History of the Festival Chorale
The Festival Chorale was founded in the summer of 2002 under the direction of Maestro Louis Welcher who conducted the Festival Chorale from 2002-2005. In 2005 Shirley Faulkner became the conductor of the Community Festival Chorale. Under her, the Chorale has performed the following works and concerts:
A Very Short Evening at the Opera & Songs of Arkansas Composers
Arkansas Tech University - May 2008
The Messiah: A Christmas Celebration
First United Methodist Church - December 2007
Arkansas Tech University - May 2007
A Christmas Journey: Here, There and When?
Arkansas Tech University - December 2006
John Rutter Mass of the Children
First Baptist Church in Russellville, May 2006
Handel's Messiah and 4 Short Christmas Songs
Second Baptist Church in Russellville - December 2005.
Under Maestro Welcher, the Community Festival Chorale performed the following works and concerts:
Faure Requiem and Missa Brevis #4
First Baptist Church in Russellville - May 2005
A Concert of Christmas Choral Music
All Saints Episcopal Church - December 2004
First Baptist Church in Russellville, AR - May 2004
Munger Chapel on the University of the Ozarks campus in Clarksville, AR - May 2004
Three Marian Motets, A Cantata for Christmastide and Epiphany and Christmas from the Heart
All Saints Episcopal Church - December 2003
River Valley Arts Center Flag Day Concert
Russellville High School Stadium - June 2003
A Shropshire Lad, Four American Folk Hymns, and Two Patriotic Songs
All Saints Episcopal Church - May 2003
A Concert of Traditional, Folk and Classical Choral Christmas Songs
All Saints Episcopal Church - December 2002
