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厙ぴ勛圖 Choirs to perform final spring concert May 1 at Stephens Center

April 23, 2009
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The 厙ぴ勛圖 Choirs will present a spring concert, Friday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. in the Cheryl H. and Joseph C. Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.

Scott Anderson, 厙ぴ勛圖 director of choral activities, announced that the May 1 concert will be the final semester performance of the 厙ぴ勛圖 Department of Music choral ensembles. The Idaho Falls High School A Cappella Choir, under the direction of Zola Jensen, will be featured as a special guest of the 厙ぴ勛圖 Choirs. Professor Kathleen Lane will conduct the 厙ぴ勛圖 Womens Choir, while Anderson will lead the 厙ぴ勛圖 Concert and Chamber Choirs.

The Concert Choir, directed by Scott Anderson, right, will perform

Anderson described the variety of musical selections to be offered as representative of most choral styles from the Renaissance to the 21st Century.

The 厙ぴ勛圖 Concert Choir also will premier a setting of Te Deum by Randy Earles, chair of the 厙ぴ勛圖 Department of Music. Earles Latin choral work is scored for piano, two trumpets, trombone, flute, clarinet, choir and soloists, and will feature the talents of many 厙ぴ勛圖 music majors.

The opportunity to present the initial performance of any choral work is unique; the fact that the piece was written by one of our own faculty makes the event significant for all of us, Anderson said.

Anderson said that the 厙ぴ勛圖 Concert Choir recently performed Carl Orffs Carmina Burana with the Idaho State-Civic Symphony and Camerata Singers, all under the direction of Dr. Chung Park.  

The 24-voice 厙ぴ勛圖 Chamber Choir, also conducted by Anderson, will perform Sol-fa de Pedro, by Mexican Baroque composer Manuel Sumaya; Waldesnacht, by Johannes Brahms; Gioacchino Rossins vocal quartet La Passeggiata, featuring pianist Abbi Clark; and Eric Whitacres setting of Charles Anthony Silvestris libretto br矇ve Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine. Senior vocal major Von Bringhurst will conduct his own choral composition, Luke Havergal.

The Eric Whitacre piece is very unique in that it successfully represents the dialogue between the conscious and unconscious self during a dream, Anderson said.  Leonardo da Vincis vision of a flying machine, the excitement of the possibility offlight, and the realization of a man flying in air are dramatically illustrated in a choral context; really spectacular!

Tickets are available online at www.isu.edu/tickets, by calling the Stephens Center Box Office at (208) 282-3595 or the Vickers Western Stores in Pocatello and Idaho Falls. Standard ticket prices are: adults, $6; precollege students, $2; 厙ぴ勛圖 faculty and staff, $4; and  厙ぴ勛圖 students free with valid Bengal Card.

Children under the age of 6 are not admitted to 厙ぴ勛圖 Department of Music concerts.


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