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Performance History

of the augusta choral society
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​1950-1976
​EMILY REMINGTON
Founder and Director

  • 1950, Messiah, Christmas portion
  • 1951, Messiah, Christmas portion
  • 1952, Messiah; Hymn of Praise, Mendelssohn; Ye Sons and Daughters of the King
  • 1953, The German Requiem, Johannes Brahms; Fall Concert; Messiah
  • 1954, Messiah, Portions of Parts I
  • 1955, Requiem, Verdi, Conductor: Harry Jacobs
  • 1955, Messiah, Portions of Parts I, II, III
  • 1956, St. Matthew Passion, Bach: Conductor: Harry Jacobs
  • 1957, Elijah, Mendelssohn
  • 1957, Spring Concert with Ballet des Beaux Arts, Ballet Director: Alexis Dolinoff
  • 1957, Songs of the Southland, music by Stephen Foster
  • 1957, The German Requiem with Aiken Choraliers, Brahms
  • 1957, Messiah, with Aiken Choraliers
  • 1958, King David, Honegger, Augusta Civic Orchestra, Conductor: Harry Jacobs
  • 1958, Songs of the Southland, music by Foster
  • 1958, A Ceremony of Carols, Britten
  • 1958, Magnificat, Bach
  • 1958, A Ceremony of Carols (Repeat performance), Britten
  • 1958, Magnificat, Bach
  • 1959, Judas Maccabaeus, Handel
  • 1959, Gloria in Excelsis, Vivaldi
  • 1959, Messiah, Handel; Rockholt
  • 1959, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti
  • 1960, Requiem, Verdi
  • 1960, Two Chorales, Bach
  • 1960, Hymn to Cecilia, Britten
  • 1960, Nanie, Brahms
  • 1960, Glory, Praise and Power
  • 1960, Bach, Britten Brahms (Repeat performance)
  • 1960, Gloria (Mass in D), Vivaldi
  • 1961, Mass in B Minor, Bach
  • 1961, Mass in B Minor (Repeat performance), Bach
  • 1961, Avodath Hakodesh, Bloch
  • 1962, Carmina Burana, Orff
  • 1962, Pagliacci, Leoncavallo
  • 1962, Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni
  • 1962, Pagliacci, Cavalleria (Repeat performance)
  • 1963, Stabat Mater, Rossini
  • 1963, Christmas Oratorio, Cantatas I
  • 1964, Four Motets for the Season of Lent, Poulenc
  • 1964, Ave Verum Corpus (Wonen's Voices), Poulenc
  • 1964, Gloria, Poulenc
  • 1964, Four Motets for Lent (Repeat performance), Poulenc
  • 1964, Israel in Egypt, Handel
  • 1965, The Blessed Damozel, Debussy
  • 1965, The Choral Fantasia, Brahms
  • 1965, Messiah, Portions of I1965, The Passion According to St. John, Bach
  • 1965, Rejoice and Sing (Christmas Oratorio), Bach
  • 1965, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
  • 1965, Cantate # 140, Wachet Auf!
  • 1966, Messiah, Portions of I
  • 1966, Elijah, Mendelssohn
  • 1966, Messiah, Portions of I
  • 1966, Mass in G, Schubert
  • 1966, Nanie, Brahms
  • 1966, Magnificat, Hovhannes
  • 1967, Dona Nobis Pacem, Williams
  • 1968, The Creation, Haydn
  • 1967, Messiah, Part I & Nos. 26 
  • 1968, Psalms, Emily Remington
  • 1968, Messiah, Part I & Nos. 33
  • 1969, Great Mass in F Minor, Bruckner
  • 1969, Requiem, Verdi
  • 1969, A Festival of Christmas Music, Emily Remington
  • 1970, Te Deum, Kodaly
  • 1971, The Peaceable Kingdom, Thompson
  • 1971, The Light in the Wilderness, selected choruses
  • 1971, Praise Ye the Lord, Motet
  • 1972, Requiem, Brahms
  • 1972, Requiem, Mozart
  • 1972, Praise Ye the Lord, Hovhaness
  • 1973, Requiem, Durufle
  • 1973, The Green Blade Riseth, Wright
  • 1973, Testament of Freedom, Thompson.
  • 1973, Messiah, Halelujah Chorus
  • 1973, Bach to Bernstein: Chichester Psalms, Bernstein; Magnificat, Bach; Magnificat, Williams; Une Cantate de Noel, Honegger
  • 1974, The Creation, Haydn
  • 1974, Messiah, Part I & Nos. 22
  • 1975, When Jesus Wept, Billings
  • 1975, Chester, Billings
  • 1975, Psalm 90, Ives
  • 1975, Liebeslieder Waltzer, Opus 52
  • 1975, Songs of the Southland
  • 1975, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti
  • 1975 - 1976, Song of Affirmation, della Joio, Testament of Freedom, Thompson, An Olde Fashioned Christmas, King David, Honegger

