top of the charts to national television, from Beijing, China to the IU Auditorium. Under the direction
of Dr. Steve Segre, the IU Jacobs School of Music is proud to present the Singing Hoosiers. Entertaining
audiences from around the world for over 60 years with America's popular song. Ladies and gentlemen,
Please welcome the singing Hoosiers!
For those of you who perhaps might be here for the first time, I'm kind of curious whether you're at
the auditorium or whether you're here experiencing singing Hoosiers concert for the first time. Can
you let us know who's here for the first time? You know, it's funny. There's a spotlight in my eyes.
So you might think I'm looking at you, but I can't really see you. So there were some people who actually
raised their
at Singing Hoosiers? Let me ask a few of the veterans here, how many of you have been to a Singing Hoosiers
concert before? Okay, so we are proudly, we proudly feel like we represent the Jacobs School of Music,
which in case you're here for the first time, you need to know is by far the best music school in the world
famous for things like opera, symphony orchestras, and all those kinds of things. Yeah. But see, when
you go to the opera, most of the time you can't really behave like this. And that's good. Because we
wouldn't want you behaving like this for an opera. However, here you're allowed. The only rules we have
is that you must have fun, and you may express yourself however you'd like, whenever you'd like. Got it?
Well, we're celebrating 64 years, which means next year we turn 65, 65th anniversary, and I must say,
they're holding up pretty well, aren't they? Security, I think we might need to have some of these removed.
It's great, because we can go and we can collect social security next year, but in fact,
In fact, this is 64, and one of the things that we celebrate in Singing Hoosiers is something we refer
to as the Great American Songbook. Composers like George Gershwin, you'll hear from tonight, and Harold
Arlen, and Jerome Kern, and Richard Rogers, and Cole Porter, Peru, Indiana, and this next person that
is pretty important to anybody from Bloomington and IU, because he went to IU
one of the greatest American songwriters ever. Of course, I'm referring to Hoagy Carmichael. The statue
is right out there. So please enjoy the next two pieces as the singing Hoosiers pay tribute to the great
Hoagy Carmichael.
The whole night through. Just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind. Georgia.
Oh, it's a bright new morning we can love.
We owe.
on the pages, all in a row with their canaries in the cages. Mary is still quite contrary to me. Never
will she marry if they marry, only garden by the sea. And this little piggy took a spin to the market
by a fourth butter, only by the bacon. No, the piggy stayed at home. This little pig had none. Panty
panty was a jack-o'-dandy, digging on a cake and sugar candy. Peter Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty
Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty Panty
I don't know what you're talking about.
That's a dog.
wish you find your love, your own true love, this day. Passions I can wish you, seven-foot men
wherever we go one of the things that part of my job one of the really fun things about my job is to
get to try to connect with college students and you want the best thing it's the best thing about that
I get to connect with college students and they pay me for it it's a great gig so for this show I said
hey guys what would you like to do they said well let's do a couple of production numbers maybe a couple
of medleys you know medley
For those of you from Bloomington South, a medley is a lot of songs put together. The North people paid
me to say that. I'm sorry. Anyway, anyway, these students then put together, they said, hey, how about
if we put together a medley of songs about heroes? And I thought, well, I can think of some hero songs.
That might be kind of cool. Is that all you got? And they said, well, how about a medley of songs about heroes?
and villains. So, just so you know, these amazingly talented and creative students, not only arranged,
but they choreographed, they costumed, they produced, they directed, they did all of what you're about
to see. Ladies and gentlemen, please enjoy singing Hoosier's Heroes and Villains Medley. Kick it, band!
She doesn't scare you, no evil thing will. To see her is to take a sudden chill. Look out for Corella
DeVille, DeVille. The curl of her lips, the ice in her stare. All innocent children had better beware.
She's like a spider waiting for the kill. Look out for Corella DeVille.
See my
and the Singing Hoosier alumni. This past year, the Singing Hoosiers were saddened by the loss of one
of our most cherished members, Bob Williams. Bob earned his music degree from IU
in 1956 and served as accompanist for the Singing Hoosiers from 1954 to 1957. Bob served as president
of the Singing Hoosiers Alumni Council and was awarded the Singing Hoosiers Distinguished Alumni Service
Award in 1987. Bob often gave credit to the Singing Hoosiers and George F. Krieger, founding conductor,
to shaping his everyday work
favorite claims to fame, that he was able to play piano under all four directors in our 64-year history,
including our own doctor's degree last year. Together with his wife, Pat, their love and admiration
for the Singing Hoosiers led them to establish the Robert E. Williams Singing Hoosier Scholarship.
Since its inception, there have been 10 recipients. And now, the Singing Hoosiers would like to honor
the memory of Bob Williams with his beautiful arrangement of My Funny Valentine. And here to conduct
is last year's 2013 Bob and Pat Williams Singing Hoosier Scholarship Award recipient, Jared McElroy.
But you probably won't, you think you're cooler than me. You wear designer shades just to hide your
face. And you wear them around like you're cooler than me. And you never say hey or remember my name.
It's probably because you think you're cooler than me. Oh, no, you got your highbrow, da-da shoes on
your feet, and you wear them
You don't know the way that you make steps, make that much noise. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because it sure
seems, it sure seems, they've got no doubt. You've got no doubt. Banda, we all see.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
most successful album which won the Grammy Award for album of the year in 1960. We will then perform
a singing Hoosiers
assistant.
Some of the pieces of music we sing because they have a text. And that's the difference between instrumental
music and vocal music. Vocal music has words. It sounds simple, and yet that simple fact really makes
the music something that we can communicate. We love songs with messages, including this next one, which
talks about raindrops that'll fall, but even when it rains, when things can get tough in life,
you know that eventually the sun will shine if you have a little faith.
Oh, the lines are the little eyes of Jane. Oh, the lines are the little eyes of Jane. Ah, travelers
riding by that day. It's tough to hear, but we're passing away. The capitals, the little tennis feet
were wet. But the little fiddler didn't listen to threats. So the stranger told the fiddler, medical,
listen to me, that you better
I dance with a gal with a hoe and a sucker and her heel comes a rock and her toe comes a rock and I
dance with a gal with
Thanks for listening!
singing Hoosiers. It's time again for you to experience and celebrate the amazing talents of these students.
I think they're the most talented group of students on this entire IU campus. That's just my opinion.
They tell me they're not only the most talented group on campus, they also tell me they're the best
looking. In any case, it's time for them to celebrate their creativity. They said, hey, how about we
do a medley of songs. A medley. You paying attention, South? A medley of songs that have to do, because
we love to dance. You heard Abby say, we love to dance. We love to dance. Well, how about a medley of
songs that are about dancing?
I said, that sounds great. What do you got? And they said, check it out. So ladies and gentlemen, they
choreographed it, they produced it, they costumed it. It's all about dancing through the ages.
Check it out. Are you ready band? One, two, three, here we go.
So do I.
Hot it.
Thank you.
anything we set our minds to, and so can you.