The New Choir and the Santa Cruz Chorale
Music from around the globe, performed by two premiere choral ensembles.
Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 8:00pmMusic from around the globe, performed by two premiere choral ensembles.
Holy Cross Church
126 High Street, Santa Cruz
The New Choir – composed of about twenty five singers from the greater San Francisco Bay Area – is an auditioned chamber choir performing choral works from all genres. The members of the New Choir have been brought together by their common love for the making of beautiful music. The New Choir is dedicated to the study and performance of quality choral literature and sharing the joy and the spiritual enhancement inherent in the making of music.
Join Director Eileen Chang and the New Choir to hear Renaissance masters Monteverdi, Des Prez, Guerrero and Sweelinck, Romantic pieces by Delius, Stanford, Grieg, Rhienberger and Brahms, and Hebrew Love Songs by contemporary California composer, Eric Whitacre; Spirituals and folk songs from Haiti, the Phillipines, India and Korea, including the dramatic story of valiant Koreans defending their homeland from invasion in a powerful setting by California Korean composer, Nah-kum Paik.
The New Choir will be joined by the Santa Cruz Chorale under their director, Christian Grube, for a performance of Heinrich Schütz Psalm 100 for double choir.
Celebrate the Spring Equinox with the delightful, fresh sound of the New Choir.
More concert and ticket information, visit the Santa Cruz Chorale website
Hart to Heart: Variations on Psalm 42
March 21, 2010 (Sunday) from 1:00 to 4:00 pm
Monterey Peninsula College Choral Room (MAP)
This is an event all singers should know about.
Andrew Megill is recognized as one of the leading choral conductors of his generation, known for his passionate artistry and unusually wide-ranging repertoire, extending from early music to newly-composed works. He is also Associate Conductor of the Carmel Bach Festival and Director of the Festival Chorale. Dr. Megill will be presenting four works on the Psalm 42 text “Like as the hart”. He will examine how composers from different centuries and different musical styles compose music around a similar text. In the process Dr. Megill will help participants explore the changes in singing style that each new century brings. Scores will be provided at the workshop.
Palestrina (1525-1594): Sicut cervus
Handel (~1720): Chandos Anthem
Mendelssohn (1837): Wie der Hirsch schreit
Howells (1941): Like as the hart
Admission:
$15 if signed up before March 19
Register and pay online by clicking here (no surcharge) or call 644-8012.
$25 at door (with no prior sign-up).
21 years and under free.
Participants may attend as singers or observers.
For more information visit the I Cantori website.
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