Lift Your Voice Choir – Spring Concert; 06/06/2025

Tracks:

  1.  Honor to the Hills – Poem by Elder Hibard?. Music by Jeremiah Ingalls.
  2. Crossing the Bar – Poem by Alfred Tennyson (1889). Music by Rani Arbo (1998).
  3. High on a Mountain – Written by Ola Belle Reed.
  4. Weary Blues from Waitin’ – Written by Hank Williams (1953).
  5. Moonshiner – Trad. West Virginia. Collected from Currence Hammonds via Gerry Milnes & Jesse Milnes.
  6. Homesick for Heaven – Collected from Currence Hammonds.
  7. Cherry River Line – Trad. West Virginia. Collected by Gerry Milnes, who learned it from Jenes Cottrell.
  8. Johnny Booger – Trad. West Virginia. Collected by Gerry Milnes, who learned it from Currence Hammonds.
  9. Mushrat – Trad. West Virginia. Collected by Gerry Milnes, who learned it from Arthur D. Johnson.
  10. Great Trees – Poem by Wendell Berry. Music by Mary Alice Amidon. Arr. by Peter Amidon.
  11. Greenwich – Poem by Isaac Watts (1719). Music by Daniel Read (1785).

Collected/Recorded by: Madeline Ricks

Date: 06/06/2025

LocationThe Arts Center, Elkins, WV

Lift Your Voice Choir – Spring 2025 Details:

Director: Emily Miller

Guest Teaching Artists: 

Gerry Milnes

Val Mindel

Accompanists:

Gerry Milnes – Banjo

Nate Druckenmiller – Guitar

Emily Miller – Fiddle

Seth Young – Bass

Lift Your Voice Singers:

Kiki Alba, Rebecca Ashburn, Maddi Bowers, Catherine Brake, Edie Brake, Maria Bray, Geneva Brown, Margaret Bruning, Karen Carper, Amy Cimarolli, Judith Condon, Jo Davis, Vanessa Degrassi, Karen Dunkerly, Maureen Farrell, Margaret Gault, Margaret Geiser, Jeff Goodman, Patty Gow, Eva Gutierrez, Valerie Hart, Kris Hennig, Amy Hill, Mary Hufford, Karen Jacobson, Heidi Jeffries, Bryce Koukopoulos, Kathleen Leo, Ashley Mauzy, Mike Miller, Mary Alice Milnes, Val Mindel, Kim Mitchell, Pam Moe, Cassandra Norwood, Olivia Perske, Susan Polgar, Denice Reese, Madeline Ricks, Judy Riffee, Hugh Rogers, Judith Ross, Ken Rycroft, Cindy Sandeno, Lynne Serba, Ken Sheller, Mary Smakula, Kaila St. Louis, Craig Stihler, Linda Sturdevant, Emilie Ticer, Will Toland, Connie Townsend, Judy Van Gundy, Kellee Waddell, Barbara Weaner, Kyle Weaner, Kay Young

The Augusta Programming Collection contains recordings of events produced by the Augusta Heritage Center, beginning in the early 1970s. A number of people contributed to this collection, including Flawn Williams, Gerry Milnes and Bob Smakula. The collection features recordings of Augusta concerts, cultural sessions, Master Artist visits, and more, which showcase a variety of musical and cultural traditions.

Categories: Augusta Programming
Tags: #AugustaConcert, #Choir, #LiftYourVoice

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