You should know that we're really not in the business of making professional recordings, but when we get the chance we do put up a microphone or send a willing volunteer to the balcony with a video camera. These links will connect you to some of our postings on the YouTube Hastings College Channel. To bring some order to our random collection, we've grouped them under general headings: Masterworks; Songs of Faith; American Songbook; Hymns & Folk Songs; Love Songs; World Music; and Encores. Please feel free to browse the list and enjoy the singing!

• MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE
• Dessus le Marche d'Arras
  A lively Renaissance chanson by Orlando di Lasso. (Listening time: 3'12")
• Sumer is icumen in
  A song dating from the 1200s sung in Middle English. Our rendition features the H&L class recorder ensemble! (Listening time: 2'20")
• Sicut cervus
  Palestrina's setting of the first verse of Psalm 42. (Listening time: 2'50")
• Ave verum corpus
  William Byrd's well-known Renaissance setting for the Feast of Corpus Christi. (Listening time: 4'20")
• Hosanna to the Son of David
  A familiar a cappella English Anthem by Orlando Gibbons. Listening time: 2'35")
• Veni sponsa Christi
  A polyphonic Palestrina motet preceded by the plainchant that serves as it''s compositional foundation. (Listening time: 3'30")
• Welcome Sweet Pleasure
  An opening processional with fifes and drums! (Listening time: 1'30")
• Fair Phyllis
  This bright madrigal is by English composer John Farmer. (Listening time: 1'50")
• BAROQUE
• Exsultate justi
  This setting of Psalm 33 was 'contemporary praise music' in 1600!
  (Listening time: 2'00")
• Hodie Christus natus est
  A joyous a cappella motet for Christmas Vespers. (Listening time: 3'30")
• Plorate filii Israel
  A cry of anguish rom Carissimi's oratorio Jephte. (Listening time: 4'10")
• CLASSICAL
• Hallelujah from 'Christus am Olberge'
  The "other" famous Hallelujah Chorus -- this one from a Beethoven oratorio. (Listening time: 4'30")
• When Jesus Wept
  A simple, but moving, canon by Colonial-American composer William Billings. (Listening time: 2'40")
• Easter Anthem
  By contrast, a sturdy and inventive William Billings tune and text. (Listening time: 2'55")
• ROMANTIC
• Der Abend
  A  'sunset song' from Brahms' opus 64. (Listening time: 4'22")
• Die Mainacht
  A melancholy love song from Brahms' opus 43. (Listening time: 3'26")
• Zigeunerleben
  Robert Schumann's imaginative Romantic-era depiction of gypsy life. (Listening time: 3'50")
• La Passeggiata ("An Excursion")
  Gioacchino Rossini wrote this bit of nonsense in the 1830s. Dr. Mountford explains in his inimitable style! (Listening time: 8'00")
• How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place
  From the Brahms Requiem, sung, as is our tradition, in English. (Listening time: 5'53")
• Salvation Is Created
  Another tradition: a mixed-voice Russian anthem sung in English. (Listening time: 2'45")
• Ave Maris Stella
  A lush Romantic-era setting by Edvard Grieg of an ancient Vespers hymn. (Listening time: 2'50")
• Abendlied
  A beautiful German a cappella Vespers motet by Josef Rheinberger. (Listening time: 2'30")
• Climbing Over Rocky Mountain
  The women of the choir perform a lively bit of Gilbert & Sullivan! (Listening time: 3'40")
• Nanie
  Poetry (in German) by Schiller; music by Brahms. "All beauty must perish, but to be a lament on the lips of a beloved is glorious." (Listening time: 11'50")
• Kyrie from Petite Missa Solennelle
  Performed as Rossini intended, accompanied by piano and pump organ. (Listening time: 5'40")
• 20th CENTURY
• Choose Something Like a Star
  The classic Randall Thompson setting of Robert Frost's inspirational text. (Listening time: 5'36")
• Jabberwocky
  Lewis Carroll's slightly twisted saga becomes an evocative choral tone poem set by Rene Clausen.
  (Listening time: 6'15")
• La Guitarra
  A choral evocation (sung in Spanish) of the 'weeping' of a classical guitar. (Listening time: 4'20")
• Fuge
  Sounds like a German drinking song; ours features twenty saxophones! (Listening time: 2:35)
• Gitanjali Chants
  The first few notes from medieval France; the rapturous text from early 20th century India; the inspired combination from a brilliant contemporary arranger. (Listening time: 4'20") 
• There Is a Morn Unseen
  An Emily Dickenson poem in an exciting musical setting by Emma Lou Diemer. (Listening time: 8'25")

