Norwell High School Music
WINTER CHORUS & GUITAR CONCERT
An evening of Light and Shadow through Song
Thursday, December 18, 2025
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Guitar
Period 7
Halo (2009)
Knowles, Tedder, Bogart
Viva La Vida (2008)
Martin, Berryman, Champion, Buckland
Period 1
Knockin’ on Heavens Door (1973)
Bob Dylan
Bad Moon Rising (1969)
John Fogerty
**Intermission**
Chorus
Shadow (2014)
Julie Flanders, Emil Adler
In the Mist (2025)
Kate Crellin
To the Light (2018)
Douglas Beam
May it Be (2024)
HALO
Remember those walls I built
Well baby they're tumbling down
And they didn't even put up a fight
They didn't even make a sound
I found a way to let you in
But I never really had a doubt
Standing in the light of your halo
I got my angel now
It's like I've been awakened
Every rule I had you breakin'
It's the risk that I'm takin'
I ain't never gonna shut you out
Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away
I can feel your halo (halo) halo
I can see your halo (halo) halo
I can feel your halo (halo) halo
I can see your halo (halo) halo
Woah...
Hit me like a ray of sun
Burning through my darkest night
You're the only one that I want
Think I'm addicted to your light
I swore I'd never fall again
But this don't even feel like falling
Gravity can't forget
To pull me back to the ground again
It's like I've been awakened
Every rule I had you breakin'
The risk that I'm takin'
I'm never gonna shut you out
Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away
I can feel your halo (halo) halo
I can see your halo (halo) halo
I can feel your halo (halo) halo
I can see your halo (halo) halo
I can feel your halo (halo) halo
I can see your halo (halo)
Halooooo ouuuu
Halooooo ouuuu
Halooooo ouuuu
Ouuuuu ouuuuu ouuuuu
Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace
You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away
I can feel your halo (halo) halo
I can see your halo (halo) halo
I can feel your halo (halo) halo
I can see your halo (halo) halo
I can feel your halo (halo) halo
I can see your halo (halo) halo
I can feel your halo (halo) halo
I can see your halo (halo) halo
Viva La Vida
I used to rule the world
Seas would rise when I gave the word
Now in the morning, I sleep alone
Sweep the streets I used to own
I used to roll the dice
Feel the fear in my enemy's eyes
Listen as the crowd would sing
"Now the old king is dead! Long live the king!"
One minute I held the key
Next the walls were closed on me
And I discovered that my castles stand
Upon pillars of salt and pillars of sand
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Cavalry choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
Once you go there was never, never an honest word
That was when I ruled the world
It was a wicked and wild wind
Blew down the doors to let me in
Shattered windows and the sound of drums
People couldn't believe what I'd become
Revolutionaries wait
For my head on a silver plate
Just a puppet on a lonely string
Oh who would ever want to be king?
I hear Jerusalem bells are ringing
Roman Calvary choirs are singing
Be my mirror, my sword and shield
My missionaries in a foreign field
For some reason I can't explain
I know Saint Peter won't call my name
Never AN HONEST WORLD
But that was when I ruled the world
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Bad Moon Rising
I see the bad moon a-rising
I see trouble on the way
I see earthquakes and lightnin'
I see bad times today
Don't go around tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise
I hear hurricanes a-blowing
I know the end is coming soon
I fear rivers over flowing
I hear the voice of rage and ruin
Don't go around tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise
All right
Hope you got your things together
Hope you are quite prepared to die
Looks like we're in for nasty weather
One eye is taken for an eye
Well, don't go around tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise
Don't come around tonight
Well, it's bound to take your life
There's a bad moon on the rise
Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
Mama, take this badge off of me
I can’t use it anymore
It’s gettin’ dark, too dark for me to see
I feel like I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door
Mama, put my guns in the ground
I can’t shoot them anymore
That long black cloud is comin’ down
I feel like I’m knockin’ on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door
Knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door
Shadow
We will find our way by candlelight,
each of us holding a flame.
As we move into shadow our light will change,
always different and always the same.
In the Mist
Nnah nnah noh
Nnah nnah noh
Nnah nnah noh
Nnah nnah nnah nnah
In the mist a dance of shadows
In the mist a fleeting a glance
In the mist a hush of secrets
Watch as all starts to fade.
In the mist revealing wonders
In the mist a clouded sight
In the mist whispers linger
Watch as it disrupts the sky.
As the sky veils of mist
Where secrets hide
Beneath the shroud of mystic haze
Through tangled paths and widened eyes
Lies a world of unseen ways.
In the mist a sense of wonder
In the mist an ancient hum
In the mist the groans of thunder
Start to questions where it came from
In the mist the silence deepens
In the mist a hazy view
In the mist the unknown beckons
Start to question all that you knew
Start to question all that you knew
In the mist.
To the Light
Journey on to the light
Moving toward illumination.
Lux in tenebris, lux in tenebris.
On this open road the moon and stars to guide me
And my heavy load made lighter by the wind against my back
And with my friend I journey on.
Winds of change, sands of time
Searching truth we alight.
Head serene, heart sublime.
On this open road the moon and stars to guide me
And my heavy load made lighter by the wind against my back,
And with my friend I journey on.
Lux, lux in tenebris.
Lux, lux in tenebris.
May it Be
May it be simple
May it be kind
May it be easy most of the time
May it be open
May it be free
May it be you and may it be me
May we be softer
May we be strong
May find places where we belong
May we be here now and be where we're from
May it be good and may it be fun
May we sing often
May we sing true
May we sing stories of all we could do
May we sing something just out of the blue
sing it for me
sing it for you
May it be simple
May it be kind
May it be easy most of the time
May it be open
May it be free
May it be you and may it be me
UPCOMING MUSIC EVENTS
Thursday, January 15: Winter Band/Jazz Concert
Thursday February 5: Tri-M Induction Ceremony
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Mr. Matthew Keegan, Dr. Meredith Erickson, Mr. Warren McCallum, Mr. Marc Bender, Mrs. Jennifer Greenberg, Mr. Matthew Marani, Mr. JJ Niamkey, the NHS Faculty, Staff and Custodians, Stephanie Barry, Liza Gagnon, Mary Jo Running, Glenn Silvia (Goulet & Co.), NorwellArts, the Jesse Stiglich Music School, South Shore Conservatory, and, most of all, our unfailingly supportive parents, families and friends.
NOTE
PLEASE TURN OFF ALL CELL PHONES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES DURING THE PERFORMANCE. No smoking is allowed on school premises. Audience members who must leave before the conclusion of the program are asked to do so only between program items in order not to disturb the performers or other audience members. Norwell High School is an inclusive community that does not endorse any particular religion or faith. The programming of music representing any specific faith is done for purely artistic and educational reasons and is not meant nor should be construed as such an endorsement.