- And now, it is my pleasure to introduce to you
the 2025 WSMA High School State Honors Mixed Choir
and their distinguished conductor, Mariana Farah.
[cheers and applause]
["Blessed Be God"]
? Blessed be God ?
? Blessed ?
? Blessed be God ?
? Alleluja ? ? Alleluja ?
? Blessed be God ?
? Blessed ?
? Blessed be God ?
? Alleluja, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ?
? Alleluja ? ? Alleluja ?
? Alleluja, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ?
? Blessed be God ?
? Alleluja, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ?
? Blessed be God ?
? Blessed ?
? Blessed be God ?
? Alleluja, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah ?
? Alleluja ? ? Alleluja ?
? Blessed be God ?
? Blessed ?
? Blessed be God ?
? Alleluja ? ? Alleluja ?
? Blessed be God ?
? Blessed ?
? Blessed be God ?
? Alleluja ?
[audience applauds and cheers]
["Cum Sancto Spiritu"]
? Cum Sancto Spiritu ?
[gentle piano accompaniment]
? Cum Sancto Spiritu ?
? In gloria Dei Patris ?
? Amen, amen ?
? Amen ?
? Cum Sancto Spiritu ?
? In gloria Dei Patris ?
? Amen, amen ?
? Amen ?
? Cum Sancto Spiritu ?
? In gloria Dei Patris ?
? Amen, amen ?
? Amen ?
? Cum Sancto Spiritu ?
? In gloria Dei Patris ?
? Amen, amen ?
? Amen ?
? In gloria Dei Patris ?
? Amen, amen ?
? In gloria Dei Patris ?
? Amen, amen ?
? Amen ? ? Amen ?
? Amen, amen ?
? Amen ?
? Amen, amen ?
? Amen ?
[ending piano notes]
[audience applauds and cheers]
["Ich stand in dunklen Träumen"]
[gentle piano music]
? Ich stand in dunklen Träumen ?
? Und starrte ihr Bildniss an ?
? Und das geliebte Antlitz ?
? Heimlich zu leben begann ?
? Um ihre Lippen zog sich ?
? Ein Lächeln wunderbar ?
? Und wie von Wehmuthstränen ?
? Erglänzte ihr Augenpaar ?
? Auch meine Tränen flossen ?
? Mir von den Wangen herab ?
? Und ach, ich kann's nicht glauben ?
? Dass ich dich verloren hab! ?
[gentle piano music]
[audience applauds and cheers]
[audience applauds]
[French horn tuning]
["Heart, We Will Forget Him!" by Laura Farnell]
[gentle French horn and piano music]
? Heart, we will forget him! ?
? You and I, tonight ?
? You may forget the warmth he gave ?
? I will forget the light ?
? Heart, we will forget him! ?
? We will forget him ?
? You and I, tonight ?
? You may forget the warmth he gave ?
? I will forget the light ?
? When you have done, please tell me ?
? That I may straight begin! ?
? Haste! Lest while you're lagging ?
? I remember him ?
[gentle French horn and piano music]
? When you have done, please tell me ?
? That I may straight begin! ?
? Haste! Lest while you're lagging ?
? I remember him ?
? Heart, we will forget him! ?
? We will forget him ?
? You and I, tonight ?
? Heart, we will forget him ?
? Forget him ?
[gentle French horn and piano music]
? I remember him ?
? Ahh ahh ?
[audience applauds and cheers]
- Mariana Farah: Hello, everyone.
Good evening, and thank you so much
for being here tonight.
As we're moving here onstage,
I just wanna make sure that I introduce
this next piece that we are singing for you.
So we're gonna sing now a Brazilian folk piece
that is composed in Portuguese for you.
So we're very proud of the singers here
that have worked so hard to learn
and sing in four different languages for you today.
So you heard English, you heard Latin,
you heard German, and now you're gonna hear Portuguese.
And this piece, called "Cirandas Brasileiras,"
an arrangement of Brazilian folk tune
that is about a Brazilian folk dance for children
that they sing in a circle, communal circle,
inviting others to join in this circle and participating.
So this piece is about being together,
belonging, and having fun as a community.
And that's what we're gonna do here today.
We're gonna have a lot of fun.
I also wanna take this opportunity
to introduce the composer of this piece,
who is here tonight and is also Brazilian,
but is Wisconsin-based.
