The Fort Worth Alumnae Chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota (International Music Fraternity) proudly presents:

The 55th Annual

American Music Concert

Showcasing works of American composers including:

Songs by Amy Beach: Le Secret & The Years at the Spring (See lyrics below). Performed by Carla Fay, Soprano.

John Weaver’s piece: Toccata in G Major. Performed by Echo Wilson, Organist

And much more!

LOCATION: Arlington Heights United Methodist Church

4200 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TX 76107 (Click for Map!)

DATE/TIME: Saturday, February 20, 2010 @ 3:00 pm

S.A.I. will also be presenting the winners of the Annual American Repertoire Auditions at Texas Wesleyan University. Also featuring the Wesleyan Chamber Singers.

~~ FREE ADMISSION ~ RECEPTION FOLLOWING ~~

For information call: 817-346-6749 OR 817-923-0980

The Secret (English Translation):
Tell me about the secret your solitary harp
Shares with you at the end of the day?
Tell me, if from your heart, revealing the mystery,
It exhales a sigh of love?
If your intimate thought revealed in your soul
Tells you about fear or about hope;
If you feel beneath your fingers a moist chord,
And if you sing in order to cry.

Tell me, if by tuning a more tender note,
Your heart is sometimes troubled;
If the voice of an absent one suddenly is heard,
If you respond to this voice?

But no, say nothing, sing, sigh, cry,
Hide the secret of your heart;
If you ever say it, it will make me die
Of despair or of ecstasy.
By Le Comte Jules de Resseguire