Cantata Academy Chorale
Detroit’s World Class Chorale
Presents the 2007-2008 Season:
This & That, Amen
Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 4:00 p.m.
Newburg United Methodist Church
36500 Ann Arbor Trail
Livonia, Michigan 48150
The program will also feature the spirituals "Ain'-a That Good News" (arranged by William L. Dawson), "All My Trials" (arranged by Norman Luboff), "Witness" (arranged by Jack Halloran), "Wade in the Water" (arranged by Moses Hogan), and other favorites.
Down Home Holiday
Saturday, December 1, 2007 at TBA
Noel Night at the Detroit Cultural Center
Detroit, Michigan
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Sunday, December 9, 2007 at 4:00 p.m.
St. Ambrose Catholic Church
15020 Hampton Street
Grosse Pointe, Michigan 48230
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This concert was canceled due to weather conditions and we regret will not be rescheduled
Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 4:00 p.m.*
St. Mary's Catholic Church
415 N. 6th Street
St. Clair, Michigan 48079
Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
Grosse Ile Presbyterian Church
7925 Horsemill Road,
Grosse Ile, Michigan 48138
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Sunday, January 6, 2008 at 4:00 p.m.
St. John Lutheran Church
23225 Gill Road
Farmington Hills, Michigan 48335
Conrad Susa (b. 1935) is an American composer best known for his operas and choral music. "Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest" is his setting of Spanish and Catalan carols and folk songs that tell the story of the nativity as seen through the eyes of peasants living at the time. It was written as a companion piece for Benjamin Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols." Susa's work was premiered in 1992. It celebrates the riches of the spirit. Susa has commented on the work: "After several years of me writhing in doubt, a friend ... showed me a collection of traditional Spanish carols he had sung as a boy in Arizona. Excited, I juggled them around to form a narrative. I noted their many connections with Renaissance music along with their homey, artful simplicity. Finally, the overriding image of a Southwestern pinata party for the new baby led me to add guitar and marimba to Britten's harp (the accompanying instrument for Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols") and to compose connective music and totally reconceive the carols."
Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943) composed the critically acclaimed "O Magnum Mysterium" (1994) for the Los Angeles Master Chorale while he was its composer in residence. In "Choral Music in the Twentieth Century," Nick Strimple describes Lauridsen as "the only American composer in history who can be called a mystic [whose] probing, serene work contains an elusive and indefinable ingredient which leaves the impression that all the questions have been answered... From 1993 Lauridsen's music rapidly increased in international popularity, and by century's end he had eclipsed Randall Thompson as the most frequently performed American choral composer." The International Record Review (Christopher Cook) wrote that "O Magnum Mysterium" is wonderful, with vocal lines that arch out like Gothic fan vaulting." We hope you can join us for this festive concert.
*Special ticket prices apply; please call the ConcertLine for more information
JOIN US FOR A HISTORIC EVENT
AS CANTATA ACADEMY CHORALE SINGS WITH
THE COMIC OPERA GUILD IN PRESENTATION OF
THE FORTUNE TELLER
by Victor Herbert
Directed by Adam Aceto
featuring Soloists, The Cantata Singers,
The Cantata Academy Chorale
and Full Orchestra
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2008
and
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 9, 2008
8:00 p.m.
THE VILLAGE THEATER
50400 CHERRY HILL ROAD, CANTON
at the corner of Cherry Hill and Ridge Rds.
Adults; $20.00,
Seniors and students: $17.00
Online: www.canton-mi.org/villagetheater
or at Summit on the Park, 46000 Summit Parkway
CALL 734-973-3264 for more info
Verdi's Requiem
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
Max M. Fisher Music Center, Detroit
Giuseppe Verdi
Cantata Academy Chorale
Oakland University Symphony Chorus
Southfield Madrigal Chorale
and
Pontiac Oakland Symphony
Michael Mitchell
Associate Professor at Oakland University and Director of Choral Activities
and
Gregory Cunnigham
Associate Professor at Oakland Univeristy, Director of the Pontiac Oakland Symphony
Featuring Soloists:
Martha Sheil
Candace De Lattre
Bernard Holcomb
John Paul White
General Admission $25.00
Seniors $20.00 Students $15.00
Tickets available at the Varner Box Office at OU
Tue-Fri 3:00-6:00 pm, at the door,
or online at www.starticketsplus.com.
Unexpected Gifts
Saturday, May 31, 2008 at 8:00 p.m.
Orchard Lake Community Presbyterian
5171 Commerce Road, Orchard Lake
(East of Hiller)
&
Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 4:00 p.m.
First United Methodist Church of Warren
5005 Chicago Road, Warren
(Between Ryan and Mound Roads)
Cantata Academy Chorale's "Unexpected Gifts" concerts will be Dr. Mitchell's final concerts as Music Director and Conductor of the Chorale. This exceptional program will feature some of Dr. Mitchell's favorites and other delightful choral works by the Chorale as well as solos and small ensembles from Chorale members. Please join Dr. Mitchell and the Cantata Academy Chorale for this special concert.
For further information:
P.O. Box 1958
Royal Oak, Michigan 48068
website: www.cantataacademychorale.bravehost.com
e-mail: CantataAcademyChorale@msn.com
Tickets available at the door or by calling the
ConcertLine 248.358.9868
$18 General Admission or $15 Students/Seniors
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