The Springfield Singers
A women's choir for all voices — singing with heart since 1984
A women's choir for all voices — singing with heart since 1984
These are the pieces we’re currently working on in rehearsals. Repertoire changes throughout the year.
| Song | Composer / Arranger ▲ | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| Castle on a cloud | ||
| Candle on the Water | Al Kasha & Joel Hirschhorn (Pete’s Dragon) | Musical/Film |
| Colors of the Wind (Pocahontas) | Alan Menken / Stephen Schwartz | Musical/Film |
| Anthem (from Chess) | Andersson & Ulvaeus | Musical |
| Two for the Price of One | Andrew Carter | Comedy |
| All I Ask of You (Phantom of the Opera) | Andrew Lloyd Webber / Charles Hart | Musical |
| Thank You for the Music | Benny Anderson/ Bjorn Ulvaeus | Musical |
| What Would I Do Without My Music | Bruce Baker | Inspirational |
| O Happy Day | Edwin Hawkins | Sacred/Spiritual |
| Orinoco Flow | Enya | Popular |
| May It Be | Enya (Lord of the Rings) | Popular |
| Here Comes the Sun | George Harrison | contemporary / pop |
| What the World Needs now | Hal David / Burt Bacharach | contemporary /pop |
| Mr Blue Sky | Jeff Lynne (ELO) | Popular |
| Annie’s Song | John Denver | Popular |
| For the Beauty of the Earth | John Rutter | Sacred |
| I Will Sing With the Spirit | John Rutter | Sacred |
| Walking on Sunshine | Kimberley Rew | contemporary /pop |
| With a Voice of Singing | Martin Shaw | Sacred |
| You Raise Me Up | Rolf Løvland & Brendan Graham | Popular/Contemporary |
| On My Own (Les Misérables) | Schönberg / Boublil | Musical |
| California Dreamin’ | The Mamas & The Papas | Popular |
These pieces are part of our wider repertoire but aren’t in the current rehearsal set.
| Song | Composer / Arranger ▲ | Theme |
|---|---|---|
| 12 days of Christmas | Christmas | |
| Scarves | uniform | |
| The Things We Do for Love | 10cc (Gouldman/Stewart/Godley) | Popular |
| Dry Bones (Dem Bones) | 8 Negro Spirituals | Sacred/Spiritual |
| Mary Had a Baby | 8 Negro Spirituals | Sacred/Spiritual |
| This Train Is Bound for Glory | 8 Negro Spirituals | Sacred/Spiritual |
| Go Tell It on the Mountain | A Gospel Christmas | Christmas |
| The Virgin Mary Has a Baby Boy | A Gospel Christmas | Christmas |
| I Have a Dream | ABBA (Andersson & Ulvaeus) | Popular |
| Money, Money, Money | ABBA (Andersson & Ulvaeus) | Popular |
| Skyfall | Adele / Paul Epworth | Popular |
| A Flower in Winter | Alan Simmons | Christmas |
| Mistletoe and WIne | Alan Simmons | Christmas |
| One Moment in Time | Albert Hammond & John Bettis (Whitney Houston) | Popular |
| The Lords Prayer (Malotte) | Albert Hay Malotte | Sacred |
| The Lords Prayer (Murgatroyd/Farrer) | Albert Hay Malotte (alt. arr. Farrer/Murgatroyd?) | Sacred |
| The Rose | Amanda McBroom (Bette Midler) | Popular |
| I Know Him So Well (Chess) | Andersson & Ulvaeus / Tim Rice | Musical |
| Memory (Cats) | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Musical |
| Whistle Down the Wind (SSA) | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Musical |
| I Don’t Know How to Love Him (Jesus Christ Superstar) | Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice | Musical |
| Love Changes Everything | Andrew Lloyd Webber (Aspects of Love) | Musical |
| Whistle Down the Wind (Chris Andrews arr.) | Andrew Lloyd Webber, arr. Chris Andrews | Musical |
| Feeling Good | Anthony Newley & Leslie Bricusse | Popular/Jazz |
| Sweet Little Jesus Boy | arr Brian Howard | Christmas |
| O Come ALL Ye Faithful | arr David wilcocks | Christmas |
| The First Nowell | arr David wilcocks | Christmas |
| Gaudette! | arr Kirby Shaw | Christmas |
| O Little Town of Bethlehem | arr R Vaughan Williams | Christmas |
| Angels from the realms of Glory | arr Reginald Jacques | Christmas |
| O Holy Night | arr Sarah Waycott | Christmas |
| Away in a Manger | arr W.J.Kirkpartick | Christmas |
