Life on the World Scale

University of Wisconsin-Stout Choirs Presents Life on the World’s Scale April 26, 2025 (Sat) • 7:00pm • Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, Menomonie JERRY HUI, director • AIMEE PASHBY, pianist

* Symphonic Singers † Chamber Choir ‡ Devil Tones Acappella

Kerry Livgren, arr. Emerson

Dust In the Wind *

Timothy Takach

Mantra *

Spiritual, arr. Osterman

Oh, What a Beautiful City †

Sarah Ziebarth, soloist

Majel Connery

I Am a Mountain (world premiere of SATB arrangement) †

Cole Porter, arr. Blackwell

Let’s Do It †

Ola Gjeilo

Autumn †

OPB Bastille

Pompeii ‡ Hot to Go ‡

OPB Chappell Roan

Randall Thompson Carson Cooman

Choose Something Like a Star *

Ocean of Light *

Trad. Swedish, arr. Söderberg

Limu Limu Lima † Southern Lullaby †

Henry Thacker Burleigh

Jenna Carpenter and Ryan Thiede, soloists

Stout Alma Mater

Lillian Hylland & Jane Hambley

Don Mcdonald

When the Earth Stands Still *† This Is My Song (Finlandia) *†

Jean Sibelius Tawny Ruppert, American Sign Language interpretation (in partial fulfillment of an Honors College Contract)

Program Notes Thanks for joining us on a musical journey from the microcosmos to the cosmos and back! From a speck of dust, the places we live in, the nature, or the universe, we see faces looking back, as we reflect our life experience big or small. We are delighted to have a chance to work with Carson Cooman in coaching the performance of his composition Ocean of Light . And we are honored to be the first SATB choir to perform I Am a Mountain by Majel Connery, after the song was performed by the San Francisco-based professional men’s choir Chanticleers.

I invite you to join us in singing on portions of Mantra ; Stout Alma Mater ; and the last verse of This Is My Song .

– Jerry Hui, Director of Choral Activities