Belmont University School of Music
SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2025 5:00 PM
MCAFEE CONCERT HALL
Belmont University School of Music presents
“OneWorld...InHarmony”
Jeffery L. Ames, conductor
“One World…In Harmony” invites both reflection and resolve, acknowledging the tension between an aspirational ideal and a fractured reality. The deliberate pause in the title underscores a truth we cannot ignore: our world is not presently in harmony, but marked by conflict, loss, and profound human suffering. Yet, within that dissonance, music becomes a vessel for hope and connection.
Through selections such as “I Can Tell the World,” “Adinu,” “Hatikva,” and “Turn the World Around,” this program traces a journey from lament to resilience, from remembrance to renewal. Each piece carries its own cultural and spiritual weight, offering voices that rise above division and call us toward shared humanity.
In a time when devastation too often defines the global landscape, this concert does not deny the darkness it responds to it, asserting that harmony is not merely a condition to be found, but a commitment to be forged together.
Program notes by Dr. Jeffery Ames, School of Music Faculty
I Can Tell the World Traditional Spiritual arr. Moses Hogan
Text
I can tell the world, yes, about this, I can tell the nations, yes, that I’m blessed. Tell ‘em what my Lord has done, Oh yes, tell ‘em the conqueror has come, And He brought joy, joy, joy to my soul.
My Lord done just what He said. He healed the sick and He raised the dead. He lifted me when I was down. He placed my feet on solid ground.
I can tell the world, yes, about this, I can tell the nations, yes, that I’m blessed.
Tell ‘em what my Lord has done, Oh yes, tell ‘em the conqueror has come, And He brought joy, that mornin’, when He saved me. Joy, that mornin’, when He blessed me.
Joy, I’ll tell it!
How He brought this joy to my soul.
Libiamo (Brindisi)
Giuseppe Verdi from La Traviata (1813-1901)
Javier Castro, Alfredo Katherine Light, Violetta Sami Copeland**, piano
Text & Translations
Alfredo
Libiamo, libiamo ne' lieti calici che la bellezza infiora; Let's drink, let's drink from the joyous chalices that beauty decorates with flowers; e la fuggevol, fuggevol ora s'inebrii a voluttà. And may the fleeting moment be elated with voluptuousness Libiam ne' dolci fremiti, che suscita l'amore, Let's drink from the sweet thrills that love arouses, poiché quell'occhio al core onnipotente va. because that eye aims straight to the almighty heart. Libiamo, amore, amor fra i calici più caldi baci avrà. Let's drink, my love: the love among chalices will have warmer kisses.
Coro
Ah, libiam, amor fra' calici più caldi baci avrà. Let's drink, my love: the love among chalices will have warmer kisses.
Violetta
Tra voi, tra voi saprò dividere il tempo mio giocondo; With you, with you I'll be able to share my cheerful times; tutto è follia, follia nel mondo ciò che non è piacer. Everything is foolish in the world which is not pleasure. Godiam, fugace e rapido, è il gaudio dell'amore; Let's enjoy ourselves, for fleeting and quick the delight of love is; è un fior che nasce e muore, ne più si può goder. it's a flower that blooms and dies and can no longer be enjoyed. Godiam, c'invita, c'invita un fervido accento lusinghier. Let's enjoy ourselves, fervent flattering voice invites us.
Coro
Ah, godiamo, la tazza, la tazza e il cantico, La notte abbella e il riso; Ah, let's enjoy the cup, the cup and the chants, the embellished nights and the laughter; in questo, in questo paradiso ne scopra il nuovo dì. let the new day find us in this paradise.
Violetta
La vita è nel tripudio. Life means celebration.
Alfredo
Quando non s'ami ancora. If one hasn't known love.
Violetta
Nol dite a chi l'ignora. Don't tell someone who doesn't know.
Adinu
Alfredo È il mio destin così. But this is my fate.
Tutti
Ah, godiamo, la tazza, la tazza e il cantico, La notte abbella e il riso; Ah, let's enjoy the cup, the cup and the chants, the embellished night and the laughter; in questo, in questo paradiso ne scopra il nuovo dì. let the new day find us in this paradise.
