Music: Sun May 21

“What does the May monthly theme of ‘Joy’ have to do with ‘White Supremacy?’” you ask?

The joys of music, creativity, and self-expression can be an antidote to discrimination, as the CUUC Choir’s performances of “Shenandoah” and the Beatles’ hit “Good Day Sunshine” will suggest this Sunday morning. Solo piano selections include works by composers of African descent from the traditions of Ragtime and Spirituals, musical forms which gave hope and solace in times of oppression. Read on for programming details.

Prelude: Adam Kent, piano

Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child             

                                                Traditional Spiritual, arr. by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Elite Syncopations

Maple Leaf Rag

                                                Scott Joplin

Anthem: CUUC Choir directed by Lisa N. Meyer and accompanied by Georgianna Pappas

Shenandoah     

American Folk Song, arr. by Brad Printz

Offertory:
Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?

                                                Traditional Spiritual, arr. by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Anthem:
Good Day Sunshine     

John Lennon and Paul McCartney, arr. by Kirby Shaw