Sumer is Icumen In (Summer has arrived)

(Sung in Middle English)

 
Summer has come in,
loudly sing cuccu
The seed grows, the meadow blows,
And the wood springs anew, sing cuccu.
The ewe bleats after the lamb,
The cow lows after the calf,
Bullock starts, buck farts, merrily sing cuccu.
Don't ever stop. Sing cuccu.

Turn, Turn, Turn

To everything, turn, turn, turn

There is a season, turn, turn, turn

And a time to every purpose under heaven

A time to be born, a time to die

A time to plant, a time to reap

A time to kill, a time to heal

A time to laugh, a time to weep

To everything, turn, turn, turn

There is a season, turn, turn, turn

And a time to every purpose, under heaven

A time to build up, a time to break down

A time to dance, a time to mourn

A time to cast away stones

A time to gather stones together

To everything, turn, turn, turn

There is a season, turn, turn, turn

And a time to every purpose under heaven

A time of love, a time of hate

A time of war, a time of peace

A time you may embrace

A time to refrain from embracing

To everything, turn, turn, turn

There is a season, turn, turn, turn

And a time to every purpose under heaven

A time to gain, a time to lose

A time to rend, a time to sew

A time for love, a time for hate

A time for peace, I swear it's not too late

Lauren Horn, soloist

Dr. Jae-Eun Baek, piano

Sing We and Chant It

Sing we and chant it 

While love doth grant it.

Not long youth lasteth,

And old age hasteth. 

Now is best leisure 

To take our pleasure.

All things invite us

Now to delight us.

Hence, care, be packing!

No mirth be lacking!

Let spare no treasure

To live in pleasure.

Lebenslust (Life's Joy)

If you are full of the lust for life,
you will not be alone
It is bleak to be alone
who can be happy that way?
In a cozy circle with a warm kiss,
To live together
is happiness for the soul.

Dr. Jae-Eun Baek, piano

Born at the Right Time

Down among the reeds and rushes

A baby boy was found

His eyes as clear as centuries

His silky hair was brown

Never been lonely

Never been lied to

Never had to scuffle in fear

Nothing denied to

Born at the instant

The church bells chime

And the whole world whispering

Born at the right time

Me and my buddies we are travelling people

We like to go down to restaurant row

Spend those Euro-dollars

All the way from Washington to Tokyo

But I see them in the airport lounges

Upon their mother's breast

They follow me with open eyes

Their uninvited guest

Too many people on the bus from the airport

Too many holes in the crust of the earth

The planet groans

Every time it registers another birth

But down among the reeds and rushes

A baby girl was found

Her eyes as clear as centuries

Her silky hair was brown

Soloist: Niklas Alvarenga

with ACC Jazz Choir

O Whistle and I'll Come to Ye

O whistle and I'll come to ye my lad, 

O whistle and I'll come to ye my lad, 

Tho father and mother and all should go mad, 

O whistle and I'll come to ye my lad, 

But take you great care when you come to court me,

And come not unless the back gate be a-jee (ajar), 

Then up the back path and let nobody see, 

And come as ye were not comin' to me.

I'll whistle and you'll come to me my lass,

I'll whistle and you'll come to me my lass,

Tho your father and mother and all should go mad,

I'll whistle and you'll come to me my lass,

At kirk (church) or at market whene'er ye meet me, 

Go by me as tho that ye cared not a flee,

But steal me a blink of your bonnie black eye, 

Yet look as ye were not lookin' at me

Ay vow and protest that ye care not for me,

At times ye may laugh at my beauty a wee,

But court not another tho jokin' ye be,

For fear that she whil your fancy frae me

Ansleigh Yates, soloist

Dr. Jae-Eun Baek & Dr. Valeria Diaz, piano

Across the Universe

Note: "Jai Guru Deva Om" 

is a Sanskrit-based mantra

which roughly translates to

"I give thanks to the divine teacher"

Jai Guru Deva. Om.

Words are flowing out 

like endless rain into a paper cup

They slither wildly as they slip away

across the universe

Pools of sorrow, waves of joy

are drifting through my opened mind

Possessing and caressing me

Jai Guru Deva.

