1993-1994

December 4, 1993

Iowa City High School Auditorium
Kenneth Phillips, conductor

- Go, Lovely Rose, Eric Thiman
- The Bluebird, C. V. Stanford
- Weary Wind of the West, Edward Elgar
- Ca' the Yowes, R. Vaughan Williams
- Swansea Town , Gustav Holst
- Song of the Fishermen, Benjamin Britten
- Old Joe has Gone Fishing, Benjamin Britten
- In the Bleak Midwinter, Harold Darke
- Set Me as a Seal, William Walton
- Magnificat, Herbert Howells
- Trial by Jury, (staged), Gilbert & Sullivan

December 1993

Several small holiday concerts were performed, including the Festival of Trees, carols sang in front of Ginsberg's Jewelers, and a carol concert in First National Bank rotunda. Exact repertory is unknown.

January 30, 1994

First Presbyterian Church
A Musical Tribute to Maxine and Eldon Obrecht
Kenneth Phillips, conductor

- Go, Lovely Rose, Eric Thiman
- The Bluebird, C. V. Stanford
- Weary Wind of the West, Edward Elgar
- Ca' the Yowes, R. Vaughan Williams
- Swansea Town , Gustav Holst
- Four Old Testament Settings, Eldon Obrecht
131st Psalm
Remember, O Lord
A Song for the Sabbath
I Cried Unto the Lord
- In the Bleak Midwinter, Harold Darke
- Set Me as a Seal, William Walton
- Magnificat, Herbert Howells

February 20, 1994

Zion Lutheran Church
A Patriotic Salute
Kenneth Phillips, conductor, with participation from the following choirs:
Boy Choir of Iowa City -Joseph Hamm, director
Iowa City Girls Choir -Victoria Arnold and Michele Schintler, directors
City High Madrigal Singers -Greg Grove, director
West High Chamber Choir -Joseph Hamm, director
The Voices of Experience -Glen Jablonski, director

- Selections performed by Chamber Singers:
The Star Spangled Banner, John Stafford Smith, arr. Vance George
Chester, William Billings
David's Lamentation, William Billings
I Am the Rose of Sharon, William Billings

- Selections performed by combined choirs: Kenneth Phillips, conductor
An American Folksong Spectacular, arr. John Leavitt
Red River Valley
The Old Chisolm Trail
Oh, Susanna
Skip to my Lou
America, Thesaurus Musicus, arr. Robert Hunter

March 26 and 28, 1994

Paramount Theatre
with Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra, Christian Tiemeyer, conductor

Messiah, Georg Frideric Handel

June 11, 1994

Clapp Recital Hall
Kenneth Phillips, conductor

- Psalm 145, Edwin Penhorwood
- King DavidArthur Honegger

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