This performance was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

See the full concert program here!

Holy Family Institute hosted the VoiceGivers Choir for a beautiful event on Saturday, February 29, 2020 in their stunning chapel. Artistic Director Joseph Stuligross prepared a program that shared the story and evoked the emotions of children separated from their families, as well as the hope for and ultimate joy of reconciliation.

“We are proud to host VoiceGivers as it puts on its first-ever season,” says Holy Family Institute’s CEO, Sister Linda Yankoski. “Holy Family Institute’s mission is to restore hope and transform lives in our community and we believe that the arts have an important place in that healing process." 

More than 100 audience members donated close to $2,000 to support the social service programs of Holy Family Institute.

VoiceGivers Choir

Part of the Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church Special Music Series, the concert benefited the Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition.

Concert Program ~ Music Makes the Difference

I.  Looking Out for One Another
Seek Him That Maketh the Seven Stars  … Jonathon Dove (b. 1959)
Abide with Me … William H. Monk (1823-1889)
Stand By Me  … Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller & Ben E. King, arr. Mark De-Lisser
Jeffrey Gross, tenor; Teresa Steigerwalt, alto
Plorate filii Israel … Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674)
Speaker Vignette … Joan McConahy
Abendlied … Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901)

II.  Kids … Should Be Just Kids
Speaker Vignette … Joan McConahy
Nursery Rhymes … Ralph Hunter (1921-2002)
Little Bo-Peep, Little Jack Horner, Old King Cole
Goodnight Moon … Eric Whitacre (b. 1970)
The Glow-Worm … Paul Lincke, Stephen DeCesare
Charlene Canty, soprano

III.  Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition
I’m a Person Too … Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
Speaker Vignette … Dr. Amanda Brown
Kyrie … Maurice Duruflé  (1902-1986)
Speaker Vignette … Joyce McConahy, Betsy Hawley

IV.  Allowing Room for Hope and Joy
Light of a Clear Blue Morning … Dolly Parton (b. 1946)
Charlene Canty, soprano
You Do Not Walk Alone … Dominick DiOrio (1984)
Ye Shall Have a Song … Randall Thompson (1899-1984)
Great Day … Negro Spiritual, arr. Warren Martin
Judith Jenkins, soprano; Ben Filippone, baritone; Nathan Hart, bass

with Timothy Heavner, organ and piano

VoiceGivers Choir

Vignette Speakers

Thank You from VoiceGivers!

VoiceGivers Choir thanks the Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church and its Director of Music Ministries and Organist, David Billings, for hosting this performance. We are also so very grateful to the many volunteers from the Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition and Fox Chapel Presbyterian Church who coordinated the many tasks required to provide such a welcoming, professional environment for the audience.

Thank you!