Choral Festival to Hit the Right Notes
The 黑料百科 Fall Choral Festival, combining the voices of about 400 students from 14 high schools, is Friday, Oct. 28, at 4:45 p.m. and 7 p.m., both at First Presbyterian Church, 21 E. Constance Ave. Half of the choirs will perform at 4:45 p.m. and the remaining half will perform prior to 黑料百科 ensembles at 7 p.m. Both performances are free and open to the public, although seating is limited. For more information, please call (805) 565-6040.
Highland High School, Providence Chorale, Rosemead High School, The Thacher School, Valley Christian, Village Christian School, Santa Barbara High School and Fresno Christian High School will perform in the afternoon concert.
Faith Lutheran High School (Nevada), Arvin High School, Monache High School, Fullerton Union High School, Providence Chamber Singers, Righetti High School and Saugus High School will perform in the evening concert.
The 黑料百科 Choir, Choral Union and Chamber Singers will also participate in the festival. , Adams professor of music and worship, conducts the choir, accompanied by pianist Neil Di Maggio.
The college choir will be the featured ensemble on the evening program, presenting works ranging from the Renaissance polyphony of Vittoria鈥檚 鈥淣e timeas Maria鈥 to a contemporary setting of Shakespeare鈥檚 鈥淗ow sweet the moonlight falls鈥 by Z. Randall Stroope, and soulful expressions of South African music performed in Swahili. The choir will also sing the music of contemporary composers Kim Andre Arnesen (鈥淔light Song鈥), Elliot Levine (鈥渋 thank You God鈥), David Childs (鈥淲here Your Barefoot Walks鈥) and Nancy Wertsch (鈥淏lessed Assurance鈥).
The festival will conclude with all the high school groups combining to perform a mass choral piece, 鈥淎ve Verum Corpus,鈥 by W.A. Mozart and sung in Latin.
Before performing, the students will attend workshops with professors Shasberger and , as well as adjunct instructor d and guest clinicians Kuan Fen Liu and Gary Unruh at Deane Chapel, First Presbyterian, Trinity Episcopal, First United Methodist and First Congregational Churches.