He is running a powerhouse choral program
at the University of Wisconsin in Stevens Point,
Dr. Matheus Cruz, who is here.
[audience applauds and cheers]
Yes.
All right.
And you will be so impressed
by how much folks in Wisconsin move.
[audience laughs]
["Cirandas Brasileiras" by Dr. Matheus Cruz]
? Ciranda ciranda ?
? Ciranda ?
? Mandei fazer uma casa de farinha ?
? Bem maneirinha que o vento possa levar ?
? Oi passa sol, oi passa chuva, oi passa vento ?
? Só não passa o ? ? Ciranda ?
? Movimento do cirandeiro a rodar ?
? Achei bom bonito, meu amor brincar ?
? Ciranda maneira ?
? Vem cá cirandeira, vem cá balançar ?
? Mandei fazer uma casa de farinha ?
? Bem maneirinha que o vento possa levar ?
? Oi passa sol, oi passa chuva, oi passa vento ?
? Só não passa o ?
? Movimento do cirandeiro a rodar ?
? Pá pá ra pá, pá pá ra pá ?
? Quando a morena ?
? Brinca na beira do mar ?
? Levanta a saia ?
? Pra não molhar ?
? Ha vem cirandeiro ?
? Ha vem com a morena dancar ?
? Ciranda vem balançar ?
[rhythmic clapping] ? Quando a morena ?
? Brinca na beira do mar ?
? Levanta a saia ?
? Pra não molhar ?
? Quando a morena ? ? Brinca na beira do mar ?
? Brinca na beira do mar ?
? Ciranda vem balançar ? ? Ciranda vem balançar ?
? Ha vem com a morena dancar ?
? Quando a morena ? ? Brinca na beira do mar ?
? Brinca na beira do mar ?
? Ciranda vem balançar ?
? Pá pá ra pá, pá pá ra pá ?
? Pá pá ra pá ? ? Ciranda pa ?
[audience applauds and cheers]
[piano tuning notes]
["Apple Tree" by AURORA, arr. by Katerina Gimon]
[rhythmic percussion]
? 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 ?
? Yea ee eh ?
? If you've seen what a heart is ?
? You've seen its color ?
? If I ever knew how we could guide it ?
? Yea ee eh ?
? I would take care of its children ?
? Become their mother ?
? If I ever knew ?
? How we could hide it ?
? Hide it, ha ha ?
? 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 ?
[rhythmic percussion] [rhythmic clapping]
? Hunger is quiet if you do it right ?
? Hunter is loud and predictable ?
? Scaring away every prey ?
? So they are gone ?
? Before the hunter arrives ?
? Would you be kind and put away your sword? ?
? You cannot cut away what we 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 fight it, fight it ?
? I would cut into our anger ?
? Make pure emotion ?
? If I ever knew how ?
? We could hide it ?
? Hide it, ha ha ?
? 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 ?
[rhythmic drumming and clapping]
? Hah yah oh wah ?
? Hoh yeh oh ho ?
? Ah ah ah hah ?
? Can you carry the weight ?
? Of mortality? ?
? The explosions around you ?
? Are your symphony ?
? 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 ?
[audience applauds and cheers]
["Soon I Will Be Done" by Marques Garrett]
? Soon I will be done-a ?
? With the troubles of the world ?
? Troubles of the world ?
? The troubles of the world ? ? The world, oh ?
? Soon I will be done-a ?
? With the troubles of the world ?
? Going home to live with God! ?
? Soon I will be done-a ?
? With the troubles of the world ?
? Troubles of the world ?
? The troubles of the world ? ? The world, oh ?
? Soon I will be done-a ?
? With the troubles of the world ?
? Going home to live with God! ?
? Soon I will be done-a ?
? No more, no more ?
? Weeping and a-wailing ?
? No more, no more ?
? Weeping and a-wailing ?
? No more, no more ?
? Weeping and a-wailing ?
? I'm going to live with God! ?
? Soon I will be done-a ?
? With the troubles of the world ?
? Troubles of the world ?
? The troubles of the world ? ? The world, oh ?
? Soon I will be done-a ?
? With the troubles of the world ?
? Going home to live with God! ?
? Soon I will be done-a ?
? I want ? ? Yes I want to meet my mother ?
? I want ? ? Yes I want to meet my father ?
? I want ? ? Yes I want to meet my Jesus ?