Nothing's gonna change my world.

Images of broken light

which dance before me like a million eyes

They call me on and on

across the universe

Thoughts meander

like a restless wind inside a letter box

They tumble blindly

as they make their way across the universe

Jai Guru Deva.

Nothing's gonna change my world.

Sounds of laughter, shades of life

are ringing through my opened ears

Inciting and inviting me

Limitless undying love

which shines around me like a million suns

It calls me on and on across the universe

Jai Guru Deva.

Nothing's gonna change my world.

Kristen Garth, Dani Beltran, Emma Ludwig & JoDei Pasasadaba, soloists
Dr. Jae-Eun Baek, piano

From the Start

Don't you notice how

I get quiet when there's no one else around?

Me and you and awkward silence

Don't you dare look at me that way

I don't need reminders of how you don't feel the same

Oh, the burning pain

Listening to you harp on 'bout some new soulmate

"She's so perfect, " blah, blah, blah

Oh, how I wish you'll wake up one day

Run to me, confess your love, at least just let me say

That when I talk to you, oh, Cupid walks right through

And shoots an arrow through my heart

And I sound like a loon, but don't you feel it too?

Confess I loved you from the start

What's a girl to do?

Lying on my bed, staring into the blue

Unrequited, terrifying

Love is driving me a bit insane

Have to get this off my chest

I'm telling you today

That when I talk to you, oh, Cupid walks right through

And shoots an arrow through my heart

And I sound like a loon, but don't you feel it too?

Confess I loved you from the start

Just thinking of you

I know I've loved you from the start

Selah Sparks, soloist

Golden Hour

It was just two lovers

Sittin' in the car, listening to Blonde

Fallin' for each other

Pink and orange skies, feelin' super childish

No Donald Glover

Missed call from my mother

Like, "Where you at tonight?" Got no alibi

I was all alone with the love of my life

She's got glitter for skin

My radiant beam in the night

I don't need no light to see you

Shine

It's your golden hour (oh)

You slow down time

In your golden hour (oh)

We were just two lovers

Feet up on the dash, drivin' nowhere fast

Burnin' through the summer

Radio on blast, make the moment last

She got solar power

Minutes feel like hours

She knew she was the baddest, can you even imagine

Fallin' like I did?

For the love of my life

She's got glow on her face

A glorious look in her eyes

My angel of light

I was all alone with the love of my life

She's got glitter for skin

My radiant beam in the night

I don't need no light to see you

Shine

It's your golden hour

You slow down time

In your golden hour

Tyree Goodner, soloist

Tourdion (Quand je bois du vin clairet)

When I drink claret wine, the world is turning.

From now on I think I'll drink Anjou or Arbois.

Sing, my friends, and drink, and wage a war upon the bottle,

Wine will make us merry, singing:

“Leave your sorrows all forgotten, and sing!”

Eating ham, let's drink and sing,

And wage a war upon the bottle!

Drink, my friends, oh, drink well, and gladly sing.

Eating ham, let's drink and sing,

And wage a war upon the bottle!

Fine Knacks for Ladies

Fine knacks for ladies, cheap, choice, brave and new,

Good pennyworths but money cannot move,

I keep a fair but for the fair to view,

A beggar may be liberal of love.

Though all my wares be trash, the heart is true.

Great gifts are guiles and look for gifts again,

My trifles come as treasures from my mind,

It is a precious jewel to be plain,

Sometimes in shell the Orient's pearls we find.

Of others take a sheaf, of me a grain.

Within this pack pins, points, laces and gloves,

And diverse toys fitting a country fair,

But in my heart, where duty serves and loves,

Turtles and twins, Court's brood, a heav'nly pair.

Happy the heart that thinks of no removes.

All Star (as an English Madrigal)

Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me

I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed

She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb

In the shape of an "L" on her forehead

Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming

Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running

Didn't make sense not to live for fun

Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb

So much to do, so much to see

So what's wrong with taking the backstreets?