| Mr Santa (to the tune of Mr Sandman, Joan Javits, Phil Springer, Tony Springer) | Arr. “Holly” | Christmas |
| Joyful, Joyful (arr. Sister Act style) | Beethoven (Ode to Joy) / arr. Warren or similar | Sacred/Popular |
| A Million Dreams (The Greatest Showman) | Benj Pasek & Justin Paul | Musical |
| Never Enough (The Greatest Showman) | Benj Pasek & Justin Paul | Musical/Film |
| Lean On Me | Bill Withers | Popular |
| And So It Goes | Billy Joel (arr. Bob Chilcott popular) | Popular/Choral |
| You Are So Beautiful | Billy Preston & Bruce Fisher (popularised by Joe Cocker) | Popular |
| True Colours | Billy Steinberg / Tom Kelly (Cyndi Lauper) | Popular |
| Make You Feel My Love | Bob Dylan (popularised by Adele) | Popular |
| And This Is My Beloved | Borodin / Wright & Forrest (Kismet) | Musical |
| Close To You | Burt Bacharach & Hal David | Popular |
| I Say a Little Prayer | Burt Bacharach & Hal David | Popular |
| On A Clear Day | Burton Lane / Alan Jay Lerner | Musical |
| Higher and Higher | Carl Smith, Gary Jackson, Raynard Miner (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher) | Popular |
| Let The River Run | Carly Simon | Popular |
| Killing Me Softly | Charles Fox / Norman Gimbel (Roberta Flack/Fugees) | Popular |
| Every Time We Say Goodbye | Cole Porter | Popular/Jazz |
| Night and Day | Cole Porter | Popular/Jazz |
| Sing Alleluia Allelu | Contemporary sacred song (arr. possibly Rutter or Symonds) | Sacred |
| The Rhythm of Life (Sweet Charity) | Cy Coleman / Dorothy Fields | Musical |
| Time After Time | Cyndi Lauper / Rob Hyman | Popular |
| It was a Starry Night | David & Bonnie Huntsinger | Christmas |
| The Christmas Bells | David Flatau | Christmas |
| The Prayer | David Foster, Carole Bayer Sager, Alberto Testa, Tony Renis (popularised by Bocelli/Dion) | Popular/Sacred |
| Noel Fantasy | David waggoner | Christmas |
| Nine to Five | Dolly Parton | Popular |
| Where’er You Go (Song of Ruth) | Douglas E. Wagner (based on Ruth 1:16–17) | Sacred |
| It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) | Duke Ellington | Popular/Jazz |
| Nimrod (Agnus Dei arrangement) | Edward Elgar / Lux Aeterna arr. John Cameron | Sacred/Classical |
| Pack Up | Eliza Doolittle | Popular |
| Can You Feel the Love Tonight | Elton John / Tim Rice | Musical/Film |
| Wintertime | Emily Bronte / Audrey Snyder | Christmas |
| Nella Fantasia (based on Gabriel’s Oboe) | Ennio Morricone, lyrics by Chiara Ferraù | Classical/Film |
| Amid the Falling Snow | Enya | Christmas |
| The Seal Lullaby | Eric Whitacre | Contemporary choral |
| Misty | Erroll Garner | Popular/Jazz |
| Scarlet Ribbons | Evelyn Danzig / Jack Segal | Popular |
| Dream a Little Dream of Me | Fabian Andre, Wilbur Schwandt / Gus Kahn (famously Mama Cass) | Popular |
| Ain’t Misbehavin’ | Fats Waller | Popular/jazz |
| Time to Say Goodbye (Con Te Partirò) | Francesco Sartori / Lucio Quarantotto (Bocelli/Brightman) | Classical crossover |
| I Will Follow Him (Sister Act) | Franck Pourcel, Paul Mauriat, Jacques Plante | Popular |
| Silent Night | Franz Gruber | Christmas |
| Ave Maria (Schubert, arr. Brice Inman) | Franz Schubert / arr. Brice Inman | Sacred |
| Bohemian Rhapsody | Freddie Mercury (Queen) | Popular |
| Love Walked In | George & Ira Gershwin | Popular/Jazz |
| Summertime (Porgy and Bess) | Gershwin / DuBose Heyward | Musical/Jazz |
| Softly As I Leave You (Meirion Davies arr.) | Giorgio Calabrese / Antonio De Vita / arr. Meirion Davies | Popular |
| Softly As I Leave You (Alan Symonds arr.) | Giorgio Calabrese / Antonio De Vita / arr. Symonds | Popular |
| Moonlight Serenade | Glenn Miller | Popular/Jazz |
| Once in Royal David's City | H.J.Gauntlett | Christmas |
| Chattanooga Choo Choo | Harry Warren / Mack Gordon | Popular |
| Serenade in Blue | Harry Warren / Mack Gordon | Popular/Jazz |
| Silent Night | Henry Geehl | Christmas |
| It Had Better Be Tonight (The Pink Panther) | Henry Mancini / Johnny Mercer | Popular |
