Saint Rose Chamber Choir to perform at Massry
Chamber choir has big plans for the spring semester
Teresa Farrell
Issue date: 11/11/09 Section: Entertainment
The Saint Rose Chamber Choir will be performing in the Picotte Recital Hall at the Massry Center for the Arts on Saturday, November 14.. The show is set to begin at 8:00 p.m.
The choir's website calls it "a group of talented and motivated students selected by audition to perform quality literature of diverse styles, periods and genres, and perform it well." The truth of this assessment is evident to anyone who has witnessed this skilled ensemble perform. Music Department Professor Michael Levi directs the choir, which has expanded to include over 35 members.
"This semester we changed the name of the group from the Saint Rose Chamber Singers to the Saint Rose Chamber Choir because of the amount of members in the group," said junior Music Education major Ashley France. "The concert on the 14th is our final concert that will just showcase the Chamber Choir."
Included in the lineup will be such songs as the "Two Rossetti Songs" by Stephen Chatman based on poems by British poets Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti; "O Vos Omnes," by Tomas Luis De Victoria; "Lay A Garland", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Camptown Races," arranged by Levi; and "When Allen-a-Dale Went a-Hunting"; and "A Pilgrim's Hymn."
Levi has selected student conductors as well, some of whom will be featured in the concert.
"I have to say that I love our repertoire," said Leslie Eliashuk, Saint Rose grad student in Music Education and student conductor.
"Although most of our pieces are in English, we have quite a variety of composers and styles. We will also be going on tour to Austria February until March of 2010."
Austria has long been a cultural hub, especially in music. Vienna has been called the Capital of Classical Music. Composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Josef Hayden and Ludwig Van Beethoven have performed there. It is also the famous setting of The Sound of Music.
"Austria should be a lot of fun, and having the chance to sing at some of the venues that we'll be singing at is exciting. We're singing in this gorgeous cathedral which, if I'm not mistaken, was the cathedral in which Mozart was married," said Joe Bianchino, senior Music Education major.
Anyone who is interested in hearing a taste of the group's style can listen to sound clips from their various performances at sites.google.com/site/saintrosechamberchoir to sample the variety and quality of the music.
"I feel that our group this semester has a wonderful blend and we have a nice, warm, rich sound, which is wonderful especially with the repertoire we're performing," said France.
Admission to the event is free with student ID and is sure to be an enjoyable and rich musical experience for all.
The choir's website calls it "a group of talented and motivated students selected by audition to perform quality literature of diverse styles, periods and genres, and perform it well." The truth of this assessment is evident to anyone who has witnessed this skilled ensemble perform. Music Department Professor Michael Levi directs the choir, which has expanded to include over 35 members.
"This semester we changed the name of the group from the Saint Rose Chamber Singers to the Saint Rose Chamber Choir because of the amount of members in the group," said junior Music Education major Ashley France. "The concert on the 14th is our final concert that will just showcase the Chamber Choir."
Included in the lineup will be such songs as the "Two Rossetti Songs" by Stephen Chatman based on poems by British poets Christina and Dante Gabriel Rossetti; "O Vos Omnes," by Tomas Luis De Victoria; "Lay A Garland", "My Old Kentucky Home", "Camptown Races," arranged by Levi; and "When Allen-a-Dale Went a-Hunting"; and "A Pilgrim's Hymn."
Levi has selected student conductors as well, some of whom will be featured in the concert.
"I have to say that I love our repertoire," said Leslie Eliashuk, Saint Rose grad student in Music Education and student conductor.
"Although most of our pieces are in English, we have quite a variety of composers and styles. We will also be going on tour to Austria February until March of 2010."
Austria has long been a cultural hub, especially in music. Vienna has been called the Capital of Classical Music. Composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Josef Hayden and Ludwig Van Beethoven have performed there. It is also the famous setting of The Sound of Music.
"Austria should be a lot of fun, and having the chance to sing at some of the venues that we'll be singing at is exciting. We're singing in this gorgeous cathedral which, if I'm not mistaken, was the cathedral in which Mozart was married," said Joe Bianchino, senior Music Education major.
Anyone who is interested in hearing a taste of the group's style can listen to sound clips from their various performances at sites.google.com/site/saintrosechamberchoir to sample the variety and quality of the music.
"I feel that our group this semester has a wonderful blend and we have a nice, warm, rich sound, which is wonderful especially with the repertoire we're performing," said France.
Admission to the event is free with student ID and is sure to be an enjoyable and rich musical experience for all.
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posted 12/06/09 @ 3:29 PM EST
The Saint Rose Chamber Choir performed brilliantly.
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posted 12/09/09 @ 5:10 AM EST
It is great that anyone who is interested in hearing a taste of the group's style can listen to sound clips from their various performances at sites.
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