Short History of the Augusta Choral Society
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Copy of the very first concert presented by the ACS - December 11, 1951 - Emily Remington, conducting

Works performed by the ACS under the baton of Emily Remington

• 1950, Messiah, Christmas portion, Handel
• 1951, Messiah, Christmas portion, Handel
• 1952, Messiah; Hymn of Praise, Mendelssohn; Ye Sons and Daughters of the King, Volckmar Leisring; and, Hymn of Praise, F. Mendelssohn,
• 1953, The German Requiem, Johannes Brahms; Fall Concert; Messiah, Excerpts fro Parts I, II, III, Handel
  
• 1954, Messiah, Portions of Parts I, II, III, Handel; Requiem, W.A. Mozart.
• 1955, Requiem, Verdi, G., Emily Remington
• 1955, Augusta Civic Orchestra Concert No. 5, Conductor: Harry Jacobs, Emily Remington
• 1955, Messiah, Portions of Parts I, II, III, Handel, G. F., Emily Remington
• 1956, St. Matthew Passion, Bach, J.S., Emily Remington
• 1956, Augusta Civic Orchestra, Conductor: Harry Jacobs, Emily Remington
• 1956, The Augusta Music Club Presents The Augusta Choral Society, Emily Remington
• 1956, Augusta Civic Orchestra, Conductor: Harry Jacobs, Emily Remington
• 1957, Elijah, Mendelssohn, Emily Remington
• 1957, Spring Concert with Ballet des Beaux Arts, Ballet Director: Alexis Dolinoff, Emily Remington
• 1957, Songs of the Southland, music by Foster, Bland,Emmett, Emily Remington
• 1957, The German Requiem with Aiken Choraliers, Brahms, Emily Remington
• 1957, The German Requiem with Aiken Choraliers, Brahms, Emily Remington
• 1957, The German Requiem with Aiken Choraliers, Brahms, Emily Remington
• 1957, Messiah, with Aiken Choraliers, Handel, Emily Remington
• 1958, King David, Honegger, Emily Remington
• 1956, Augusta Civic Orchestra, Conductor: Harry Jacobs, Emily Remington
• 1958, Songs of the Southland, music by Foster, Bland,Emmett, Emily Remington
• 1958, A Ceremony of Carols, Britten, Benjamin, Emily Remington
• 1958, Magnificat, Bach, J.S., Emily Remington
• 1958, A Ceremony of Carols (Repeat performance), Britten, Benjamin, Emily Remington
• 1958, Magnificat, Bach, J.S., Emily Remington
• 1959, Judas Maccabaeus, Handel, G. F., Emily Remington
• 1959, Judas Maccabaeus, Handel, G. F., Emily Remington
• 1959, Gloria in Excelsis, Vivvaldi, Emily Remington
• 1959, Messiah, Handel; Rockholt, P. Conductor, Emily Remington
• 1959, Messiah (Repeat performance), Handel, G.F., Emily Remington
• 1959, Augusta Civic Orchestra, Conductor: Harry Jacobs, Emily Remington
• 1959, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti, G., Emily Remington
• 1959, Augusta Civic Orchestra (Repeat performance), Conductor: Harry Jacobs, Emily Remington
• 1959, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti, G., Emily Remington
• 1960, Requiem, Verdi, G., Emily Remington
• 1960, Requiem (Repeat performance), Verdi, G., Emily Remington
• 1960, Two Chorales, Bach, J.S., Emily Remington
• 1960, Hymn to Cecilia, Britten, B., Emily Remington
• 1960, Nanie, Brahms, Emily Remington
• 1960, Glory, Praise and Power, Mozart, Emily Remington
• 1960, Bach, Britten Brahms (Repeat performance), Bach, J.S., Emily Remington
• 1960, Gloria (Mass in D), Vivaldi, Emily Remington
• 1961, Mass in B Minor, Bach, J.S., Emily Remington
• 1961, Mass in B Minor (Repeat performance), Bach, J.S., Emily Remington
• 1961, Avodath Hakodesh, Bloch, E., Emily Remington
• 1962, Carmina Burana, Orff, C., Emily Remington
• 1962, Pagliacci, Leoncavallo, R., Emily Remington
• 1962, Cavalleria Rusticana, Mascagni, P., Emily Remington
