A Choral Tapestry Choir Concert

3300 Austin Parkway,Sugar Land TX 77479

30 April, 2023

Description

A Choral Tapestry, Sunday, April 30th, 2 pm, at Christ Church Sugar Land, is a family-friendly concert that is the first stand-alone concert under the direction of Ray Rhoads. The Concert features a broad selection of music from various musical genres and backgrounds. The music selections include perennial favorites written or arranged by American composers and/or are American folk tunes from many different areas of the country. The concert is separated into sections which include Spirituals, Folk Songs, Sea Shanties, and Themes like dreams, wishes, and prayers. Music selections include The Prayer of Black Elk (a local premier), Black is the Color of my True Love’s Hair, Sure on this Shining Night by Morten Lauridensen, Amazing Grace, The Yellow Rose of Texas, and a rousing rendition of When The Saints go Marching In. The music is highlighted by the featured poetry of the Sioux Medicine Man- Nicholas Black Elk, Ysaye Barnwell, Georgia Douglass Johnson, and Edgar Allen Poe.