Schedule:
Admission with Festival Button
3 pm - 5 pm
Parade of Nations Finale Concert
Adams Center, University of Montana Campus
Open seating, doors open at 2:15
This Finale Concert features a brief performance by each choir. It will conclude with a performance by the MICF Massed Choir, under the direction of Dr. Anton Armstrong.
Master of Ceremonies: Michael Marsolek
Performances by:
Georgia - Martve
"Imeruli naduri" (from the Imereti region)
USA Montana - ‘Aiga Singers
"Inkosi Namandla" - Micheal Barrett
Uganda - Franciscan Choir Kampala
"Nekyo Musengwa kyakoba"- Peng Kidera
Estonia - Estonian Radio Girls’ Choir
"Song of Hope" - Susanna Lindmark
USA Missouri - Vox Nova
"Unclouded Day" - arr. Shawn Kirchner
Germany - LandesJugendChor Saar
"Invictus" - Alwin M. Schronen
USA Montana - University of Montana Chamber Chorale
"World O World" - Jacob Collier
Estonia - Tartu Student Mixed Choir
"Let My Love Be Heard" - Jake Runestad
Combined Choir Finale
Dr. Anton Armstrong - conductor
Guest Local choirs: Missoula Community Chorus, Missoula Symphony Chorale, Dolce Canto, and Five Valleys Chorus.
"Grant Us Thy Peace"
Felix Mendelssohn/ed. Olaf C. Christiansen
Anne Bashor - piano
"For the Sake of Our Children" - Jeffery L. Ames
Bethany Rippeon - viola - Anne Bashor - piano
Troy Bashor, Dylan Vandeberg - percussion
"Dona Nobis Pacem"
(with audience participation - music is on the next page)
"I Sing Because I’m Happy"
Charles H. Gabriel/arr. Kenneth Paden/adapt. Rollo Dilworth
Anne Bashor - piano - Troy Bashor - percussion
"Auld Lang Syne" ("Times Gone By") - Scottish folk song (Conducted by David Heidel)
The traditional Montana International Choral Festival closing song. Audience participation is welcomed!
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot and days of auld lang syne?
For auld lang syne, my dear, For auld lang syne,
We’ll take a cup o’ kindness yet For auld lang syne
(Repeat)
