2019-2020 – WELCOMING NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR DR. MICHAEL HANAWALT
November 17, 2019 “Majestic Mozart” Requiem in D minor, W. A. Mozart, with Veni Sancte Spritus, Ave Verum Corpus, Regina Coeli, and Te Deum laudamus. Soloists: Marcía Porter, soprano; Sahoko Sato Timpone, alto; Chuck Chandler, tenor; Evan T. Jones, bass.
January 26, 2020 “Voices of Light” performing Voices of Light, by Richard Einhorn, as live accompaniment to “The Passion of Joan of Arc” a 1928 silent film masterpiece by Carl Dreyer. With the FSU Women’s Glee ensemble. Soloists: Lily Guerrero, soprano; Allison Stokes, mezzo-soprano; Ajit Persaud, tenor; Jack Chandler, bass.
2018-2019 – CELEBRATING THE FINAL SEASON OF DR. ANDRE THOMAS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
November 18, 2018: “Exultation!” Magnificat in D major, J.S. Bach; selections from Messiah, George Frideric Handel
January 14, 2019: Unity 14: Celebrating the Arts in Education! with five guest school choirs, each performing works of their choosing. Major work: Song of Democracy, Howard Hanson
February 19, 2019, Kansas City, MO. American Choral Directors Association National Conference (by invitation): Alzheimer’s Stories, Robert Cohen & Herschel Garfein; Mass: A Celebration of Love and Joy, Andre J. Thomas (world premiere)
April 13, 2019: “Tribute!” (with FSU choirs performing works of Andre Thomas, and University Symphony Orchestra) I Was Glad When They Said Unto Me, C. Hubert H. Parry; Until I Reach My Home, Brandon Boyd (world premiere); Zadok the Priest, George Frideric Handel; I Dream a World, Andre Thomas; Beautiful City, Andre Thomas, Mass: A Celebration of Love and Joy, Andre Thomas (Southeastern Premiere)
2017-2018 – 30TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
November 19, 2017: Psalm 42, Felix Mendelssohn; Five Mystical Songs, Ralph Vaughan Williams. Guest Conductor: Dr. Anton Armstrong
December 1-2, 2017: FSU College of Music, Seasonal Celebration
January 27, 2018: UNITY 13: SING FOR JOY! Not Forgotten, Mark Butler (premiere); Jubilate Deo, Dan Forrest.
April 29, 2018: A White House Cantata, Leonard Bernstein
2016-2017
November 20, 2016: O FORTUNA! Polovetsian Dances, Alexander Borodin; Carmina Burana, Carl Orff
December 2-3, 2016: FSU College of Music, Seasonal Celebration
January 28, 2017: UNITY 12~Praise & Redemption-the power of song. With FSU Jazz Ensemble & Leon Anderson. Sanctus, André Thomas; Sacred Concerts (selections), Duke Ellington
April 30, 2017: AN EVENING OF BACH, with the Tallahassee Bach Parley. St. John Passion, Johann Sebastian Bach.
June 2017: LIMERICK SINGS! INTERNATIONAL CHORAL FESTIVAL, Limerick, Ireland. Jubilate Deo, Dan Forrest (European premiere).
2015-2016
Sunday, November 15, 2015: Haydn: The Creation
December 4-5, 2015, FSU College of Music Seasonal Celebration
Saturday, January 23, 2016:UNITY 11 CONCERT Sing for the Cure®: A Proclamation of Hope
Sunday, April 24, 2016:Two Sacred Works Schubert: Mass in E Flat Poulenc: Gloria
2014-2015
November 16, 2014: Bernstein: Mass
December 6-7, 2014: FSU College of Music Seasonal Celebration with FSU Choruses
January 24, 2015: Unity 10: Celebrating Martin L King, Jr., Nelson Mandela & Ghandi
with FSU Choruses
April 26, 2015: Mendelssohn: Elijah
June 2015: ROME CHORAL FESTIVAL, Rome, Italy. Songs of Faith, Paul Basler; Lux Aeterna, Morten Lauridsen; I Dream a World, Beautiful City, If You’re Happy, Amen, André Thomas.
2013-2014
November 17, 2013: Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass & Dvorak: Te Deum
December 7-8, 2013: FSU College of Music Seasonal Celebration with FSU Choruses
January 25, 2014: Unity 9: Alzheimer’s Stories ~ with FSU Choruses
April 27, 2014: Great American Choral Works – Aaron Copland, Randall Thompson, William Billings & Howard Hanson and many more!