• Sure On This Shining Night
  Our interpretation of Morten Lauridsen's heartfelt setting. (Listening time: 4'30")
• Lark
  Aaron Copland's rousing setting of an optimistic Genevieve Taggard poem. (Listening time: 5'12")
• The Last Words of David
  Randall Thompson's memorable setting of an inspirational text. (Listening time: 3'30")
• O Clap Your Hands
  From English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, a choral fanfare with brass and organ.
  (Listening time: 3'20")
• CONTEMPORARY
• Ave verum corpus
  A contemporary setting by Imant Raminsh recorded in Omaha's spectacular Saint Cecilia Cathdral.
  (Listening time: 6:50)
• Veni
  A haunting contemporary interpretation of the twelfth-century Pentecost text, "come, Holy Spirit."
  (Listening time: 5'00")
• Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine & Si, ch'io vorrei morire
  An exciting contemporary work and the Renaissance madrigal that was it's inspiration. (Listening time: 11'30")
• Hymn to the Creator of Light
  An inspired combination of contemporary and traditional music and lyrics. (Listening time: 7'00")

• i thank You God & Lift Up Your Eyes
  An unexpected pairing of two contemporary songs of renewal. (Listening time: 4'09")
• Bless Thou the Astronauts
  Our Pro Rege Society tribute to HC astronaut Clay Anderson. (Listening time: 2'58")
• Agnus Dei and The Lord Is My Shepherd
  Our favorite pair of movements from the haunting Requiem by John Rutter. (Listening time: 9'40")
• At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners
  Here is our hallmark reading of an historic text from theologian and poet John Donne. (Listening time: 2'55")
• Jesus Christ, the Apple Tree
  This deceptively simple setting of an 18th-century American poem has become a Christmas classic.
  (Listening time: 3'50")
• There Is No Rose
  Here is a modern setting of a medieval Advent text, accompanied by flute and piano. (Listening time: 4'30")
• Judgement Day from "God's Trombones"
  Roy Ringwald's musical setting enhances a poetic sermon by James Weldon Johnson. (Listening time: 6'10")
• Deep River
  A favorite spiritual in a deeply moving a cappella setting. (Listening time: 2'07")
• Alleluia
  Long a standard in our repertoire, the well-known setting by Randall Thompson. (Listening time: 5'40")
• When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
  A show-stopping arrangement that just might leave you breathless! (Listening time: 4'00")
• God of Our Fathers
  The congregation sings along with the choir and our brass ensemble. (Listening time: 2'40")
• E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come
  A simple a cappella motet we've featured in our Festival of Lessons & Carols. (Listening time: 2'20")

• The Impossible Dream
  From the library of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. (Listening time: 2'39")
• Wyoming Lullaby
  A nostalgic "Tin Pan Alley" waltz from 1920. (Listening time: 1'55")
• You'll Never Walk Alone
  From the library of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. (Listening time: 4'33")
• Climb Ev'ry Mountain
  A Pro Rege Society tribute from 'The Sound of Music'. (Listening time: 3'10")
• Begin the Beguine
  This Cole Porter standard was first arranged for the HC Chamber Choir in the 1970s. (Listening time: 3'42")
• All the Things You Are
  A Jerome Kern standard from the library of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. (Listening time: 3'00")
• For All We Know
  A close-harmony, a cappella arrangement of an American standard. (Listening time: 2:35)
• Say It With Music
  Irving Berlin's brief word of sage advice. Roy Ringwald's arrangement from the library of Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. (Listening time: 1'48")
• My Romance
  Another Fred Waring library arrangement of a Rodgers & Hart classic. Erin Mundus is our soprano, with Tom and Noah at the keyboard. (Listening time: 3'40")
• In the Still of the Night
  Another of our breathtaking choral showstoppers: the Cole Porter original as sung by Fred Waring's Pennsylvanians. (Listening time: 4'20")

