Festival Singers of Florida

Concert Program

FEATURED PIECES - "Another Glorious Day"

I: Exultate Deo (Alessandro Scarlatti), I Lift Up My Eyes (Jocelyn Hagen), Exultate Jubilate (Daniel Schreiner), Shifting Sand (Jake Runestad)

II: American Dream (Jocelyn Hagen), American Triptych (Jake Runestad)

III: For You I Will Be an Island (Jennifer Lucy Cook), Becoming the Ocean (Jake Runestad), Mother of Exile (Kara Stacy Bedwell), To Sit and Dream (Rosephanye Powell), Make You Feel My Love (Anna Lapwood), Bonk'abaphandle (arr. Michael Barrett and Mbuso Ndlovu)

Providing community performances of the highest quality, the Festival Singers of Florida, under the direction of Dr. Kevin Fenton, is dedicated to engaging and inspiring through impassioned singing while expanding awareness and appreciation of the choral arts. Festival Singers of Florida

Kevin Fenton, Professor of Choral Conducting and Ensembles and Director of the FSU University Singers and Men’s Glee (Collegians), has conducted the Virginia Tech Meistersingers (1998), the University Singers (2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2013), and the Festival Singers of Florida (2012 and 2018) in performances at regional and national conventions of ACDA and NAfME. He has served as a Fulbright Specialist to Sub-Saharan Africa, teaching choral conducting and conducting pedagogy at Kenya’s Conservatory of Music. In fall 2019, Fenton taught conducting at the Universitas Pelita Harapan in Jakarta, Indonesia. As co-founder of AVoice4Peace, Fenton has held AVoice4Peace events in Kenya, Indonesia, Ireland, China, and for the Florida and Southern Region ACDA conventions. Fenton has conducted choirs in 35 states, including twenty-nine all-state choirs. Internationally, Fenton was a featured conductor for the International Choral Festival and Conference in Xi’an (2017) and Beijing (2007), South Africa’s National Youth Choir (2016), and the Dublin International Choral Festival (2016). A champion of new music, Fenton has conducted over thirty premiere performances. Kevin Fenton