the march, O how lonely it could be The faces of the marchers, lining streets like a sea.

He knew he would die, they could not see It is the dream that he dreamed, a dream that can still come true, A dream so bright that he leaves it for you.

Let it shine in the winter, let it grow in the spring Let it be a gospel of love that, in time, the world will sing.

Let it go ahead of the faces, let it fly above the crowd For he’s still in the march: we must sing it loud.

We knew that he would die, but how dare it be so soon, He gave it all to You, his life was so full, with so much to do.

23. Narration: This Is How He Loved 24. A ll: His Song Is Singing Still Singing his song: “We shall overcome,” His song is singing still.

In Argentina, in Ireland’s place, in nations great and small, In Tiananmen Square, his song is singing still.

The song of the martyr is heard: “We shall overcome someday.”

His song is singing still.

Where people rise up and will not be oppressed, Throwing off their shackles and facing their distress, The song of the martyr is heard.

In the textbook of the children, in the intellectual tomes, On the avenues and boulevards, on the walls in many homes.

“We shall overcome” is the anthem of the world: We shall overcome someday.

Benediction

LEADING MUSIC Dr. Stephen M. Newby Artist-in-Residence Mary Hoffman Director of Music Ministries The Peachtree Chancel Choir The Peachtree Chamber Chorale Steven Wooddell Organ/Keyboard Daniel Solberg Piano

ORCHESTRA Violin Elizabeth Fayette Jessicu Wu Kenny Lambert Mary Burndrett Benito Thompson Adelaide Federici

Double Bass Robert Henson

Trumpet Jonathan Swygert

Flute Luke Weathington

Trombone Ed Nicholson

Oboe Rebecca Testerman

Viola Yinzi Kong Jessica Stinson Katie Evans Minjee Kim

Clarinet Seth Kuehn

Percussion Lisa Morris Paula Williams

Cello Guang Wang Barney Culver Martin Gueorguiev Nan Kemberling

Bassoon Eva Lewis Butcher Saxophone Sam Skelton French Horn Jason Eklund Ed Ferguson

Drums Joel Morris Electric Guitar Bill Hatcher Electric Bass Marc Miller

DR. STEPHEN MICHAEL NEWBY Composer / Conductor

Dr. Stephen Newby is a composer, conductor, gospel/jazz vocalist, and pianist.

He is a native of Detroit, Michigan, and received his Bachelor of Arts in Vocal Music Education and Flute Performance from Madonna College in Livonia, Michigan. He received a Master of Music in Jazz Composition and Arranging from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. There, his studies in composition were under the supervision of Robert Sutton, Frederick Tillis, Jeff Holmes, and Robert Stern. He returned to Michigan to complete his Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition degree at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

There, he studied with William Albright; Michael Daugherty; George Wilson; Fred Lerdahl; and Pulitzer Prize winners, William Bolcom and Leslie Bassett.

In addition to directing the Center for Worship, Dr. Newby serves as director for the Seattle Pacific University Gospel Choir and the Worship Arts Ensemble.

He has served as a worship pastor for more than 25 years in Michigan, Massachusetts, Washington, and California.

DR. GREG BROUGHTON Narrator / Soloist

Dr. Gregory S. Broughton, Associate Professor of Music at the University of Georgia, was appointed to the Hugh Hodgson School of Music faculty in 1988. He is a member of the UGA Teaching Academy, a UGA Senior Faculty Teaching Fellow, and a recipient of the UGA Sarah Moss Fellowship. He received both the Doctor of Musical Arts and the Master of Music in Vocal Performance from the University of Michigan. He earned the Bachelor of Science in Education from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville where his concentration was in voice and choral music. He has made solo appearances under the baton of conductors Yoel Levi, Donald Neuen, Gustav Meier, John DeMain, J. Paul Cobbs, and Jacqueline Hairston.

Notable solo engagements have included the world premieres of Stephen Newby’s Symphony: Let Thy Mercy Be Upon Us with the Seattle Symphony; the Michigan premiere of David Baker’s Through This Vale of Tears with the Lafayette String Quartet; and the Michigan and Ohio premiere of Adolphus Hailstork’s oratorio, Done Made My Vow, with the Toledo Symphony. He was tenor soloist for the Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Memphis Symphony, and he made his debut appearance at Carnegie Hall as guest soloist in a celebration of the African American Spiritual under the baton of Jacqueline Hairston. He has performed leading operatic tenor roles in Puccini’s La Rondine, Verdi’s Falstaff and La Traviata, Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte, William Grant Still’s A Bayou Legend, and Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha.

