Big Island Singers, the community choir directed by Doug Albertson, will perform at Church of the Holy Cross on Friday, May 1, at 7:00 pm. The program theme is “Poems, Prayers & Promises,” with music ranging from the European Renaissance to recent composers from the east and west sides of the Pacific.

Eric Whitacre’s setting of Margaret Wise Brown’s classic children’s story Goodnight Moon is on the program, as well as Rosephanye Powell’s rendition of Langston Hughes’ words “To Sit and Dream.” Local composer and accompanist Doug Howell will perform his own “House on the Ocean,” and, of course, John Denver’s classic “Poems, Prayers and Promises” will be sung.

In addition to Friday night at Church of the Holy Cross, Big Island Singers will perform:

  • Saturday, May 2, at 4:00 PM at First United Protestant Church UCC, 1350 Waianuenue Ave., Hilo, and
  • Sunday, May 3, at 4:00 PM at the Center for Spiritual Living, 15-1833 Paradise Dr., Kea’au.

Published by Rev. Eric Anderson

I serve as pastor of the Church of the Holy Cross UCC in Hilo, Hawai'i. Formerly, I was the Associate Conference Minister for Proclamation, Identity, and Communication for the Connecticut Conference of the United Church of Christ, or in other words: an ordained geek.

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