CAROLS ENCHANTING WILL SPOTLIGHT CHORAL CONCERT.Byline: Daily News VALENCIA - The Santa Clarita Santa Clarita, city (1990 pop. 110,642), Los Angeles co., S Calif., suburb 30 mi (48 km) NW of downtown Los Angeles, on the Santa Clara River; inc. 1987. Situated in the Santa Clara valley and nearby canyons, Santa Clarita includes the former towns of Canyon Country, Master Chorale chorale (kōrăl`, –räl`), any of the traditional hymns of the German Protestant Church. The form was developed after the Reformation to replace the plainsong of the earlier service and as a means of congregational participation in will regale the audience with a flurry of holiday carols during ``Let It Snow!,'' the first concert of the 2002-03 season. The 60-voice chorale, led by Artistic Director Peter Pocock, will perform works including Robert Shaw's `'Many Moods of Christmas,'' Vivaldi's ``Gloria'' and some Alfred Burt Alfred Shaddick Burt (April 22, 1920 – February 6, 1954) was an American jazz musician who is best known for composing the music for fifteen Christmas carols between 1942 and 1954. carols. Also on the bill: the evocative ``Velvet Shoes'' by local musician Jan Sanborn and a selection from ``Mid-Winter Songs'' by Morten Lauridsen, as well as ``Jingle Bells'' and ``Winter Wonderland.'' The Master Chorale's new CD, ``Choral Classics of the Silver Screen,'' will also be available for purchase at the concert. Proceeds benefit the nonprofit chorale, helping to bring choral music to people of the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. and Southern California. ``Let It Snow!'' will be performed at 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Valencia United Methodist Church United Methodist Church, in the United States, religious body formed by the union in 1968 of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church (see Methodism). , 25718 McBean Parkway, Valencia. Tickets are $17 general admission and $12 for students and seniors. For tickets or information, call the Santa Clarita Master Chorale at (661) 254-8886, or visit the organization's Web site at www.scmasterchorale.org. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: The 60-member Santa Clarita Master Chorale will perform holiday music in concert Friday through Sunday nights. |
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