• 1962, Pagliacci, Cavalleria (Repeat performance), Leoncavallo, R., Mascagni, Emily Remington
• 1963, Stabat Mater, Rossini, Lucie Ruzicka
• 1963, Christmas Oratorio, Cantatas I,II,III, Bach, J.S., Emily Remington
• 1964, Two Sonatas: Longo 23 in E, Longo 104 in C, Scarlatti, D., Lucie Ruzicka
• 1964, Four Motets for the Season of Lent, Poulenc, F., Emily Remington
• 1964, Ave Verum Corpus (Wonen's Voices), Poulenc, F., Emily Remington
• 1964, Gloria, Poulenc, F., Emily Remington
• 1964, Four Motets for Lent (Repeat performance), Poulenc, F., Emily Remington
• 1964, Israel in Egypt, Handel, G.F., Emily Remington
• 1964, Israel in Egypt (Repeat performance), Handel, G.F., Emily Remington
• 1964, Israel in Egypt (Repeat performance), Handel, G.F., Emily Remington
• 1965, The Blessed Damozel, DeBussey, Emily Remington
• 1965, The Choral Fantasia, Brahms, Emily Remington
• 1965, Messiah, Portions of I,II,III, Handel, G.F., Emily Remington
• 1965, The Passion According to St. John, Bach, J.S., Emily Remington
• 1965, The Passion According to St. John (Repeat performance), Bach, J.S., Emily Remington
• 1965, Rejoice and Sing (Christmas Oratorio), Bach, J.S., Emily Remington
• 1965, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Bach, J.S., Emily Remington
• 1965, Cantate # 140, Wachet Auf!, Bach, J.S., Emily Remington
• 1966, Messiah, Portions of I,II,III, Handel, G.F., Emily Remington
• 1966, Elijah, Mendelssohn, F., Emily Remington
• 1966, Elijah (Repeat performance), Mendelssohn, F., Emily Remington
• 1966, Messiah, Portions of I,II,III, Handel, G.F., Emily Remington
• 1966, Mass in G, Schubert, F., Emily Remington
• 1966, Nanie, Brahms, J., Emily Remington
• 1966, Magnificat, Hovhannes, A., Emily Remington
• 1967, Dona Nobis Pacem, Williams, V., Emily Remington
• 1968, The Creation, Haydn, J., Emily Remington
• 1968, The Creation (Repeat performance), Haydn, J., Emily Remington
• 1967, Messiah, Part I & Nos. 26, 33,44, Handel, G.F., Emily Remington
• 1968, Psalms, Emily Remington
• 1968, Psalms (Repeat performance), Emily Remington
• 1968, Messiah, Part I & Nos. 33,39,44,53, Handel, G.F., Emily Remington
• 1969, Great Mass in F Minor, Bruckner, A., Emily Remington
• 1969, Requiem, Verdi, G., Emily Remington
• 1969, Requiem (Repeat performance), Verdi, G., Emily Remington
• 1969, A Festival of Christmas Music, Emily Remington
• 1969, Christmas Concert, Emily Remington
• 1970, Te Deum, Kodaly, Z., Emily Remington
• 1970, Te Deum (Repeat Performance), Kodaly, Z., Emily Remington
• 1971, The Peaceable Kingdom, Thompson, R., Victor Blanchione, guest
• 1971, The Light in the Wilderness, selected choruses, Brubeck, D., Victor Blanchione, guest
• 1971, Praise Ye the Lord, Motet, Hovhaness, A., Mary Louise Ackerman
• 1972, Requiem, Brahms, J., Gregory Colson
• 1972, Requiem, Mozart, W.A., Arpad Darazs, guest conductor
• 1972, Praise Ye the Lord, Hovhaness, A., Mary Louise Ackerman
• 1973, Requiem, Durufle, M., Emily Remington
• 1973, The Green Blade Riseth, Wright, M.S., Emily Remington
• 1973, Religious Cultural Fair, Phase I, Emily Remington
• 1973, Testament of Freedom, Thompson., R, Emily Remington
• 1973, Messiah, Halelujah Chorus, Handel., G.F., Emily Remington
• 1973, A Program to Honor Colonel William Few, Selected group of ACS, Emily Remington
• 1973, Bach to Bernstein, Emily Remington
• 1973, Chichester Psalms, Bernstein, L., Emily Remington
• 1973, Magnificat, Bach, J.S., Emily Remington
• 1973, Magnificat, Williams, V., Arpad Darazs, guest conductor
