Thanksgiving

Choral Interfaith Thanksgiving

Tuesday, November 22 • Touro Synagogue
4238 St. Charles Avenue
• Call time: 5:00pm
• Service time: 6:00pm
Dress code for singers: black & white (in any combination)

We are excited to learn music from each other's faith traditions, and join together as a combined choir. For this first year, it is absolutely fine for choirs to focus on 2-3 songs if need be! We anticipate many singers from many choirs, and between us we will have everything covered. To keep things simple for this year, we will draw from the following repertoire; in the future, I would love to collaborate with our choir directors and clergy to select music for this service.

Thank you all for joining together for what promises to be a beautiful, memorable service of gratitude and sharing of musical traditions.

-Cantor Kevin Margolius

Rehearsal

Singers can rehearse with their own choirs, or they are welcome to join Touro's choir for rehearsal on the Wednesdays listed below from 7:30-9:00pm. Just contact the synagogue office at 504-895-4843 so we know you're coming.

October 26
November 2
November 9
November 16

Repertoire

Click here to download the music.
Please acquire legal copies of the songs! Touro Synagogue will purchase licenses for "Heal Us Now" and "Ki Eilecha" for all of the singers.

Ki Eilecha — Shirona, arr. Charles Osborne
Heal Us Now — Leon Sher
A Repeating Alleluia — Calvin Hampton (for future, not for 2022)
Thankful — Sager, Foster & Page arr. Fettke
The Lord Bless You & Keep You — John Rutter

Learning Resources

Ki Eilecha – Shirona arr. Osborne

This is a mystical love song to God. Translation:
I would sing You the sweetest of songs, weave You tapestries of rhyme-
for You my soul is yearning....
To know Your sheltering hand, to grasp Your deepest mysteries- in these my soul delights.
The moment I speak of Your glory, Your love overpowers my heart.
Through speech I honor Your praiseworthy deeds, but I honor You best in love songs.