JAYME ALILAW

California-born soprano Jayme Alilaw is praised for her lush and vibrant tone throughout the operatic, classical, and spiritual repertoire, and is a fierce advocate for the performance of works by African American composers.

Operatically, Ms. Alilaw is equally at home in traditional and contemporary repertoire. Jayme has been a resident artist with The Atlanta Opera since 2010, singing lead roles in their community outreach tours, and representing the company in collaborations with various Atlanta-based arts organizations, including The High Museum, The Alliance Theater, Museum of Design Atlanta, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, and Dad’s Garage Theater Company. As a Sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserves, Ms. Alilaw frequently sang for military ceremonies throughout the United States and Middle East.

Driven by a deep passion for traditional Negro spirituals, Jayme has organized concerts and won awards for her research about African American composers.

Jayme now resides in Atlanta, Georgia, where she is an active performer and maintains a private voice and piano studio. Jayme also enjoys collaborating across artistic mediums as a means of creative innovation and to provide a voice for social justice. She has performed musical responses to photography exhibits and in the facilitation of discussion about mental health and mental illness awareness. Ms. Alilaw continues to challenge musical boundaries and be a vocal proponent of works by African American composers.

KIMBERLIN BOLTON

Kimberlin Bolton holds a Master’s degree from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Spelman College. Bolton, a lyric soprano, sang in the renowned Spelman College Glee Club, and has held the operatic roles in The Marriage of Figaro and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Upon graduating from Michigan, she traveled to France to perform with the Franco-American Vocal Academy Theater. There, she toured the southern region of France in the operatic production of La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein.

Bolton returned to the United States in August 2011 to accept the role as Personal Assistant to singer Janelle Monáe. Four years later, Bolton took a leap of faith, resigning from her position and founding Blue Culture, LLC, a creative consulting group. Through the agency, she blends her diverse background to create unique marketing strategy, increase brand awareness, and curate genre‑bending collaborations for her clients. She is now the Executive Director of re:imagine/ATL, connecting youth with resources and mentors to amplify their voices in media.

SHELDON MICHAEL

Sheldon is a graduate of Morehouse College where he received his Bachelor of Arts in May of 2013. In 2015, he graduated with an Master of Music in Vocal Performance from Georgia State University and currently studies with Dwight Coleman. He has had the honor to sing for the soundtrack of Spike Lee’s Red Hook Summer, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra’s Christmas with the ASO, and the American Baptist Convention in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His roles of study and performance include Massenet’s Werther, Robert Ward’s The Crucible, and Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and he currently sings with the Atlanta Opera Chorus.

TIM MILLER

A native of Augusta, Georgia, tenor Timothy Miller is an active performer with both national and international credits. Operatic roles include Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Anthony Davis’s The Life and Times of Malcolm X, Verdi’s Aida, Puccini’s La Boheme, and Curtis Bryant’s The Secret Agent (world premiere).

Mr. Miller performed the role of Crab Man in critically acclaimed performances of Porgy and Bess at the Opéra-Comique in Paris and on tour in Luxembourg, Granada, and Normandy. Concert repertoire includes tenor soloist in Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Magnificat, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Mozart’s Requiem, Verdi’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang, and Adolphus Hailstork’s I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes. Additional concert repertoire includes excerpts from Richard Strauss’ Der Rosenkavalier performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Perhaps most widely recognized for his stirring renditions of God Bless America during the seventh inning stretch of Atlanta Braves home games, Miller has extended his exposure well beyond the concert stage. Featured artist promos for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim and featured artist profiles for The Atlantan magazine, Georgia EMC magazine, and My Vinings-Smyrna magazine round out a growing list of memorable career highlights. In addition to a busy performance schedule, Mr. Miller is also an Assistant Professor of Voice and Music at Morehouse College and serves on the board of Meridian Herald.

SEAN SAVAGE

Lyric tenor, Sean Savage, has been a regularly-featured soloist at Peachtree Presbyterian Church for over five years. Sean began his career with the Virginia Opera Association as a chorister. He has performed in various opera productions, including Rigoletto, Turandot, La Boheme, and Sweeny Todd with the Capitol City Opera Company, and he sang the role of St. Brioche in The Merry Widow.

Sean was a featured soloist at the Piccolo Spoleto Music Festival in Charleston, South Carolina, in 2014. Around the city of Atlanta, he has appeared in various theatrical and vocal venues, as well as singing commercial specials.

