Susquehanna Valley Chorale

Inspiring a Love of Great Choral Music

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In collaboration with Williamsport Chamber Choir

Directed by Sam Robinson

William Payn, Music Director & Conductor

Sunday, March 22, 2026

3:00pm at Zion Lutheran Church, Sunbury

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2025-2026 Concert Season Line-Up

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2025-2026 SEASON

Gloria & Te Deum

Sunday, October 19, 2025
3:00pm
Zion Lutheran Church
Sunbury

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A Candlelight Christmas

Sunday, December 14, 2025
3:00pm
Zion Lutheran Church
Sunbury

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Verdi Requiem

Sunday, March 22, 2026
3:00pm
Zion Lutheran Church
Sunbury

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POPS: The Best of 30 Years — Part Two!

Saturday, May 2, 2026
7:30pm
Weber Auditorium
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove

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The Susquehanna Valley Chorale performs their annual Candlelight Christmas concert with William Payn, Music Director and Conductor. We hope you will enjoy the sounds of the season with music from Rutter, Forrest, Mendelssohn and more. This concert also features SVC Limited, soloists and more. For more information on upcoming concerts, how to support the chorale or maybe you would like to audition, please visit svcmusic.org.

To look over the program insert for this concert, please visit our website: https://www.svcmusic.org/wp-content/uploads/SVC-Christmas-Program-2025.pdf

00:00 Once In Royal David's City, processional - H.J. Gaunlett, soloist Katie Kelley
05:54 Greeting by Carlos Kearns
07:23 Candlelight Carol - John Rutter
11:36 So Many Hopes - William A. Payn
19:18 This Christmastide - Donald Fraser, soloist Maya Caron
25:12 Angel's Carol - John Rutter
28:50 Festival First Nowell - Dan Forrest
33:58 See Amid The Winter's Snow - Sir John Goss, Sung by SVC Limited, Conducted by Adam Dietz, pianist: Coleen Renshaw
39:45 All My Heart This Night Rejoices - Johann Ebeling
44:48 Sleep, Little Baby, Sleep - Robert S. Cohen
48:23 Angels We Have Heard on High - Arr. Dan Forrest, pianists: Diane Scott and Verlaine Shaw
54:15 Go Tell It on the Mountain - Arr. John Rutter
57:47 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Mendelssohn
01:01:36 Three Kings of Orient - J.H. Hopkins, soloists: Rob Speece, Josh Dearing and Brian Crane
01:06:12 Still, Still, Still - Arr. Norman Luboff
01:09:25 Gloria - Randol Alan Bass
01:16:03 Silent Night - Franz Xaver Gruber, soloist Joanna Rees
01:20:39 Joy to the World! The Lord Is Come - Arr. Lowell Mason
01:22:47 The Dream Isaiah Saw - Glenn L. Rudolph

SVC Candlelight Christmas concert December 2025

On March 8 and 9, 2025, the Susquehanna Valley Chorale celebrated the 15th Anniversary of the debut of their commissioned piece, "Alzheimer's Stories." Herschel Garfein created the libretto of Alzheimer's Stories and the score was composed by Robert Cohen. Soloists, Broadway star Ted Keegan and Susquehanna University Professor Amanda Stante joined the chorale on stage.
Works performed in the first half of the concert included; The Road Back by Robert Cohen, I Remember by Stephen Sondheim, Boxes arranged by Dan Forrest, When Memory Fades arranged by Eric Nelson, We Can Be Kind by David Friedman and You'll Never Walk Along arranged by Clay Warner. The SVC Limited and soloist, Alyssa Ronco, were featured in that song.

The SVC hosted local groups; Union-Snyder Agency of Aging, Inc., Journey to Justice and Story Circles to set up in the lobby and encourage education and information about their organizations and how they positively impact the community.

To read the program for this concert, please click on this link: https://www.svcmusic.org/performances/concert-programs-past-and-present/

00:00 Greeting by Holly Kyle from the Union-Snyder Agency of Aging, Inc. and SVC's Emcee
08:54 The Road Back - Robert Cohen
13:44 Greeting by Bill Payn, Music Director/Conductor
16:01 I Remember - Stephen Sondheim, soloist, Amanda Stante
19:56 Boxes - Dan Forrest
27:05 When Memory Fades - Eric Nelson
34:07 We Can Be Kind - David Friedman, soloist, Ted Keegan
41:54 You'll Never Walk Along - Clay Warner, ft. SVC Limited, soloist, Alyssa Ronco
47:33 Interview with Herschel Garfein and Robert Cohen hosted by Fiona Powell
01:01:01 Alzheimer's Stories, Part I: The Numbers
01:13:30 Alzheimer's Stories, Part II: The Stories
01:24:51 Alzheimer's Stories, Part III: For the Caregivers

For more information about the Susquehanna Valley Chorale and the many amazing concerts they perform, please visit; www.svcmusic.org

SVC presents Alzheimer's Stories, A Monument to Memory

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