Everyone Knows Me But You by Chris Peterson

Toward the end of the night, the students shared a series of “awards” – one for everyone on the trip, and also sang some beautiful songs. The food was wonderful, and the wine deep, red and sweet. It was our last night as a group and we had a wonderful dinner in a private room on the second floor, tucked into a beautiful side street in Barcelona. It was at the end of the tour of our University Singers across Spain singing in beautiful cathedrals.Ĭhris Peterson and Rob Istad were magical as leaders. I remember the first time I heard this song. President Virjee's Response to the New Song “I sent out the music and a reference recording, and then everyone recorded their videos at home and sent them back to me.” “Making these kinds of music videos is complicated and time consuming,” Peterson admitted. Peterson directs the Concert Choir and the Singing Titans, Carol Aspling directs the Titan Voices, and Robert Istad directs the University Singers. Most of the featured singers are music majors, majoring in voice, although a few other majors are represented as well. The singers represent the four major choral ensembles at Cal State Fullerton: Titan Voices, Singing Titans, Concert Choir and University Singers. “We couldn’t rehearse together in person so I was excited to see all the singers come together to create this video,” he said. When the pandemic hit and the majority of classes at Cal State Fullerton moved online, Peterson decided to see if he could record the song virtually. “This version of the song borrows from a phrase from the original song that says, ‘Every color, creed, persuasion - finds a welcome in these halls.’” “‘Alma mater,’ in Latin, means ‘nourishing mother’ and usually refers to a university, school or college where someone has graduated,” he said. He called the new hymn, “CSU Fullerton Titan Alma Mater.” “I eventually hunted it down, but it seemed a bit outdated and most people didn’t even know we had a song,” he said.īut rather than simply move on, he decided to write a new hymn to the university and dedicated it to the (then) new president, Fram Virjee and his wife, Julie. When Chris Peterson was hired as a choral music professor in 2007, he started looking for the university’s song … and discovered it wasn’t easy to find.

Everyone Knows Me But You by Chris Peterson