• 1973, Une Cantate de Noel, Honegger, A., Arpad Darazs, guest conductor
• 1974, The Creation, Haydn, J., Emily Remington
• 1974, Messiah, Part I & Nos. 22,24,25,26,53,44, Handel., G.F., Emily Remington
• 1975, When Jesus Wept, Billings, W., John Scott, guest conductor
• 1975, Chester, Billings, W., John Scott, guest conductor
• 1975, Psalm 90, Ives, C., John Scott, guest conductor
• 1975, Liebeslieder Waltzer, Opus 52, Brahms, J., John Scott, guest conductor
• 1975, Songs of the Southland, Emily Remington
• 1975, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti, G., Emily Remington
• 1975, Amahl and the Night Visitors (Repeat Performance), Menotti, G., Emily Remington
• 1975, Amahl and the Night Visitors (Repeat Performance), Menotti, G., Emily Remington
• 1975 - 1976, Song of Affirmation, Joio, N. D., Emily Remington
• 1975 - 1976, Testament of Freedom, Thompson, R., Emily Remington
• 1975, An Olde Fashioned Christmas, Emily Remington
• 1976, King David, Honegger, A., Emily Remington

Subsequent 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
• 1978, Laud to the Nativity, Respighi, O., Eloy Fominaya
• 1978, Messa di Gloria, Puccini, G., Eloy Fominaya
• 1978, The Augusta Symphony Orchestra, Harry Jacobs, Music Director, Eloy Fominaya
• 1979, Advent 1979, Eloy Fominaya
• 1980, Nanie, Brahms, J., Eloy Fominaya
• 1980, Three Sacred Songs: Te Deum Laudamus, Laudi, all Vergine Maria, Stabat Mater, Verdi, G., Eloy Fominaya
• 1980, In the Beginning, Copland, A., Eloy Fominaya
• 1978, The Augusta Symphony Orchestra, Harry Jacobs, Music Director, Eloy Fominaya
• 1978, Mass in C Minor, K 427, Eloy Fominaya
• 1979, The Fantastiks, Schmidt, H., Jones, T., Floyd Montgomery
• , Porgy and Bess, Gershwin G., Heyward, D. Gershwin, I., Floyd Montgomery
• , Carousel,Rogers, R., Hammerstein, O., Floyd Montgomery
• 1980, Nanie, Brahms, J., Eloy Fominaya
• , Three Sacred Songs: Te Deum Laudamus, Laudi, all Vergine Maria, Stabat Mater, Verdi, G., Eloy Fominaya
• , In the Beginning, Copland, A., Eloy Fominaya
• 1980, Christmas Oratorio, Bach, J.S., Eloy Fominaya, Millicent Mazyck
• , with Butler High School Choir, Eloy Fominaya, Millicent Mazyck
• 1981, Missa Brevis D Major, K. 194, Mozart, W.A., Eloy Fominaya
• 1981, He, Watching Over Israel, from Elijah, Mendelssohn, F., Eloy Fominaya
• 1981, How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place, from German Requiem, Brahms, J., Eloy Fominaya
• 1981, Psalm 137, Fominaya, E., Eloy Fominaya
• 1981, Te Deum, Kodaly, Z., Eloy Fominaya
• 1981, Marienlieder, Songs of Mary, Op.22, Brahms, J., Eloy Fominaya
• 1981, Saint Nicholas Cantata, Britten, B., Eloy Fominaya
• 1982, Requiem, Brahms, J., Eloy Fominaya
• 1982, Oklahoma,Rogers, R., Carolyn Hall
• 1982, South Pacific, Rogers, R., Carolyn Hall
• 1982, Make Believe, from Showboat, Kern, J., Carolyn Hall
• 1982, Ol' Man River, from Showboat, Kern, J., Carolyn Hall
• 1982, If I Loved You, from Carousel, Kern, J., Carolyn Hall
• 1982, Title Song from Man of La Mancha, Leigh, M., Carolyn Hall
• 1982, Porgy and Bess, Gershwin, G., Carolyn Hall
• 1982, Frostiana, Thompson, R., 
• 1982, Wachet Auf Ruft Uns Die Stimme, Bach, J.S., Eloy Fominaya
• 1982, Prepare Ye the Way, Pote, A., Eloy Fominaya*
• 1982, Dona Nobic Pacem, Arr. Hopson, H., Eloy Fominaya
• 1982, Sound the Trumpet, Purcell, H., Eloy Fominaya
• 1982, Une Cantate de Noel, Honegger, A., Eloy Fominaya
• 1983, Requiem w/Augutsa Symphony Orchestra, Verdi, G., Harry Jacobs, Eloy Fominaya Asst.
