- Magnificat - John Ferguson (Choir, organ, trumpet)
- Open Thou Mine Eyes - John Rutter (Choir, Rebekah Plowman, soprano)
- Lord, Our Dwelling Place - Eugene Butler
- Surely the Lord Is in This Place -Herbert Colvin (Choir, organ)
- Your Light Will Come Jerusalem - Bob Hurd (Choir, organ, Linda Bush, Debbie Harris, Rebekah Plowman, soloists)
- Pie Jesu - Malcolm Archer (Choir, organ, Linda Bush, soprano)
- Grace - Mark Hayes
- A Clare Benediction - John Rutter (Choir, organ)
Spirituals and Folksongs:
- Order My Steps - Glenn Burleigh
- Ride the Chariot - William Henry Smith (Choir, Margaret Grayburn, alto)
- I Will Arise - Robert Shaw/Jane Parker
- There Is a Balm in Gilead - William Dawson (Debbie Harris, soprano)
- River in Judea - arr. John Leavitt
- Hush! Somebody's Callin' My Name - Brazeal W. Dennard (Margaret Grayburn, alto)
Trumpet and Organ:
- Hymn to Joy - Ludwig van Beethoven
- Voluntary No.1 - William Boyce
- Festive Trumpet Tune - David German
- Allegro Maestoso (from The Water Music) - G. F. Handel
- The Rejoicing (from The Fireworks Music) - G. F. Handel
- Jupiter Theme (from The Planets) - Gustav Holst
- Trumpet Tune in C - David Johnson
- Psalm XIX - Benedetto Marcello
- Largo - Giambattista Martini
- Rondeau - Jean Joseph Mouret
Chancel Choir
The Chancel Choir is the primary adult choir of First Presbyterian Church, Marietta, GA, USA. They are one of the prominent choirs in the Atlanta area with a reputation of excellence. They present two major choral masterworks each year; recent years have included Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem, Mozart’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Duruflé’s Requiem, and John Rutter’s Gloria. In 2010 they were the “choir in residence” for the American Choral Directors Association’s conducting symposium, One Song. They have toured throughout the US and internationally to Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Austria.
Edward R. Schneider
Edward Schneider currently serves as Director of Music at First Presbyterian Church in Marietta, Georgia. He is also the founding Artistic Director of Sacre Voci, which is a 16-voice community chamber choir specializing in early sacred music and contemporary chamber works for chamber choir.
Edward earned a Bachelor of Arts in voice (tenor) and a Masters of Music in conducting from California State University, Northridge. He received a full scholarship and assistantship for a doctorate in Choral Conducting and Sacred Music from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music where he taught undergraduate choral methods classes, conducted the Chamber Singers, and was co-director of the Conservatory’s Church Music and Choral Conducting Workshops.
He has prepared choruses and toured nationally and internationally for and with John Alexander, Dr. Elmer Thomas, Dale Warland, and Dr. Earl Rivers.
He has sung with numerous nationally known choral ensembles: the Pacific Chorale (John Alexander, director), the Los Angeles Master Chorale (Paul Salomunovich, director), and the Vocal Arts Ensemble of Cincinnati (Earl Rivers, director) and the May Festival Chorus of Cincinnati.
Calvert Johnson
Calvert Johnson is the Charles A. Dana Professor of Music and College Organist at Agnes Scott College (Atlanta) and Organist at First Presbyterian Church, Marietta, Georgia. He earned the doctorate at Northwestern Univer-sity. He has performed throughout the US, Mexico, Europe, and Japan, and is known for his multicultural programming including works by women, blacks, Asians, and Hispanics. He is the author of critically acclaimed vol-umes on Renaissance and Baroque repertoires of Spain, England, and Italy in the series Historical Organ Techniques and Repertoire: An Historical Survey of Organ Performance Practices and Repertoire, Wayne Leupold Editions. He has recorded for Albany Records, Calcante Recordings, and Raven Records.
Former Chair of the Board of the ArtReach Foundation, Johnson is the national Treasurer of the American Guild of Organists, former Chair of the Committee on Cultural Inclusion of the College Music Society, and former President of the Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society. As a member of the Anti-Racism Commission of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta, he chaired the annual concerts in memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. featuring music by African and African-diaspora composers.
Yvonne Toll
Yvonne Toll is one of Atlanta’s premier trumpet performers and instructors. She has been in high demand as a free-lance musician since moving to the area in 1988. She received her undergraduate degree from North Park College in Chicago and her Masters of Music from the Eastman School of Music, where she was awarded the prestigious Performers Certificate. Ms. Toll is currently the Principal Trumpet in the Atlanta Opera Orchestra and she can be heard several times a year performing with Atlanta Symphony Orchestra when they need additional players.