1976-1978
Interim directors

  • 1977, Music for the Lenten Season, Sandra Patton, guest conductor
  • 1977, Winter Concert, Arpad Darazs, guest conductor
  • 1977, Hosanna Filio David, Victoria, T. L., William Toole, guest conductor

1978-1989
​Eloy Fominaya

  • ​1978 Laud to the Nativity Respighi; Messa di Gloria Puccini, The Augusta Symphony Orchestra Harry Jacobs
  • 1979 Advent 1979                        
  • 1980 Nanie Brahms; Three Sacred Songs: Te Deum Laudamus Laudi; In the Beginning Copland; The Augusta Symphony Orchestra Harry Jacobs                       
  • 1978 Mass in C Minor K 427                       
  • 1979  The Fantastiks  Schmidt; Porgy and Bess, Gershwin G.; Carousel, Rogers                     
  • 1980 Christmas Oratorio Bach                       
  • 1981 Missa Brevis D Major K. 194, He Watching Over Israel, How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place from German Requiem, Psalm 137, Te Deum Kodaly; Marienlieder Songs of Mary Op.22, Brahms J., Saint Nicholas Cantata Britten B.                      
  • 1982 Requiem Brahms J.; Broadway excerpts; 1982 Wachet Auf Ruft Uns Die Stimme Bach J.S.;  Cantate de Noel Honegger     
  • 1983 Verdi Requiem w/SOA; 1983 Magnificat Bach J.S.; Gloria Poulenc F.                      
  • 1984 Requiem in D Minor K.626 Mozart; Messiah Portions of Part I & Nos. 44                                   
  • 1985 Mass in B Minor Bach J.S.  
  • 1986-1987 Chichester Psalms, Bernstein; Hymn of Jesus, Holst; Song of Destiny, Brahms; Messiah, Handel
  • 1987-1988 Verperae Solennes de Confessore, Mozart; Requiem, Duruflé; Gloria, Vivaldi; Ceremony of Carols, Britten​

1988-1990
​James E. Nord

  • 1988-1989 Music of the British Isles (Morley, Gibbons, Farmer; The Seasonings, (PDQ Bach/Shickele); Choral Masterpieces (Handel, Mozart, Berlioz, Hayden, Mendelsson, Brahms, Beethoven)
  • 1989-1990 Baroque Masterpieces (Monteverdi, Charpentier, Telemann); Nänie, Brahms; Mass in Time of War, Haydn
  • 1990-1991 Mass in G, Schubert; Frostiana, Thompson; 

​1989-1999
Melvin Brown

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  • 1991-1992 Rodgers and Hammerstein; Messiah, Handel; Showboat, Kern; Porgy and Bess, Gershwin
  • 1992-1993 Serenade to Music, RV Williams; Rejoice in the Lamb, Britten; Chichester Psalms, Bernstein
  • 1993-1994 20th Century Masterpieces; Creation, Handel
  • 1994-1995 Messiah, Handel; Gloria, Poulenc; Cantique de Jean Racine, Faure; Les Angelus, Vierne; Elijah, Mendelssohn; 
  • 1995-1996 Ein Deutsches Requiem, Brahms; Messiah, Handel; King David, Honegger; Pops Concert
  • 1996-1997 Stabat Mater, Rossini; Messa di Gloria, Puccini; Messiah, Handel; 
  • 1997-1998 St. Nicolas Mass, Haydn; St. Nicolas, Britten; Pops
  • 1998-1999 Missa Solemnis, Beethoven

