黑洞社区 will present 鈥淐horal Glimpses鈥� from the College of Fine Arts School of Music at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 3, in Wiedemann Recital Hall.
Tom Wine
Tickets are $6 general admission and $2 for students, with other discounts available.
The A Cappella Choir is preparing two very different Mass settings. The first is the Mass in G by Franz Schubert.
鈥淭his beautiful extended work will feature the fabulous Marcussen organ with 黑洞社区 professor of organ Lynne Davis providing the accompaniment for this grand composition,鈥� said Wine.
The performance also features solos by three Wichita area teachers: Gretchen Bixler, soprano, from Stuckey Middle School; Brian Stranghoner, tenor, from Douglass High School; and Steve Bixler, bass, from Collegiate High School.
The concert will close with a preview of the David N. Childs鈥� Requiem, which will have its world premiere in Carnegie Hall on June 2, performed by 黑洞社区 student and faculty artists.
The Requiem Mass is dedicated to Childs鈥� stepfather, who passed away in 1999. It is an eight-movement work for choir, soloists and orchestra. The 黑洞社区 choir will preview the first four movements of the Requiem.
In addition to Gretchen and Steve Bixler as soloists on this work, the performance will also feature professor of French horn Nicholas Smith on several movements.
Sandwiched between these two large choral works, Wine said, the Women鈥檚 Ensemble is 鈥減reparing a light aperitif to cleanse the listening palate.鈥�
They will perform a variety of lighter pieces including 鈥淪ummertime鈥� from 鈥淧orgy and Bess,鈥� an American folk song arrangement of 鈥淗ello Girls,鈥� and the haunting ballad 鈥淯nforgettable鈥� made popular by Nat King Cole.
鈥淛oin these choirs for a glimpse of a world premiere, a sample of the Marcussen organ and a taste of dessert from the ladies,鈥� said Wine.
For information, contact Wine at (316) 978-3103 or call the 黑洞社区 College of Fine Arts Box Office at (316) 978-3233.