You'll never know if you don't go

You'll never shine if you don't glow

Hey now, you're an all star

Get your game on, go play

Hey now, you're a rock star

Get the show on, get paid

(And all that glitters is gold)

Only shootin' stars break the mold

It's a cool place, and they say it gets colder

You're bundled up now, wait 'til you get older

But the meteor men beg to differ

Judging by the hole in the satellite picture

The ice we skate is gettin' pretty thin

The water's gettin' warm so you might as well swim

My world's on fire, how 'bout yours?

That's the way I like it and I'll never get bored

Apple Tree

All of my life I've been hunting

I've been a girl, I've been a boy

Digging my feet into the ground like an apple tree

Wanting to live with a purpose

Skin is a word, love is not a sin

People are bad, people are good

Just like the moon is a stone

But it's a star when it's dark and now she's hiding

If you've seen what a heart is, you've seen its color

If I ever knew how we could guide it

I would take care of its children, become their mother

If I ever knew how we could hide it, hide it

Let her save the world, she is just a girl

Let him save them all, he is just a boy

Let her save the world, she is just a girl

Let him save them all, he is just a boy

Hunger is quiet if you do it right

Hunter is loud and predictable, scaring away every prey

So they're gone before the hunter arrives

Would you be kind and put away your sword?

You cannot cut away what we've got

You cannot kill what we are

We are not here in physical form

You've seen where the knife is, its dark location

If I ever knew how we could guide it

I will cut into our anger, make pure emotion

If I ever knew how we could hide it, hide it

Can you carry the weight of mortality?

The explosions around you is your symphony

Adele Boerner & Sophia Garza, soloists

Higher Ground

People, keep on learning

Soldiers, keep on warring

World, keep on turning

'Cause it won't be long

Powers keep on lying

While your people keep on dying

World keep on turning

'Cause it won't be long

I'm so glad he let me try it again

'Cause my last time on Earth, I lived a whole world of sin

I'm so glad that I know more than I knew then

Going to keep on trying

'Til I reach the highest ground

Preachers, keep on preaching

Believers, keep on believing

World, keep on turning

'Cause it won't be long

I'm gonna keep on tryin,

till I reach it. 

Won't you take me higher, oh my soul.

Cause it won't be long.

Diana Vega, soloist
Dr. Valeria Diaz Navarro, piano

You Don't Know Me

I wanna ask you

Do you ever sit and wonder,

It's so strange

That we could be together for

So long, and never know, never care

What goes on in the other one's head?

Things I've felt but I've never said

You said things that I never said

So I'll say something that I should have said long ago:

You don't know me at all

You could have just propped me up on the table like a mannequin

Or a cardboard stand-up and paint me

Any face that you wanted me

To be seen with.

Damned by the existential moment where

We saw the couple in the coma and

It was we were the cliche,

But we carried on anyway.

So, sure, I could just close my eyes.

Yeah, sure, trace and memorize,

But can you go back once you know

You don't know me at all

If I'm the person that you think I am

Clueless chump you seem to think I am

So easily led astray, an errant dog who occasionally

escapes and needs a shorter leash, then

Why the heck would you want me back?

Maybe it's because

You don't know me at all,

So, what I'm trying to say is

I'm trying to tell you

It's not gonna come out

like I wanna say it cause I know

you'll only change it.

You don't know me at all

Aaron Militoni & Harlow Hurley, soloists

Seasons of Love (from Rent)

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes

Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes

How do you measure a year?

In daylights, in sunsets

In midnights, in cups of coffee

In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife

In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes

How do you measure a year in the life?

How about love?

Seasons of love

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes

Five hundred twenty-five thousand journeys to plan

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes

How do you measure the life of a woman or a man?

In truths that she learned

Or in times that she cried

In bridges he burned

Or the way that she died

It's time now to sing out

Though the story never ends

Let's celebrate, remember a year

in the life of friends

Dr. Jae-Eun Baek, piano

We Shall Be Known

We shall be known by the company we keep

By the ones who circle round to tend these fires

We shall be known by the ones who sow and reap

The seeds of change, alive from deep within the earth

It is time now, it is time now that we thrive

It is time we lead ourselves into the well

It is time now, and what a time to be alive

In this Great Turning we shall learn to lead in love