| It Is Well (With My Soul) | Horatio Spafford / Philip Bliss | Sacred |
| The Lord is My Shepherd | Howard Goodall (Psalm 23, Vicar of Dibley theme) | Sacred |
| Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas | Hugh Martin & Ralph Blane | Christmas |
| All in the April Evening 2 part | Hugh S. Roberton | Sacred/choral |
| Puttin’ on the Ritz | Irving Berlin | Popular/Jazz |
| Sing a Song of Sixpence 3 part | J. Michael Diack | Folk/Children’s |
| Santa Claus is COming to Town | J.Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie | Christmas |
| Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring | J.S. Bach | Classical/Sacred |
| My Heart Will Go On (Titanic) | James Horner & Will Jennings | Popular |
| You Made Me Love You | James V. Monaco / Joseph McCarthy | Popular |
| Can’t Help Loving the Man | Jerome Kern (Show Boat) | Musical |
| Let There Be Peace on Earth | Jill Jackson-Miller & Sy Miller | Sacred |
| Midnight Train to Georgia | Jim Weatherly / Gladys Knight | Popular |
| Santa Baby | Joan Javits/ Phil Springer/Tony Springer | Christmas |
| Sing | Joe Raposo (Carpenters/Sesame Street) | Popular |
| Perhaps Love | John Denver | Popular |
| Torches | John Joubert | Christmas |
| Amazing Grace | John Newton / Arr. trad. | Sacred |
| A Gaelic Blessing | John Rutter | Sacred |
| Christmas Lullaby | John Rutter | Christmas |
| Do You Hear What I Hear 2 Part | John Rutter | Christmas |
| Nativity Carol | John Rutter | Christmas |
| Shepherds Carol | John Rutter | Christmas |
| Star Carol | John Rutter | Christmas |
| The Colors of Christmas | John Rutter | Christmas |
| The Lord Bless You and Keep You | John Rutter | Sacred |
| All Things Bright & Beautiful | John Rutter / Cecil F. Alexander text | Sacred |
| The Lamb | John Tavener | Sacred/Contemporary |
| Feliz Navidad | Jose Navidad/ arr Paul Langford | Christmas |
| Feliz Navidad | Jose Navidad/ arr Paul Langford | Christmas |
| Jingle Bell Rock | Joseph Beal & James Boothe | Christmas |
| People (Funny Girl) | Jule Styne / Bob Merrill | Musical |
| City of Stars (La La Land) | Justin Hurwitz / Pasek & Paul | Musical/Film |
| I Will Follow You | JW Stole & Del Roma | Popular |
| And All That Jazz | Kander & Ebb (Chicago) | Musical |
| Adiemus | Karl Jenkins | Contemporary choral |
| All in the April Evening 3 part | Kathryn Tynan & Hugh Robertson | Sacred/choral |
| Away in a Manger | Kirkpatrick | Christmas |
| Let It Go (Frozen) | Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez | Musical/Film |
| I See You (Avatar) | Leona Lewis (James Horner / Kuk Harrell / Simon Franglen) | Musical/Film |
| I Feel Pretty (West Side Story) | Leonard Bernstein & Sondheim | Musical |
| One Hand, One Heart (West Side Story) | Leonard Bernstein & Sondheim | Musical |
| Somewhere (West Side Story) | Leonard Bernstein / Sondheim | Musical |
| Tonight (West Side Story) | Leonard Bernstein / Sondheim | Musical |
| Hallelujah | Leonard Cohen | Popular |
| I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady) | Lerner & Loewe | Musical |
| If Ever I Would Leave You (Camelot) | Lerner & Loewe | Musical |
| Pure Imagination (Willy Wonka) | Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley | Musical/Film |
| Lullaby (Nigel H) | Likely Nigel Hess or similar (needs confirmation) | Contemporary |
| I Hope You Dance | Mark D. Sanders / Tia Sillers (Lee Ann Womack) | Popular |
| The Way We Were | Marvin Hamlisch / Alan & Marilyn Bergman (Barbra Streisand) | Popular |
| Hark the Herald Angels Sing | Mendelssohn arr David Wilcocks | Christmas |
| Till There Was You (The Music Man) | Meredith Willson | Musical |
| Blame it on the Boogie | Michael Jackson / Jackson 5 | Popular |
| Papa Can You Hear Me (Yentl) | Michel Legrand | Musical/Film |
| Carol of the Bells | Mykola Leontovych | Christmas |
| Do you hear what I hear 3 part | Noel Regney/ Gloria Shayne | Christmas |
| Sway | Pablo Beltrán Ruiz (English lyrics Norman Gimbel) | Popular |
