This Sunday, we welcome members of the Nation’s Capital Festival of Choirs to worship. The choir includes teenagers and adults from congregations across the United States. They learned music before arriving to the Capitol this week and started rehearsals at National City Christian Church. They will perform in the National Cathedral on Saturday evening. This year’s concert features the mass student choir as well as The Claude Bass Tribute Concert for Adults, featuring the music of American composer Claude L. Bass.
The Nation’s Capital Festival of Choirs offers participants a “once-in-a-lifetime” opportunity of singing in one of the premiere venues in the United States, the Washington National Cathedral. The festival weekend is sponsored by YouthCUE, the premier student choir resource in North America.
Based in San Antonio, Texas, YouthCUE was established in 1990 by Randy Edwards. YouthCUE's mission is to equip, enable and empower student choir directors with the tools and resources they need to develop healthy, vibrant student choirs in the communities they serve. More information about YouthCUE can be found at www.youthcue.org.
Sunday morning’s repertoire will be selected from the following:
Saints Bound for Heaven by Mack Wilberg
Psalm 27 by Heather Sorenson
The Lord Is My Light by Craig Courtney
God Is Doing Something New by Robert Sterling
Even Here by Mark Miller
Leaving Us to Say “Goodbye” by Robert Sterling
Glory Be by Heather Sorenson
Fairest Lord Jesus by Derek Hakes
Be Thou My Vision by Claude Bass
How Blest Are They by Claude Bass
Sometimes a Light Surprises by Claude Bass
Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord by Claude Bass
Jesus, Thou Joy of Loving Hearts by Claude Bass