Children's Chorus of Washington "Make Our Garden Grow" Spring Concert 2025

Read the program notes at www.childrenschorusdc.org/spring-concert-program-notes Cherokee Morning Song - Arr. Michael Yannette E Nānā Kakou I Na Manu - Music by Herb Mahelona (b. 1970), arr. Henery Leck The Seedling - Music by Kyle Pederson (b. 1971) Grow Little Tree - Music by Andrea Ramsey (b. 1977) I Am Only One - Music by Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941), Text: Edward Hale Dance! - Music by Robert Gibson (b. 1950) Niska Banja - Traditional Serbian Folk Song, arr. Nick Page Cacao - Music by Toby Young (b. 1990), Text: Jennifer Thorp (b. 1988) Silver Rain - Music by B.E. Boykin, Text: Langston Hughes Take This Gift - Music by Tracy Wong (b. 1983), Text: Cherie Chai (b. 1988) Seize the Day from Newsies - Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Jack Feldman, Arr. Roger Emerson An Earth Song - by Marques L. A. Garrett (b. 1984), Text: Langston Hughes Cindy - Arr. Alice Parker Hlohonolofatsa - Arr. Daniel Jackson, South African Song Lineage - Music by Andrea Ramsey (b. 1977), Text: Margaret Walker Song of Miriam - Music by Elaine Hagenberg (b. 1979), Text: Rabbi Ruth Sohn Songs of Hope - Text and Music by Susanna Lindmark (b. 1967) Water Fountain - by Merrill Garbus (b. 1979), arr. for choir Slipping Through My Fingers - by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus (ABBA), arr. for choir Al Shlosha D’varim - Music by Allan Naplan Make Our Garden Grow - from Candide by Leonard Bernstein, Lyrics by Richard Wilbur