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Chorus News - May 2, 2009 22:49 - 2 Comments

Summer Sings 2009

Come sing with fellow music lovers on Wednesday Evenings at 7:30 pm
June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29
Xavier Center, College of St. Elizabeth, Convent Station, NJ

June 24 Fauré Requiem and Bach Magnificat
Conductor: Andrew Megill
Music Director, Masterwork Chorus; Artistic Director, Fuma Sacra;
Choral Director, Carmel Bach Festival; Assoc. Professor, Westminster Choir College
July 1 Verdi Requiem
Conductor: Jason Tramm
Music Director, Coro Lirico, Summit Music Festival, NJ State Opera;
Choral Director, Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association
July 8 Brahms German Requiem
Conductor: Patrick Gardner
Music Director, Riverside Choral Society;
Director of Choral Activities, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers
July 15 John Rutter Requiem; R. Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem
Conductor: James S. Little
Music Director, Choral Art Society of New Jersey;
Organist/Choirmaster, Calvary Episcopal Church, Summit
July 22 Haydn Lord Nelson Mass; Mozart Solemn Vespers
Conductor: Anne Matlack
Artistic Director, Harmonium Choral Society;
Organist/Choir Director, Grace Church, Madison
July 29 Mozart Requiem and Duruflé Requiem
Conductor: Thomas Juneau
Music Director, Summit Chorale;

Cost $12 per evening includes score rental, professional soloists, accompanist and refreshments, $6 for students and listeners. Booklets of 5 tickets available for $50 (tickets may be shared).

Directions: Take Route 78 or 287 to Route 24. Take exit 2A for Morristown/Madison. Make left at first
light onto Park Avenue. Proceed through 2 lights and make right turn into St. Elizabeth’s campus.

Funding has been made possible in part by the Arts Council of the Morris Area through the
New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

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Music and Rehearsal Info - May 9, 2009 21:11 - 0 Comments

An “Apostrophe” Recording

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As was noted during rehearsal last rehearsal, we have a recording of one of the centerpieces of our upcoming fall concert, “An Apostrophe to the Heavenly Hosts.” The Masterwork Chamber Choir collaborated on this piece with the Westminster Community Chamber Choir (led by Devin Mariman) in concert at Princeton University Chapel on April 9, 2005, where it was recorded and included as the first track on Of Heaven and Rest. I have attached the recording. The Westminster group sang as Choir One, and Masterwork as Choir Two. I don’t remember who served as the mystic choir. I believe Andrew conducted.

I ventured down into the cellars here at blog headquarters, located my dusty copy of the CD, converted it to an MP3 file and attached it here to aid you in your practice.

Here are the liner notes from the CD:

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Fun Stuff - May 3, 2009 19:23 - 0 Comments

Mayo Clinic Music Fun

I thought you all would get a kick out of this older couple playing a fun tune on a piano in the Gonda Building at the Mayo Clinic, as you prepare for our next ReachOut.

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