? I'm going to live with God, with God ?
? Soon I will be done-a ?
? With the troubles of the world ?
? The troubles of the world ?
? The world, oh ?
? Soon I will be done-a ?
? Oh yes, with the troubles ?
? I'm going home to live with God ?
? With God ?
? Soon I will be done-a ?
? With the troubles of the world ?
? The troubles of the world ?
? The world, oh ?
? Soon I will be done-a ?
? Oh yes, with the troubles ?
? I'm going home ?
? Going home to live with God ?
? Soon I will be living ?
? Soon I will go live with God! ?
[audience applauds and cheers]
- As we switch into our final piece of this amazing program,
I just wanna say a word of appreciation
to all of the teachers, the parents,
the family members that are here supporting our students.
I am so very proud to call Wisconsin my home
and to call Madison my home.
This is such an example of what arts and music
in our community is like.
And as the Director of Choral Studies at UW-Madison,
I have to say I could not do what I do every day
if it wasn't for the work of the music educators,
the teachers in this state.
So if we can give them another round of applause and thank you.
[audience applauds and cheers]
Thank you.
Special thanks to all of the coaches and Mrs. Klotz.
So amazing, our pianist.
Yes.
[audience applauds and cheers]
You know, these folks have been terrific
ever since the summer camp
and everything that they have done.
As you can see, not only do they coordinate everything,
they play percussion, they move stuff.
They teach the singers, they sing if necessary.
They dance when I ask them to do so,
they get me Starbucks when I ask them to do so.
So they are really incredible people.
And what I like to say to young people
is what an example of what service is like.
Service to the profession.
I always love to tell my students something
that my advisor told me,
which is, "Live a life of service
and you will definitely live a better life."
Okay?
And your service to this music and to this program,
during camp and this week,
has completely transformed my life.
I cannot believe that our time together has come to an end.
So my sincere gratitude to you guys.
Thank you.
[audience applauds]
["Yonder Come Day" arr. by Paul John Rudoi]
? Oh day, yonder come day ?
? Day done broke in my soul ?
? Yonder come day ?
? Good mornin' day ?
? Yonder come day ?
? Mornin' day ?
? Yonder come day ?
? Mornin' day ?
? Yonder come day ?
? Day done broke in my soul ?
? Yonder come day ?
? A brand new day ?
? Yonder come day ?
? Brand new day ?
? Yonder come day ?
? Brand new day ?
? Yonder come day ?
? Day done broke in my soul ?
? Yonder come day ?
? Oh come on child ?
? Hush, hush ?
? Somebody's callin' my name ?
? Hush ?
? Somebody's callin' my name ?
? Hush, hush ?
? Somebody's callin' my name ?
? Oh my Lord, oh my Lord ?
? What shall I do? ?
? Oh day, yonder come day ?
? Day done broke in my soul ?
? Yonder come day ?
? I was on my knees ?
? Yonder come day ?
? On my knees ?
? Yonder come day ?
? On my knees ?
? Yonder come day ?
? Day done broke in my soul ?
? Yonder come day ?
? When I heard him say ?
? Yonder come day ?
? Heard him say ?
? Yonder come day ?
? Heard him say ?
? Yonder come day ?
? Day done broke in my soul ?
? Yonder come day ?
? Oh come on child ?
? Steal away, steal away ?
? Steal away to Jesus ?
? Steal away, steal away ?
? I ain't got long to stay here ?
? Steal away, steal away ?
? Steal away to Jesus ?
? Steal away, steal away ?
? I ain't got long to stay here ?
? Swing low, sweet chariot ? ? Steal away, steal away ?
? Comin' for to carry me home ? ? Steal away to Jesus ?
? Swing low, sweet chariot ? ? Steal away, steal away ?
? Comin' for to carry me home ?
? I ain't got long to stay here ?
? Oh day, yonder come day ?
? Day done broke in my soul ?
? Yonder come day ?
? Good mornin' day, yonder come day ?
? Mornin' day, yonder come day ?
? Day done broke in my soul ?
? Yonder come day ?
? A brand new day, yonder come day ?
? Brand new day, yonder come day ?
? Day done broke in my soul ?
? Yonder come day ?
? Oh come on child, yonder come day ?
? Come on child, yonder come day ?
? Day done broke in my soul ?
? Yonder come day ?
- Mariana: Yes!
[audience applauds and cheers]