Commonwealth Youthchoirs Announces Second New Commission, with Premiere at Gala Concert.PHILADELPHIA -- Commonwealth Youthchoirs (CY) has announced its second commissioned choral cho·ral adj. 1. Of or relating to a chorus or choir. 2. Performed or written for performance by a chorus. [Medieval Latin chor work. We Are the Music Makers, written by Grammy-nominated composer Nicholas White, will premiere at Commonwealth Youthchoirs' Fifth Annual Gala Concert at the Kimmel Center on June 16, 2009. Commonwealth Youthchoirs' co-founder Joseph P. Fitzmartin, Music Director of member-choir Keystone State Boychoir (KSB KSB Kogod School of Business (American University) KSB Kelley School of Business (Indiana University) KSB Kantonsschule Am Brühl St. ), noted, "The choir loves it. Its musical form was immediately accessible, though the musical content presented many subtle challenges that made it all worth the effort. And the text is wonderfully appropriate for young singers." Mark Anderson Mark Anderson
CY Executive Director Susan S. Ashbaker said, "We are thrilled to premiere our second commission in two years. It's gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. for our young organization to contribute to the choral music canon, but it's especially meaningful to us to offer our young singers the opportunity to sing music written especially for their voices. This experience will stay with them all their lives." Composer Nicholas White is also a conductor, as well as a versatile organist, pianist, and singer, with experience in many different styles of music. White is artistic director of the ensemble Joyful Noise, organist and choirmaster of Trinity Episcopal Church Episcopal Church, Anglican church of the United States. Its separate existence as an American ecclesiastical body with its own episcopate began in 1789. Doctrine and Organization in Torrington, Connecticut Torrington is the largest city in Litchfield County, Connecticut and the northwestern Connecticut region. It is also the core city of the largest micropolitan area in the United States. and founder and music director of Tiffany Consort. Commonwealth Youthchoirs' Gala Concert will also feature international opera star Denyce Graves Denyce Graves (born March 7, 1964 in Washington, D.C.) is an American opera singer. She is a mezzo soprano and began vocal training at the Duke Ellington School of Arts in Washington in the late 1980s. . Her performance will include songs with each choir, as well as a medley from Bizet's Carmen Carmen throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. with the combined choirs of over 160 young singers. The June 16 Gala Concert at the Perelman Theatre marks the fifth such event for Commonwealth Youthchoirs (www.cychoirs.org). Now in its eighth year, the organization provides exemplary choral music education and performance opportunities for over 280 young singers, aged eight through eighteen, representing five counties in the greater Philadelphia area, who sing with one of its two member-choirs, Keystone State Boychoir (www.paboychoir.org) and Pennsylvania Girlchoir (www.pagirlchoir.org). Tickets for the concert are on sale now from the Kimmel Center Box Office, Broad & Spruce Streets, by calling 215-893-1999, or by going to their website www.kimmelcenter.org. |
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