• 1983, Magnificat, Bach, J.S., Eloy Fominaya
• 1983, Gloria, Poulenc, F., Eloy Fominaya
• 1984, Requiem in D Minor, K.626, Mozart, W.A., Eloy Fominaya
• 1984, Messiah, Portions of Part I, & Nos. 44, 53., Handel, G.F., Eloy Fominaya
• 1984, Messiah, Portions of Part I, & Nos. 44, 53., Handel, G.F., Eloy Fominaya
• 1985, Mass in B Minor, Bach, J.S., Eloy Fominaya
• 1985, Dettingen Te Deum, Handel, G.F., Harry Jacobs, Conductor, Eloy Fominaya
• 1985, Messiah Christmas selections, Handel, G.F., Harry Jacobs, Conductor, Eloy Fominaya
• 1986, Birthday Party for Augusta, 
• 1986, A Song of Destiny, Brahms, J., Eloy Fominaya
• 1986, The Hymn of Jesus, Holst, G., Eloy Fominaya
• 1986, Chichester Psalms, Bernstein, Eloy Fominaya
• 1986, Messiah, Portions of Part I, & Nos. 44, 53., Handel, G.F., Eloy Fominaya
• 1986, Messiah, Portions of Part I, Handel, G.F., Eloy Fominaya
• 1987, Verperae Solennes de Confeeore, Mozart, W.A., Eloy Fominaya
• 1987, Requiem, Op. 48, Faure, G., Arr. Rutter, J., Eloy Fominaya
• 1987, Gloria, Vivaldi, A., Eloy Fominaya
• A Ceremony of carols, Op. 28, Britten, B., Eloy Fominaya
• 2005, Rutter and Beetoven, J. Porter Stokes
• 2005, Messiah and More, Handel. G.F., J. Porter Stokes
• 2006, Jerusalem, Parry, C. H., J. Porter Stokes
• 2006, Psalm 100, Schutz, H., J. Porter Stokes
• 2006, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, Bach, J.S., J. Porter Stokes
• 2006, I Was Glad, Parry, C. H., J. Porter Stokes
• 2006, Te Deum, Howells, H., J. Porter Stokes
• 2006, Ecce Sacerdos Magnus, Bruckner, A., J. Porter Stokes
• 2006, Hallelujah, from Messiah, Handel, G. F., J. Porter Stokes
• 2006, Repeat Performance from 3/3/2006, J. Porter Stokes
• 2006, Messiah, Parts II & III, Handel, G. F., J. Porter Stokes
• 2006, Spring pops, J. Porter Stokes
• 2007, Regina Coeli, Mozart, W.A., J. Porter Stokes
• 2007, Verperae Solennes de Confessore, K.339, Mozart, W.A., J. Porter Stokes
• ​2007, Venite Populi, K.260, Mozart, W.A., 
• 2007, Missa in C, Kronungsmesse, K. 317, Mozart, W.A., 
• 2007, Ave Verum Corpus, K. 618, Mozart, W.A., 
• 2007, "A Gift to be Simple", English and American Folk Songs, J. Porter Stokes
• 2007, Cantique de Jean Racine, Faure, G., J. Porter Stokes
• 2007, Requiem, Op. 9, Durufle, M., 
• 2007, Shicksalslied, Song of Fate, Op. 54, Brahms, J., 
• 2007, The Road Not Talken, Thompson, R., 
• 2007, Danny Boy, Arr. J. Flummerfelt, 
• 2007, Messiah, Part I & Nos. 22,33,38,44,53, Handel, G. F., J. Porter Stokes
• 2008, Choose Something Like A Star, J. Porter Stokes
• 2008, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti, G., J. Porter Stokes
• 2009, Requiem, Mozart, W.A., J. Porter Stokes
• 2009, Memorial Day Weekend Concert, J. Porter Stokes
• 2009, Carmina Burana, Orff, C., J. Porter Stokes
• 2009, Messiah, Handel, G. F., J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, Chandos Anthem No.11, Let God Arise, Handel, G. F., J. Porter Stokes
• , Missa Brevis No.7 in B Flat, Haydn, F.J., J. Porter Stokes
• , Missa Brevis in G Major, KV140, Mozart, W.A., J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, Memorial Weekend, J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, Hallelujah, from Mount of Olives, Beethoven, L., J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, Dona Nobis Pacem, from Mass in B Minor, Bach, J.S., J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, Zadok the Priest, Coronation Anthem No.1, Handel, G.F., J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, Awake the Harp, from Creation, Haydn, F.J., J. Porter Stokes
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• 2010, Gloria, from Mass in G, Schubert, F., J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, Ave Verum Corpus, K.618, Mozart, W.A., J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, Wie Lieblich, from Ein Deutches Requiem, Brahms, J, J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, Cantique de Jean Racine, Faure, G., J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, He, Watching Over Israel, from Elijah, Mendelssohn, F., J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, The Heavens are Telling, from Creation, Haydn, F.J., J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, The best of All Possible Worlds, from Candide, Bernstein, L., J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah, Handel, G.F., J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, Messiah, Part I Selections, Handel, G.F., J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, Candlelight Carol, Rutter, J., J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, What Child, Lohman, P., J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, Shepherd's Pipe Carol, Rutter, J., J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, Glory to God oin the Highest, Pergolesi, G., J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, The First Nowell, Arr. Wilberg, M., J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing, Arr. Willcocks, D., J. Porter Stokes
