| Greetings!
Welcome to the inaugural edition of CHCC's Newsletter! Our Board of Directors is excited to be able to bring you monthly updates with news and events regarding both our Symphonic Chorus and our Cantari ensemble. This edition includes information about Cantari including a recent grant the ensemble was awarded, their upcoming Spring concert dates and notes on a selection from their program "Through the Eyes of a Poet."
Enjoy and feel free to pass this newsletter on to friends and family that may be interested in learning more about our community chorus.
Stephanie Ottone
President
Chapel Hill Community Chorus |
| Strowd Roses Grant Awarded to Cantari |
CHCC is proud to announce that its chamber ensemble, Cantari, was awarded $3,000 by Chapel Hill's Strowd Roses Foundation. Cantari will use the funds to support its outreach to senior citizens in the Chapel Hill area.
Cantari has already established relationships with local retirement communities such as Carol Woods and Carolina Meadows by presenting private concerts for their residents. With the funds awarded by Strowd Roses, Cantari can produce materials to reach a wider audience of seniors and provide tickets for seniors who cannot afford the price of admission to a Cantari concert.
Thanks to Strowd Roses, Cantari and CHCC will be able to bring excellent choral music to more senior citizens in Chapel Hill. |
| Cantari Concert Schedule |
Cantari at Ackland Museum
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This spring Cantari will present its concert "Through the Eyes of the Poet," a program featuring poetry composed throughout history. Join Chapel Hill's premier vocal ensemle for an evening of fantastic music from composers such as Eric Whitacre, John Rutter and Benjamin Britten, and enjoy the exquisitely crafted verse from Shakespeare's literary genius to Ogden Nash's enchanting nursery rhymes.
Upcoming Performances
May 1, 2010
University United Methodist Church, Chapel Hill 8PM
First Presbyterian Church, Durham 4PM
May 8, 2010
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Hillsborough 8PM |
| Program Notes |
Upcoming Cantari Concert: Through the Eyes of a Poet
O that the learned poets might celebrate the marriage of words and music! From the lyricism of William Shakespeare in love to the witticism of Ogden Nash toasting the animal kingdom, Cantari will delight your ears and tickle your funny bone.
A note on Benjamin Britten's Hym to St. Cecilia:
The patron saint of music, St. Cecilia, has long enjoyed the attention of English composers. There are odes, cantatas , and songs by composers such as John Dryden, Henry Purcell, Hubert Parry, George Frideric Handel, and Herbert Howells.
Benjamin Britten was no exception. In fact, he was born on St. Cecilia's day, November 22. In 1940, Britten turned to W.H. Auden to provide an English text for his Hymn to St. Cecelia and the music composition began to take shape later in that same year. The poem appears in three sections, each followed by a refrain "Blessed Cecilia, appear in visions to all musicians, appear and inspire..." Britten's music is scored for unaccompanied five-part chorus.
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Recognized for musical excellence, the Chapel Hill Community Chorus is an orgization open to singers who desire to bring the beauty of choral music to our community and beyond. |
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| Symphonic
Spring Concert |
Save the Date
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CHCC's Symphonic Spring Concert is scheduled for May 15 at 8PM in UNC's Memorial Hall.
Music includes pieces by Mozart, Haydn, Mendolssohn, and the recently premiered Mass of the Children by John Rutter.
Guest Soloists:
Andrea Moore, soprano; Valentin Lanzrein, baritone
Sue Klausmeyer, conductor |
| Friends of the Chorus |
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Become a Friend of the Chorus
Thank you to all of our donors for supporting the chorus this year!
Special thanks to our contributors at the
Patron Level
Florence Peacock
Platinum Level
Jane Saiers and Darin Knapp |
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