Sufi Song arr. Shireen Abu-Khader/André de Quadros
Jordan Darnell, Elijah Morman, Brooke Irvin, soloists
Text & Translations
Adinu
Adinu bidinil hubbi
I follow the religion of love
Anna tawaj-jahat raka’ibuhu wherever love is found
Fal hubbub dini wa Imani for love is my religion and my faith
Subhanaka
Subhanaka Allahumma jalla’utak Almighty God, of great dignity
LuTfan biabdika khaliqi ruhmak our Creator, I ask you to be merciful on all Ya kashifal balwa ‘ataytoka rajian I come to You, the revealer of all obstacles
Arjuu riDaka falaysa li Illak Hoping for Your approval as I have none but You
Qudduus
Qudduus, qudduus, qudduus Holy, holy, holy
Anta alrabbul Illah
You are the Lord God
Assama ‘u wal ard Heaven and earth
Mamluu’atani bi imajdikal ath’im are full of your great glory
Hatikva (The Hope)
Sami Copeland**, piano
Alleluia
Turn the World Around
Sami Copeland** and Nolan Snyderˇ, piano
Traditional Hebrew Melody arr. John Leavitt
Alaylah Akins
Ari Andelman
Molly Barbery
Recognitions and Reflections
Sami Copeland** (b. 2000)
Sami Copeland**, piano
Carter Ferris, bass
Ethan Bunch, percussion
Harry Belafonte/Robert Freedman (1927-2023)/(1934-2022) arr. Larry Farrow
**School of Music Graduate Student ˇGuest Performer
Personnel
Theatre Performance Houston, TX
Commercial Voice Washington, DC
Theatre Performance Rock Hill, SC
Olivia Bastin^ Commercial Voice Muscatine, IA
Logan Bressman*^ Commercial Voice Papillion, NE
Ella Buettner^ Commercial Voice Manassas, VA
Ethan Bunch
Music Business Springdale, AR
Javier Castro^ Classical Voice Knoxville, TN
Emma Cervone
Rowan Clark
Brennan Cooper
Sam Cooper
Sami Copeland**
Olivia Cotton
Jordan Darnell
Media & Entertainment Industries Southampton, NY
Songwriting Fairfax, VA
Music Business Dallas, TX
Music Business Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Composition, M.M. Bradenton, FL
Commercial Voice San Antonio, TX
Commercial Voice Birmingham, AL
Rox Davidson^ Classical Voice Singapore
Carter Ferris
Caleb Flores
Ryan Flynn
Joshua Fraze
Kate Gallandt
Katelyn Glass^
Eva Grossardt
Jordyn Herman
Commercial Bass Minneapolis, MN
Music Technology Birmingham, AL
Audio Engineering Technology Charleston, SC
Music Business Buford, GA
Commercial Voice Oregon City, OR
Music Education Friendswood, TX
Classical Voice Aurora, CO
Classical Voice Monaca, PA
Daniel Holcomb^ Faith & Social Justice Belton, TX
Colby Hurt*^
Brooke Irvin*
Naari Kenebrew
Cameron Lewis
Katherine Light
Danny Mantel
Dean Marino
Melanie Mauldin
Bryce Merrill
Elijah Morman
Finance | Marketing Amarillo, TX
Music Therapy Traverse City, MI
Commercial Voice Newton, TX
Commercial Voice Clinton, MS
Music Education | Classical Voice Nashville, TN
Theatre Performance Wheaton, IL
Commercial Voice Sugar Land, TX
Music Education Solon, OH
Commercial Voice Merritt Island, FL
Commercial Voice Lumberton, NJ
Andrew Obringer Accounting Signal Mountain, TN
Austin Pritchett Philosophy Bossier City, LA
Caroline Raus
Ella Seely
James Shepard
Riley Spannuth
Nathan Sprouse
Bray Stratton
Bella Swarthout
Music Education Charleston, SC
Music with an Outside Minor | Psychology Franklin, TN
Media & Entertainment Industries Norfolk, VA
Commercial Voice Blandon, PA
Audio Engineering Technology Fisherville, VA
International Business | Music Composition Austin, TX
Music Therapy Edwardsville, IL
Kiara Valladares Classical Voice Sherwood, OR
Scott Vaughn
Audio Engineering Technology Haddonfield, NJ
Anthony Wheaton Undeclared Clinton, MS
Jillian Wilson Music Composition Charleston, SC
Wesleigh Jane Winfrey
Camden Wright
Classical Voice Waukee, IA
Musical Theatre Castle Rock, CO
*2025-2026 Chorale Scholar
**School of Music Graduate Student
^Section Leader
Upcoming Concerts and Events
College of Music & Performing Arts Awards Day
Monday, April 27, 10:00 a.m.
Massey Concert Hall
New Music Ensemble
Tuesday, April 28, 7:30 p.m.
McAfee Concert Hall
Graduate Hooding & Reception Friday, May 8, 12:00 p.m. McAfee Concert Hall
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