• 2010, O Come, All Ye Faithful, Arr. Willcocks, D., J. Porter Stokes
• 2011, Stabat Mater, Rossini, 
• 2011, Memorial Tribute, 
• 2011, Brass & Flash, J. Porter Stokes
• 2011, A Baroque Christmas, J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, Fly me to the Moon, Howard, B., Arr. Shaw, K., J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother, Scott, B. & Russell, B., Arr. Hayes, M., J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, Try a Little Tenderness, Woods, H., Campbell, J., Connelly, R., J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, Georgia on My Mind, Carmichael, H., Arr. Shaw, K., J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, Love is Blue, Popp, A., Arr. Luboff, N., J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, Happy Together, Bonner, G., Gordon, Alan, Arr. Jasperse, G., J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, She Loves Me, Bock, J., J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, Love Changes Everything, Webber, A., Arr. Lojeski, E., J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, Embraceable You, Gershwin, I. & G., J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, Where is Love?, Bart, L., Arr. Huff, M., J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, All You Need is Love, Lennon, J. & McCartney, P., Arr. Billingsley, A., J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, Ein Deutsches Requiem, Brahms, J., J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, Memorial: Remember the Fallen, J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, Te Deum, Bruckner, A., J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, Verleih uns frieden, Mendelssohn, F., J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, Requiem, Faure, G., J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, Gloria, Bass, R., J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, In Terra Pax, Finzi, G., J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, Magnificat in D, Bach, J.S., J. Porter Stokes
• 2012, Messiah, Part I selections, Handel, G.F., J. Porter Stokes
• 2013, Stabat Mater, Jenkins, K., J. Porter Stokes
• 2013, Hymns for the Fallen, J. Porter Stokes
• 2013, Rogers and Hammerstein, Rodgers and Hammerstein and Stephen Sondheim Medleys, J. Porter Stokes,
• 2013, Messiah, Part I selections, Handel, G.F., J. Porter Stokes
• and Twas The Night before Christmas, Moore, C., Arr. Simeone, H., 
• and A Musicological Journey Through the 12 Days of Christmas, Courtney, C., 
• and A Feast of Carols, Arr. Bass, R., 
• and O Come All Ye Faithful, Arr. Willcocks, D., 
• 2014, Pipes, Brass & Drums, J. Porter Stokes
• 2014, The Sounds of Freedom, Memorial Weekend, J. Porter Stokes
• 2014, The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace, Jenkins, K., J. Porter Stokes
• 2014, Messiah, Part I selections, Handel, G.F., J. Porter Stokes
• and Fantasia on Christmas Carols, Williams, R., J. Porter Stokes
• and Gesu Bambino, Yon, P., Arr. Krogstad, B.,
• and A Christmas Festival, Anderson, L., 
• and We Need a Little Christmas, Herman, J., Arr. Hayes, M., 
• 2015, Requiem, Mozart, W.A., J. Porter Stokes
• 2015, Remembering and Honoring, J. Porter Stokes
• 2015, Sprig of Thyme, Rutter, J., J. Porter Stokes
• , Old American Songs, Copland, A., J. Porter Stokes
• 2015, Amahl and the Night Visitors, Menotti, G., J. Porter Stokes
• , The First Noel, Arr. Wilburg, M., J. Porter Stokes
• , Believe, from The Polar Express, Silvestri & Ballard, J. Porter Stokes
• , Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah, Handel, G.F., J. Porter Stokes
• 2016, Stabat Mater, McDowell, C., J. Porter Stokes
• , Requiem, Harmon, N., J. Porter Stokes
• 2016, Remembering and Honoring, J. Porter Stokes
• 2016, Coronation Anthems, Handel, J. Porter Stokes
• 2016, A Very Airy Yule, J. Porter Stokes
• 2017, Requiem, Verdi, G., J. Porter Stokes
• 2017, A Memorial Concert, J. Porter Stokes
• 2017, Carmina Burana, Orff, C., J. Porter Stokes
• 2017, Messiah, Part I selections, Handel, G.F., J. Porter Stokes
• 2018, Slainte (Theme), St. Patrick's Day, J. Porter Stokes
• 2018, A Pause to Honor, J. Porter Stokes