2012-2013 ~ 25th Silver Anniversary Season
November 18, 2012: Missa Solemnis – Beethoven
December 1 – 2, 2012: FSU College of Music Seasonal Celebration with FSU Choruses
January 26, 2013: Unity 8: Music of Andre J. Thomas ~ with FSU Choruses
April 28, 2013: Great Mass in C Minor – Mozart
July 2013: PARIS CHORUS FESTIVAL, Paris & Normandy, France. Requiem, Gabriel Faure; Chichester Psalms, Leonard Bernstein; Someday is Today & Beautiful City, André Thomas.
2011-2012
November 22, 2011: Carmina Burana – Carl Orff
December 6, 2011: FSU College of Music Seasonal Celebration
January 28, 2012: Unity 7: Songs of Faith – Paul Basler. With guest choirs: St. John’s Episcopal Church Choristers & Adult Choir, Bo’u Nashir; Faith Presbyterian Chuch Chancel Choir; swaravAhini; Triple A
April 22, 2012: Stabat Mater – Gioachino Rossini
2010-2011
November 21, 2010: Requiem – W. A. Mozart and Chichester Psalms – Leonard Bernstein
November 30, 2010: FSU College of Music Seasonal Celebration
January 20, 2011: Unity 6: Celebrating Diversity. Italian Street Song (from Naughty Marietta) – Victor Herbert; Come Sunday – Duke Ellington; What a Wonderful World – Bob Thiele, George Davis Weiss. With special guests: Carla Connors, Pam Laws, Del Suggs & Leon Anderson Jazz Trio
February 10, 2011: An Evening of English Choral Music with Simon Halsey
April 16, 2011: Requiem – Giuseppe Verdi
July 2011: PRAGUE CHORAL FESTIVAL, Prague, Czech Republic. Chichester Psalms, Leonard Bernstein; Requiem, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
2009-2010
November 22, 2009: Elijah – Felix Mendelssohn
December 1, 2009: FSU College of Music Seasonal Celebration
January 23, 2010: Unity 5 – Soul of America. Featuring Afro-American Suite: A Song of Freedom – Raymond Wise
April 11, 2010: Mass in C and Choral Fantasy – Ludwig van Beethoven
2008-2009
November 23, 2008: Requiem and Quatre Motets – Maurice Duruflé
January 24, 2009: Unity Concert – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – A tribute to Mr. Rogers. Special guest Mrs. JoAnne Rogers, widow of Mr. Fred Rogers.
April 19, 2009: The Creation – Franz Joseph Haydn
2007-2008
Celebrating Our 20th Gala Anniversary
November 18, 2007: Messiah – George Frideric Handel
January 25, 2008: Unity Concert – Salute to the Armed Forces – featuring Randall Thompson’s Testament of Freedom with words of Thomas Jefferson
April 19, 2008: Ein Deutsches Requiem – Johannes Brahms
2006-2007
November 19, 2006: Judas Maccabaeus – George Frideric Handel
January 23, 2007: Unity in Song – Joined by the Choirs of Chiles, Leon, and Lincoln High Schools
April 21, 2007: Gloria – Francis Poulenc and Old American Songs – Aaron Copland. Joined by University Singers and members of the University Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dr. Alexander Jiménez
July 8-18, 2007: Beijing International Choral Festival. Gloria – Francis Poulenc and Old American Songs – Aaron Copland
2005-2006
November 19, 2005: Hymns of Faith
January 17, 2006: Unity in the Community
April 22, 2006: Light Eternal: Lux Aeterna – Morten Lauridsen and Requiem – Gabriel Fauré
2004-2005
October 9, 2004: Credo – Composed and Conducted by Krzysztof Penderecki
November 21, 2004: An Evening of Handel
April 25, 2005: An Evening of Walt Whitman – featuring Dona Nobis Pacem – Ralph Vaughan Williams and Song of the Open Road – Norman Dello Joio. Guest conductors: Dr. Judy Bowers and Dr. Kevin Fenton
2003-2004
October 28, 2003: King David – Arthur Honegger
March 30, 2004: Lord Nelson Mass – Franz Joseph Haydn (Carnegie Hall, New York City, NY)
April 24, 2004: Lord Nelson Mass – Franz Joseph Haydn