TWO PERFORMANCES
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
7:00-8:00 PM
&
Saturday, May 16, 2026
3:00-4:00 PM
St. Frances Cabrini Shrine
701 Fort Washington Avenue, NYC
Admission is free ~ donations welcomed
Our Tuesday performance will feature the student singers from the
Washington Heights Choir School!
Program
From Brahms' lush harmonies to Celtic farewells, American spirituals, and Scottish folk songs, this concert takes audiences on a musical journey across cultures and centuries. Weaving together threads of memory, nature, hope, and community, the program offers something for all music lovers to enjoy.
Music Director, Washington Heights Community Choir: Tabitha Allen
Music Director, Washington Heights Choir School: Julio Vaquero (Tuesday performance only)
Pianist: Kent Dennis
Percussionist: Mauro Corona
REPERTOIRE
Washington Heights Choir School (Tuesday performance only)
Cuckoo...................................................................Benjamin Britten, lyrics by Jane Taylor
Shenandoah.......................................................................................Trad., arr. Andrew Parr
Coffee Canon.......................................................Karl Gottlieb Hering, arr. Julio Vaquero
Washington Heights Community Choir
Country Life.......................................................................................Trad.,arr. Tabitha Allen
Song of the Wind..............................................................................................Gertrude Hine
O Schöne Nacht.........................................................................................Johannes Brahms
Wanting Memories....................................................................................Ysaÿe M. Barnwell
Hine Ma Tov.........................................................................................................Allan Naplan
Alléluia de Saint Michel.......................................................................................Anne Olivet
Loch Lomond..................................................Scottish Folk Song, arr. James Mulholland
The Parting Glass.......................................Trad. Celtic Farewell, arr. The Wailin' Jennys
I'll Fly Away...........................................................Albert E. Brumley, arr. Brandon A Boyd
Make Our Garden Grow...........................................Leonard Bernstein, arr. Robert Page
Thank you to our local business sponsors!
Thank you to St. Frances Cabrini Shrine for generously providing us with a place to call home.
Washington Heights Community Choir is a project of Players Philanthropy Fund, Inc. a Texas nonprofit corporation recognized by IRS as a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (Federal Tax ID: 27-6601178, ppf.org/pp). Contributions to Washington Heights Community Choir qualify as tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.