MINKA WILTZ

Minka Wiltz has been a professional actor and singer for 18 years. Her training as a classical singer began at the age of six years old with the Young Singers of Callanwolde and continued throughout high school and college. As an actor, Minka has collaborated most extensively on new and developing works written by playwrights including Robert O’Hara, Marcus Gardley, and Kia Corthron.

She has performed on the stages of The Alliance Theater, Horizon Theater, Actors Express, Synchronicity Performance Group, The Atlanta Opera, San Diego Repertory Theater, and The Atlanta Symphony. In 2017, Minka received the Craig Noel Award for Outstanding Lead Female Performance in a Musical, and in 2019, she was honored by Emory University with their Community Artist Impact Award.

FRIENDS OF MUSIC AT PEACHTREE

The Music Ministry of Peachtree Church wishes to thank the following people for contributing to the 2019–2020 concert season.

GLORIA LEVEL ($5,000 AND ABOVE) Mr. & Mrs. Lewis Brannon Mrs. Sally Hinkle Mr. & Mrs. Stiles Kellett, Jr.

Ms. Annette Satterfield Friends of Frank Skinner

ALLELUIA LEVEL ($2,500 – $4,999) Mr. & Mrs. Louis Bunte Mrs. Peggy Dominey

Mr. Clay Hilley Max & George Lane

FESTIVAL LEVEL ($1,000 – $2,499) Anonymous Mrs. Nancy Berry Friends of Jean Guest Friends of Dave Hudak Mr. & Mrs. Reuben Lasseter

Mrs. Emily Monroe Mr. & Mrs. Dennis Nichols Mr. Richard Oliver & Mrs. Marge Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Beau Terrell

FANFARE LEVEL ($500 –$999) Mr. & Mrs. Frank Allen Mrs. Ellen Blake Ms. Mildred Cook Mr. & Mrs. Hazen Dempster

Mr. & Mrs. Charlie Newton Mrs. Ruthanne Suttles Mr. & Mrs. Steve Wurzbacher

PROCESSIONAL LEVEL ($100 – $499) Mr. & Mrs. William Baker Mr. & Mrs. Rick Barnes Mr. & Mrs. Peter Buck Ms. Susan Cameron Mr. & Mrs. George Deriso Mr. & Mrs. John Gornall, Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Andy Hamilton Ms. Carol Hughes Ms. Betty Jeter Mrs. Gayle Jones Mr. & Mrs. Jon Keagle Mr. & Mrs. William Mack Mr. & Mrs. Robert Margolin Dr. & Mrs. John Moore Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Mulick

Mr. Charles Newton Mr. David O’Brien Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Parramore, III Ms. Christa Partin Mr. & Mrs. Jeff Pope Mrs. Marian Saylor Mr. Bob Schock Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Sharpe Mr. & Mrs. John Shevlin In memory of Cynthia L. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Thurman Mrs. Barbara Tschappat Mr. & Mrs. George Van de Voort Mrs. Pat Webb Mrs. Anne Wray

PRELUDE LEVEL ($99 AND UNDER) Ms. Monica Beshara In memory of Eleanor Cool Mr. & Mrs. Steve Drago Mr. William Frantz Ms. Jacquelyn Goodman

Mr. & Mrs. Will Katz Mr. & Mrs. Robert Messinger Mr. & Mrs. Robert Slater Mr. Ed Seikus Mr. & Mrs. Robert Swartwood

UPCOMING EVENTS AT PEACHTREE Made Known: A Community Gathering for Pregancy and Infant Loss Sunday, February 16 | 5:00 pm | Kellett Chapel

Grace Nights

Sunday, February 23 | 7:00 pm | The Canyon

Ash Wednesday Service

Wednesday, February 26 | 12:00 pm | Kellett Chapel

Elizabeth Fayette, Violinist, in Recital

Sunday, March 1 | 4:00 pm | Kellett Chapel

Elijah! God’s Faithful Prophet Children’s Musical Sunday, March 22 | 4:00 pm | Sanctuary

Handel’s Messiah

Sunday, March 29 | 5:00 pm | Sanctuary

Palm Sunday Services

Sunday, April 5 | 8:45, 10:00, 11:15 am | Sanctuary

Maundy Thursday Service

Thursday, April 9 | 7:00 pm | Sanctuary

Easter Services

Saturday, April 11 | 5:00 pm | Sanctuary Sunday, April 12 | 8:45, 10:00, 11:15 am | Sanctuary

Summer Pops Concert

Sunday, June 14 | 4:00 pm | Sanctuary

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