UT Concert Hall brings you excellent performances that were given at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, spotlighting faculty, guest artist, and graduate student recitals, as well as student ensemble performances. Join local host and producer, Melony Dodson, for this hour-long program, as she transports you to Cox Auditorium and/or the Sandra G. Powell Recital Hall to hear these world class performances. Thursday night at 8pm and Sunday evenings at 7pm.
UT Concert Hall, September 17 and 20, 2026
Fall Choral Concert
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.
James R. Cox Auditorium
Alumni Memorial Building
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
University of Tennessee Men’s Chorale
Professor Andrew Skoog, conductor
Sophia Bennett, graduate assistant
Melony Dodson, collaborative pianist
I See the Heaven’s Glories Shine
arr. Andrea Ramsay (b. 1977)
James Wilbanks, soloist
Armistice 1918 (Everyone Sang)
Craig Carnahan (b. 1951)
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
arr. Dan Forrest (b. 1978)
University of Tennessee Faculty Brass Quintet
Arthur Zanin and Andrew Beiter, trumpets
Katie Johnson-Webb, horn
Alex van Duuren and Seth Hahn, trombones
Alexander Lapins, tuba
Lydia Dodd, percussion
University of Tennessee Concert Choir
Dr. Laura Leigh Spillane, conductor
Sophia Bennett, graduate assistant
Andrea Markowitz Gantte, collaborative pianist
Horizons
Peter Louis van Djik (b. 1953)
Jake Booher, Alexander Salva, and Jase Will, soloists
Sleep for me, my springbok child,
When morning comes I'll go out hunting,
For you are hungry and thirsty.
Small moon, Hai! Young moon,
When the sun rises you must speak to the Rain,
Charm her with herbs and honeycomb,
O speak to her, that I may drink, this little thing ...
She will come across the dark sky:
Mighty Raincow, sing your song for me
Sleep, my springbok baby,
Sleep for me, my springbok child,
When morning comes I'll go out hunting,
For you are hungry and thirsty.
O Star, Hai! Hunting Star,
When the sun rises you must blind with your light
The Eland's eyes,
O blind his eyes, that I may eat, this little thing ...
He will come across the red sands:
Mighty Eland, dance your dance for me,
Sleep, my springbok baby,
Sleep for me, my springbok child,
When morning comes, they'll come a-hunting,
For they are hungry and thirsty.
They will come across the waters:
Mighty saviours in their sailing ships,
And they will show us new and far horizons.
And they came, came across the waters:
Gods in galleons, bearing bows of steel,
Then they killed us on the far horizon.
Crossing Over
Jackson Thomas (b. 1992)
Stephen Arthur, cellist
she speaks in bodies of cold water
language a mouthful of salt and current
and I visit this place even when
I am not here, even when I am
sunk in sleep in the gray mountains
I return here, to this relentless
way of speaking, a rock skipping across
flooded banks, red clay unrolling, I still
slip into ancient tongues to the
oldest way of saying,
I am here,
with you, now
Done Made My Vow
Traditional Spiritual
arr. Stacey V. Gibbs (b. 1962)
Professor Stephen Salters, baritone
Done made my vow to the Lord,
And I never will turn back,
Oh I will go, I shall go
To see what the end will be.
Sometimes I’m up, sometimes I’m down,
Sometimes I’m almost to the ground.
If you get there before I do,
Tell all my friends I’m coming too.
Oh yes, any way any how,
I’m gonna keep on holding to the gospel plow,
And I won’t take nothing for my journey now,
Gonna see what the end will be.
University of Tennessee Women’s Chorale
Connor Cowart, conductor
Leslie Hill, collaborative pianist
Sing Out, My Soul!
Marques L. A. Garrett (b. 1984)
Text by William Henry Davies
Will There Really Be A “Morning”
arr. Dan Campolieta (b. 1985)
Text by Emily Dickinson
University of Tennessee Chamber Singers
Dr. Angela Batey, conductor
Sophia Bennett, graduate assistant
Tami Newsom, collaborative pianist
Gloria
Tristino Ali (b. 2002)
And Peace Shall Guard You
Michael John Trotta (b. 1978)
Tell My Ma
arr. Jon Washburn (b. 1942)
Evan Gill and Kate Goodale, soloists
My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord
Moses Hogan (1957-2003)