FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: MUSICAL MOSAIC, A FALL CHORAL CONCERT
WHAT: Appropriately named, Musical Mosaic, the fall choral concert will feature a wide selection of musical styles for nearly everyone’s taste. The performances will be The Women’s Choir, directed by Sara Guttenberg and OPUS and Concert Choir both under the direction of Dr. Kevin Baker.
WHO: Southern Utah University, Department of Music
WHEN: Saturday, October 8
TIME: 7:30pm
WHERE: Heritage Center Theater, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT
TICKETS: (435) 586-7872, Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30pm, online: www.suu.edu/arts, or purchase at the door.
PRICES: General admission adult tickets are $6, $4 for SUU Faculty and Staff, $3 for students and children and SUU students attend free with a valid student ID.
INFO: Phone: Arts Hotline: (435) 865-8800 or visit: www.suu.edu/arts
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SUU’S DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC PRESENTS
MUSICAL MOSAIC
A FALL CHORAL CONCERT
OCTOBER 8, 2011
Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: Appropriately named, Musical Mosaic, the fall choral concert will feature a wide selection of musical styles for nearly everyone’s taste. The performances will be by OPUS and Concert Choir both under the direction of Dr. Kevin Baker, and Les Chansons, the Women’s Choir, directed by Sara Guttenberg. Musical Mosaic will take place Saturday, October 8th beginning at 7:30 pm at the Heritage Theater in Cedar City. All tickets are general admission and tickets are $6 for adults, $4 for SUU Faculty and Staff, and $3 for students and children. SUU students attend free with a valid student ID.
The evening will start out with the entirety of the choral program members performing a traditional welcoming song taken from the Maori people of New Zealand. Kua Rongo Mai Koe by Ngapo Wehi, arranged by Eddie Quaid, is an exciting and rhythmical chant that is developed into a full harmonic setting. The choir will be joined by percussion players from the studio of Dr. Lynn Vartan.
The Concert Choir will perform several selections from a variety of styles and genres. Of note are Claudio Monteverdi’s Cantate Domino for six voice parts, two of Cecil Effinger’s settings of poems by Thomas Hornsby Ferril, No Mark and Basket, which will be accompanied by Dr. Virginia Stitt on oboe, and finally, one of Moses Hogan’s most beloved works, Elijah Rock. A rousing modern spiritual, the work has been a favorite of audiences and performers alike since its premier.
OPUS will also offer some interesting and varied literature. Monteverdi’s Beatus Vir will accompanied by members of the SUU orchestra. Ave Maris Stella by Trond Kverno is a modern rendition of a traditional Latin text. Using both dissonance and consonance the work is an interesting and well-composed work and should be both thought-provoking and enjoyable. OPUS will close the performance with a humorous and fun foray into comic opera choruses. Neighbors Chorus by Jacques Offenbach taken from La jolie Parfumeuse tells the story of gossipy neighbors and the motives behind their interest in other’s lives.
Les Chansons will be performing a diverse program as well. Their selections includes Herbstlied by Felix Mendelssohn with lyrics from a poem by Karl Klingemann, two sections of the Five Canzonets by Daniel Pinkham (#2 The Blossom and #3 Daybreak), and the Gospel tune I'm goin' up a yonder by Walter Hawkins, arranged by Martin Sirvatka.
This enchanting program of eclectic songs will prove to be a memorable evening of great music presented by the SUU Department of Music. For more information on the SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts events, please call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800, or visit www.suu.edu/arts.
ABOUT THE COLLEGE
The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a graduate program in Arts Administration. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespeare Festival, the performance group Acclamation, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean at (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu.
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