• Beneath the Cross of Jesus
  Our musical "signature in song" since 1882. (Listening time: 4'19")
• Sweet Betsy (from Pike)
  Since the Oregon Trail lies right outside our front door, here is the entire epic journey in a nut-shell!
  (Listening time: 4:00)
• Thou Hidden Love of God
  A beautifully-crafted contemporary setting of a familiar chorale. (Listening time: 2'20")
• Home On the Range
  The only thing missing is a campfire! (Listening time: 3'50")
• He's Gone Away
  A sensitive a cappella arrangement of another classic "Americana" favorite. (Listening time: 2'45")
• Dixie
  Our nostalgic tribute to President Reeves on the opening of the Morrison-Reeves Science Center. 
  (Listening time: 2'30")
• What Would You Do If You Married a Soldier?
  The only word to describe this performance is "rollicking!" (Listening time: 2'40")
• Shenandoah
  A close-harmony setting by arranger Derric Johnson. (Listening time: 2'40")
• Polly Wolly Doodle
  A memorable nonsense song from the day before yesterday! (Listening time: 1'35")
• Show Me Thy Way 
  Tenor soloist Mario Powell leads this exuberant gospel tune. (Listening time: 4'00")
• Precious Lord
  An American standard with special memorial lyrics to honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Listening time: 3'00")
• My Song in the Night
  An Appalachian spiritual song in a memorable a cappella setting. (Listening time: 3'00")
• Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
  Our thrilling arrangement features the HC Flute Ensemble, string bass, and organ accompaniment.
  (Listening time: 4'35")
• Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross
  A lovely, ever-so-slightly contemporary arrangement of a favorite old hymn. (Listening time: 4:15)
• Fairest Lord Jesus 
  Quite possibly the first song The Hastings College Choir sang in public in 1882: our a cappella setting of the traditional Hastings College hymn. (Listening time: 3'05")
• Sweet Hour of Prayer
  An a cappella Barbershop arrangement, but sung by the whole gang. (Listening time: 2:20)
• Now the Day Is Over
  Three quiet verses of a traditional Vespers hymn composed in 1868. (Listening time: 2'00")

• O, My Luve's Like a Red, Red Rose
  A beautiful setting of the Robert Burns poem with our own Celtic band as accompaniment.
  (Listening time: 3'32")
• Lay a Garland
  This Romantic-era acappella part-song paints a moving soundscape of loss and longing.
  (Listening time: 2'27")
• Jenny Rebecca
  This heartfelt lullaby feels right at home amongst the love songs! (Listening time: 2'30")
• Three Shaker Songs
  Yet another perspective on the possibilities of music from the heart. (Listening time: 4'10")
• Dieu, qu'il la fait bon regarder
  Our favorite of Debussy's 'Trois Chansons,' sung in French. (Listening time: 2'00")
• Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye 
  A Cole Porter classic in the unforgettable arrangement Roy Ringwald made for Waring's Pennsylvanians. (Listening time: 2'50")
• For All We Know
  Words and music that linger in the heart. (Listening time: 2'35")

• Naiman Sharag
  Sung in our best Mongolian! An evocation of horsemen and wide open spaces. Colin and Zach are our song leaders. (Listening time: 3'25")
• Mambabo!
  From Africa, a rhythmic tribal welcome song. (Listening time: 2'30")

• Climb Ev'ry Mountain
  A Pro Rege Society tribute from 'The Sound of Music'. (Listening time: 3'10")
• Sing a Song of Sixpence
  John Rutter's arrangement of a delightful British nursery song. (Listening time: 2'18")
• Feller from Fortune
  Our raucous rendition of a rollicking Newfoundland folksong. (Listening time: 3'21")
• Auction Cries 
  Believe it or not, a musical setting of auction notices from the Emporia Kansas Gazette! (Listening time: 2'55")
• First Act Finale from "The Gondoliers"
  A return to our roots touring the West performing popular operettas! (Listening time: 2'40")
• Ezekiel Saw the Wheel
  Here is our breakneck novelty arrangement of a familiar spiritual. (Listening time: 2'00")
• Beautiful Nebraska
  Our a cappella interpretation of the Nebraska state song. (Listening time: 2'30")
• Ride On, King Jesus
  A bravura arrangement of a familiar spiritual with a spectacular climax. (Listening time: 3'10")
• Battle Hymn of the Republic
  This Civil War-era marching song, reborn during the Second World War, has become one of the best loved American patriotic anthems. (Listening time: 4'10")
• It's a Lovely Day Tomorrow
  Our final word is an Irving Berlin standard: the perfect way reluctantly to "ring down the curtain!"
  (Listening time: 1'50")