RECEPTION HONORS CHORALE SPONSORS MILLENNIUM CLUB'S MEMBERS THANKED.Byline: Daily News 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, - Millennium Club sponsors of the Santa Clarita 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 were honored June 2 at a preconcert pre·con·cert tr.v. pre·con·cert·ed, pre·con·cert·ing, pre·con·certs To agree on, settle, or arrange in advance. champagne reception at the home of board chairwoman Sherry Klahs. The Millennium Club is composed of season sponsors who contribute gifts of $1,000 or more to the chorale. This special category of sponsorship was created to honor major season sponsors after the chorale's Founders Circle membership was permanently closed at the end of the 1999-2000 concert season. Following the reception, the guests attended the chorale's final concert of its second season, ``Mozart and Friends,'' 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). , where the 43-member chorus performed operatic choral selections under the direction of artistic director Peter Pocock. Pocock led his singers through a demanding program of opera choruses and Broadway music that ranged from Mozart to Gershwin and Lloyd Webber Lloyd Web·ber , Sir Andrew Born 1948. British composer. His many popularly successful musicals include Jesus Christ Superstar (1971), Evita (1976), and The Phantom of the Opera (1986). Noun 1. , giving the audience a new understanding and appreciation of familiar music in the process. Setting the stage for the opera selections and tying them together was a fast-paced narrative script written by Stacy Kyle Butler-Moore and Nylea Butler-Moore, and read by veteran actors F. William Parker F. William Parker is an American character actor. He appeared in the following television series: The West Wing (as Rev. Al Caldwell), NYPD Blue, The X Files, Seinfeld, Murphy Brown, Newhart, Alice, and Peggy Walters. The chorale achieved a full range of tone and volume while singing selections from Mozart's opera, ``Idomeneo,'' Gershwin's popular musical, ``Porgy porgy (pôr`gē), common name for members of the Sparidae, a family of small-mouthed fishes with strong teeth adapted for crushing their food of shellfish and crustaceans. and Bess,'' and Lloyd Webber's haunting ``Phantom of the Opera.'' Other featured composers included Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini and Richard Wagner. Ann Moore once again accompanied the Chorale on the piano, and several of her instrumental introductions to the choral works were virtuoso piano recitals. For the 2001-2002 season, the chorale plans a holiday concert Dec. 7-8, a classical masterworks concert in March and a program of broad-ranging repertoire in June 2002. For information, call (661) 254-8886. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Millennium Club members, back row, Eric Schmidt, Tom Morse, Larry Wood, Bryce Blakely. Front row, Diane Schmidt, Diane Boddye, Beth Wood, Jo Ann Blakely. |
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