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American Music! Tacoma

Join us in beautiful Lagerquist Hall as we sojourn through the history of American choral traditions with this rousing program of American Music. Our featured guests will be Marlette Buchanan, former lead soloist of the Fisk Jubilee Singers and 4.0 Quartet, the local Barbershop Quartet Champions.

The program features works by Morten Lauridsen, Eric Whitacre, Moses Hogan, Amy Beach, George Gershwin, William Walker, Willam Schumann, and the audience will join us on sing-throughs of sveral pieces of American music!

Illumni is on of the areas premier music groups. They've appeared on local and national television, including NBC's America's Got Talent, and CNN/Headline News. They were recently named, "The Concert to See This Weekend" by the Tacoma News Tribune. The concerts are fun, enjoyable, and a great time for everyone!

Here is a list of the full concert repertoire!
Go Down Moses - Moses Hogan (1957-2003)
O Magnum - Morten Lauridsen (b.1943)
Lux Aurumquae - Eric Whitace (b.1970)
I am the Rose - William Billings (1746-1800)
Songs of the Sea - Amy Beach (1867-1944)
Coney Island Baby/We All Fall - Les Applegate (b.?-1948)
There Is Nothing Like a Dame - Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) & Oscar Hammerstien (1895-1960)
How Can I keep From Singing - Robert Lowry (1826-1899)
Elegy - Frank Ferko (b.1950)
Shenandoah - James Erb (b.1926) / Marshall Bartholomew (1885-1978)
Deep River - Norman Luboff (1917-1987)
Attention Ladies - William Schumann (1910-1992)
Dios Itlaconantzine - Don Hernando Franco (circa 1550)
My Wild Irish Rose - Traditional/Barbershop
Wondrous Love - James Christopher (1815-1844) published by William Walker in Southern Harmony (1840).

Ticket prices are suggested donation. **No one is turned away at the door. To reserve a ticket at no cost, email us at: illumni@illumnimenschorale.com.