For immediate release:
Skagit Valley Chorale Presents: "Celebrating In Song 2010"
Contact: Patt Jorgensen, npjorg@wavecable.com, 360-424-5163
Skagit Valley Chorale: www.skagitvalleychorale.org
Mount Vernon: The Skagit Valley Chorale presents "Celebrating in Song 2010", a mixed-voice chorale concert directed by Janet Skones Hitt, Saturday, April 24th at 7:30 P.M., and Sunday, April 25th at 2:00 P.M. in McIntyre Hall Performing Arts and Convention Center, 2501 East CollegeWay, Mount Vernon, Washington.
Tickets are on sale now at McIntyre Hall, 2500 E. College Way, Mountt Vernon, WA, Tuesdays through Saturdays from 12 noon to 6:00 P.M. Ticket prices are $25.00 for box seats and $16.00 for house seats. Seniors and students receive a $2.00 discount and groups of 10 or more receive a $4.00 per ticket discount.
The first half of the program will feature Western European music in the sacred choral tradition. The Chorale will sing parts of Mozart's "Vesperae Solennes de Confessore", composed for liturgical use in the Salzburg Cathedral. This famed piece is one of Mozart's most memorable works for the church. Other selections include Francesco Durante's (1684-1755) "Misericordias Domini" and "Salvation is Created", by Paul Tschesnokoff (1877-1944). "Lamentations of Jerimiah" by Z. Randall Stroope is a passionate yet mournful piece that will move the listener. Pulitzer Prize winning composer Samuel Barber's familiar "Agnus Dei" (from "Adagio for Strings") will also be presented in the first half.
The second half of the concert features an eclectic cross-section of secular music. Included is the rousing finale from Gilbert and Sullivan's "The Gondoliers". The rythmical "Shut de Do" by Randy Stonehill, arranged by Mark Hayes and "Jamacian Market Place" by Larry Farrow add a delightful Latin flavor to the concert. Vancouver B.C.'s Jonathan Quick's arrangement of "Loch Lomond" and Frank Clark's arrangement of "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" will also be on the program. A medley of Leonard Bernstein's and Stephen Sondheim's songs from West Side Story will complete the program. For a complete program list, visit our website at: www.skagitvalleychorale.org.
Dirctor Skones Hitt is an award winning chorale conductor in her 7th year with the Skagit Valley CHorale. She teaches music in the Everett School District and also directs the Skagit Valley Cantabile. She holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Seattle Pacific University and was awarded the MPMEA Region "2006 Music Teacher of the Year". Over the past 25 years she has served as a honor choir clinician adjudicating throughtout the State of Washington for both large groups and ensemble festivals. She has combined with Roupen Shakarian and the Skagit Symphony in conducting the "Messiah" to sold-out audiences.
Tickets: McIntyre Hall: Tuesday through Saturday 6:00
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