1999-2023
J Porter Stokes

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  • 1999-2000 Carmina burana, Orff;
  • 2000-2001 
  • 2001-2002  Requiem, Mozart; Messiah, Handel; Petite Messe Sollenelle, Rossini; Three Choirs Festival (with Augusta Chorale and Augusta Children's Chorus)
  • 2002-2003 Creation, Haydn; Messiah, Handel; Verdi Requiem (ASO/Portnoy); Greatest Choruses in the History of the World, Part I
  • 2003-2004 Ein Deutsches Requiem, Brahms; Messiah excerpts, A Christmas Garland, Susa, Gloria, Bass, with Creative Impressions; Around the World in 80 Minutes; Augusta Promenade (with US Army Signal Corps Band)
  • 2004-2005 Gloria in D, Vivaldi; Requiem in D, Faure; Messiah excerpts, Magnificat, Rutter, O Magnum Mysterium, Lauridsen; Stabat Mater, Dvorak
  • 2005-2006 Rutter and Beethoven, Messiah and More, Handel. G.F., Jerusalem, Parry, C. H., Psalm 100, Schutz, H., Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Bach, J.S., I Was Glad, Parry, C. H., Te Deum, Howells, H., Ecce Sacerdos Magnus, Bruckner, A.Hallelujah, from Messiah, Handel, G. F.; Messiah, Parts II & III, Handel, G. F.,  Spring pops,  
  • 2006-2007 Mozart (Regina coeli, Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, Venite populi, Missa in C (K317), Ave Verum; A Gift to be Simple (Folk Songs with Augusta Pre Day School choir)
  • 2007-2008 Regina Coeli, Mozart, W.A.; Verperae Solennes de Confessore, K.339, Mozart, W.A.; Venite Populi, K.260, Mozart, W.A.; Missa in C, Kronungsmesse, K. 317, Mozart, W.A.; Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618, Mozart, W.A.; "A Gift to be Simple", English and American Folk Songs; Cantique de Jean Racine, Faure, G.; Requiem, Op. 9, Durufle, M.;  Shicksalslied, Song of Fate, Op. 54, Brahms, J.; The Road Not Talken, Thompson, R., Danny Boy, Arr. J. Flummerfelt; Messiah, Part I & Nos. 22,33,38,44,53, Handel, G. F.
  • 2008-2009, Choose Something Like A Star; Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti, G.; Requiem, Mozart, W.A.; Memorial Day Weekend Concert;  Carmina Burana, Orff, C.; Messiah, Handel, G. F., 
  • 2010, Chandos Anthem No.11, Let God Arise, Handel, G. F.; Missa Brevis No.7 in B Flat, Haydn, F.J.; Missa Brevis in G Major, KV140, Mozart, W.A.; Memorial Weekend; Hallelujah, from Mount of Olives, Beethoven, L.; Dona Nobis Pacem, from Mass in B Minor, Bach, J. Porter Stokes, Zadok the Priest, Coronation Anthem No.1, Handel, G.F., Awake the Harp, from Creation, Haydn
  • 2010-2011 Greatest Choruses (Gloria, from Mass in G, Schubert, F., Ave Verum Corpus, K.618, Mozart, W.A., Wie Lieblich, from Ein Deutches Requiem, Brahms, J, Cantique de Jean Racine, Faure, G., He, Watching Over Israel, from Elijah, Mendelssohn, F., The Heavens are Telling, from Creation, Haydn, F.J., The best of All Possible Worlds, from Candide, Bernstein, L. Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah, Handel, G.F.); December (Messiah, Part I Selections, Handel, G.F., Candlelight Carol, Rutter, J., What Child, Lohman, P., Shepherd's Pipe Carol, Rutter, J., Glory to God oin the Highest, Pergolesi, G., The First Nowell, Arr. Wilberg, M., Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Arr. Willcocks, D., O Come, All Ye Faithful, Arr. Willcocks, D.); Stabat Mater, Rossini, Memorial Tribute