| From Now On (The Greatest Showman) | Pasek & Paul | Musical |
| This Is Me (The Greatest Showman) | Pasek & Paul | Musical |
| Mister Sandman | Pat Ballard | Popular |
| It’s Raining Men | Paul Jabara & Paul Shaffer (The Weather Girls) | Popular |
| Wherever You Are | Paul Mealor (Military Wives Choir) | Sacred/Contemporary |
| Bridge Over Troubled Water | Paul Simon | Popular |
| Wonderful Christmastime | PaulMcCartney | Christmas |
| Home | Possibly from The Wiz (Charlie Smalls) OR Beauty and the Beast (Menken) – clarify | Musical |
| Nessun Dorma (Turandot) | Puccini | Classical/Opera |
| I Want to Break Free | Queen (John Deacon) | Popular |
| Sussex Carol | Ralph Vaughan Williams | Christmas |
| When She Loved Me (Toy Story 2) | Randy Newman | Musical/Film |
| Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy | Raye & Prince | Popular |
| If I Loved You (Carousel) | Rodgers & Hammerstein | Musical |
| My Favourite Things (The Sound of Music) | Rodgers & Hammerstein | Musical |
| Some Enchanted Evening (South Pacific) | Rodgers & Hammerstein | Musical |
| May You Always Have a Song | Ruth Elaine Schram | Contemporary choral |
| Somewhere Above the Clouds | Ruth elaine Schram | Christmas |
| Stars in the Night | Ruth elaine Schram | Christmas |
| Bring Him Home (Les Misérables) | Schönberg | Musical |
| Ave Maria | Schubert / arr. Geehl | Sacred |
| Man! I Feel Like a Woman | Shania Twain | Popular |
| Feed the Birds (Mary Poppins) | Sherman Brothers | Musical/Film |
| Hushabye Mountain (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) | Sherman Brothers | Musical/Film |
| A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square | Sherwin / Maschwitz | Popular standard |
| Amen / This Little Light of Mine | Spiritual, trad. arr. | Sacred |
| Cavatina (He Was Beautiful) | Stanley Myers (popularised by John Williams) | Classical/Film |
| Send in the Clowns (A Little Night Music) | Stephen Sondheim | Musical |
| Fields of Gold | Sting | Popular |
| God Only Knows | The Beach Boys (Brian Wilson / Tony Asher) | Popular |
| All You Need Is Love | The Beatles (Lennon/McCartney) | Popular |
| Penny Lane | The Beatles (Lennon/McCartney) | Popular |
| The Long and Winding Road | The Beatles (Lennon/McCartney) | Popular |
| Yesterday | The Beatles (Lennon/McCartney) | Popular |
| We’ve Only Just Begun | The Carpenters (Williams/Nichols) | Popular |
| Love Train | The O’Jays / Gamble & Huff | Popular |
| Downtown | Tony Hatch | Popular |
| Irish Blessing | Traditional / arr. James E. Moore or similar | Sacred/Folk |
| Scarborough Fair | Traditional English folk | Folk |
| Hail Holy Queen | Traditional hymn, arr. (Sister Act version popular) | Sacred |
| Carrick Fergus | Traditional Irish | Folk |
| She Moved Through the Fair | Traditional Irish folk | Folk |
| Little Jack Horner | Traditional nursery rhyme | Children’s/Folk |
| Little Polly Flinders | Traditional Nursery Rhyme (folk setting) | Folk |
| Sing a Song of Sixpence | Traditional nursery rhyme, choral arrangement | Folk/Children’s |
| Siyahamba | Traditional South African hymn | Sacred/Folk |
| All My Trials | Traditional spiritual | Sacred/Folk |
| Go Down Moses | Traditional spiritual | Sacred/Spiritual |
| I Got a Robe | Traditional spiritual | Sacred/Spiritual |
| Steal Away (2-part) | Traditional spiritual | Sacred/Spiritual |
| Steal Away (4-part) | Traditional spiritual | Sacred/Spiritual |
| This Little Light of Mine | Traditional spiritual | Sacred/Spiritual |
| Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel | Traditional Spiritual (arr. Moses Hogan etc.) | Sacred/Spiritual |
| Watching the Wheat | Traditional Welsh hymn, arr. | Folk/Sacred |
| Suo Gân | Traditional Welsh lullaby | Folk |
| When I Fall in Love | Victor Young / Edward Heyman | Popular |
| Christmas time is here | Vince Guaraldi | Christmas |
| When A Child is Born | Zacar/Fred Jay | Christmas |