  • 2011-2012 (Fall) Brass & Flash), December (A Baroque Christmas); (Love Songs) Fly me to the Moon, Howard, B., Arr. Shaw, K., He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother, Scott, B. & Russell, B., Arr. Hayes, M., Try a Little Tenderness, Woods, H., Campbell, J., Connelly, R., Georgia on My Mind, Carmichael, H., Arr. Shaw, K., Love is Blue, Popp, A., Arr. Luboff, N., Happy Together, Bonner, G., Gordon, Alan, Arr. Jasperse, G., She Loves Me, Bock, J., Love Changes Everything, Webber, A., Arr. Lojeski, E.,, Embraceable You, Gershwin, I. & G., Where is Love?, Bart, L., Arr. Huff, M., All You Need is Love, Lennon, J. & McCartney, P., Arr. Billingsley, A.
  • 2012, Ein Deutsches Requiem, Brahms; Te Deum, Bruckner; Verleih uns frieden, Mendelssohn, Requiem, Faure, Gloria, Bass; In Terra Pax, Finzi; Magnificat, Bach; Messiah excerpts
  • 2013, Stabat Mater, Jenkins; Rodgers and Hammerstein and Sondheim medleys, Messiah excerpts, 'Twas the Night Before, Moore/Sineone; A Musicological Journey through the 12 Day, Courtney; Feast of Carols, Bass, O Come all ye faithful, Willcocks
  • 2014, Pipes, Brass & Drums; The Sounds of Freedom; The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, Jenkins, Messiah, Part I selections, Handel; Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Williams; Gesu Bambino, Yon, P., Arr. Krogstad, B.; A Christmas Festival, Anderson; We Need a Little Christmas, Herman, Arr. Hayes
  • 2015-2016 Requiem, Mozart; Remembering and Honoring; Sprig of Thyme, Rutter; Old American Songs, Copland, A.; Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti, G.; The First Noel, Arr. Wilburg, M.; Believe, from The Polar Express, Silvestri & Ballard; Hallelujah, from Messiah, Handel, G.F.; Stabat Mater, McDowell, C.; Requiem, Harmon, N., Remembering and Honoring
  • 2016-2017, Coronation Anthems, Handel; A Very Airy Yule; Requiem, Verdi., A Memorial Concert,
  • 2017-2018, Carmina Burana, Orff, C., Messiah, Part I selections, Handel, G.F., Slainte (Theme), St. Patrick's Day, A Pause to Honor (May)
  • 2018-2019 (Fall) Puccini, MESSA DI GLORIA, Leoncavallo, BELL CHORUS, Verdi, ANVIL CHORUS, Sam Pottle, JABBERWOCKY; (December) Gerald Finzi, IN TERRA PAX, Holst, CHRISTMAS DAY, Vaughan Williams, FANTASIA ON CHRISTMAS CAROLS, Harold Darke, IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER, Mack Wilberg, WEXFORD CAROL, Karl Jenkins, PALLADIO, Peter Warlock, CAPRIOL SUITE (Pieds-en-l’air), Wayne Haun, THE HOLLY AND THE IVY, John Rutter, HERE WE COME A’WASSAILING, Edvard Elgar, A CHRISTMAS GREETING, Special Guests: Palmetto Girls Sing!
  • 2019 (March): (Concert Cancelled at the beginning of the Covid Pandemic) Cherubini REQUIEM IN C MINOR, Randall Thompson, THE ROAD NOT TAKEN, Rutter, WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING IN, Arr. Mark Hayes – BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS
  • 2019 (May): Pandemic suspension continues
  • 2020 (Fall): Pandemic suspensioncontinues - small group records a Christmas greeting for web
  • 2021-2022 Haydn CREATION; Handel MESSIAH; K. Jenkins STABAT MATER; A CONCERT IN TIME OF WAR (May) 
  • 2022-2023  Duruflé REQUIEM, Beethoven 9TH SYMPHONY (final movement); Shaw MANY MOODS, Suite 2, GLORIAs by Vivaldi, Mozart (Coronation), and Randoll Bass, Susa A CHRISTMAS GARLAND, Tormé CHRISTMAS SONG, Goodall LOVE DIVINE, Brahms EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM, Reflections on Life, Love, and Loss from the Scots-Irish Perspective

PDF: Copy of the very first concert presented by the ACS - December 11, 1951 - Emily Remington, conducting

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