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Greetings!
Our 30th anniversary, A Season of Roses, bursts into bloom next month with our Cantari concert I Am the Rose of Sharon and Symphonic concert My Rose, A Shakespeare Oratorio! The choruses will spend the next month putting the final touches on the music that will make these two concerts you want to ensure are on your spring calendar.
Symphonic welcomes guests soloists and visiting composer, Steve Dobrogosz, to the piano to perform the US premiere of his work My Rose, A Shakespeare Oratorio Saturday, May 14 at 8PM in UNC's Memorial Hall. Tickets are on sale now from chorus members, and online at the memorial hall box office.
Check out an update on Cantari and what else is going on with the chorus below in this latest issue of CHCC Update.
Sally Jones
CHCC Board of Directors |
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Celebrating 30 Years:
Honoring Platinum Patron Florence Peacock | |
March 20th, CHCC celebrated our 30th anniversary A Season of Roses and honored one of our long-time supporters, Florence Peacock, with an afternoon fund raising event at the Siena Hotel in Chapel Hill.
 The event, titled Wine and Roses, included wonderful food and wine, a performance by the honoree, Ms. Peacock, Shakespearan sonnets recited by chorus member John Paul Middlesworth, and selected songs by Cantari, Chapel Hill Community Chorus' small ensemble.
Ms. Peacock, is well known for her support of our community and its arts. The NC Symphony, Botanical Garden and Opera have benefited from her board memberships as have many other organizations such as the Carolina Performing Arts and the International Affairs Council.
Florence is an accomplished soprano and has performed throughout North America, Europe and the Near and Far East. She holds her Bachelor of Arts degree from Hollins College and her Master of Music degree from Yale University.
We would like to extend a special thank you to the sponsors that made our event possible.
Ms. Wyndham Robertson, Mr. Thomas Kenan, Ms. Mary Trent Semans, and Mr. and Mrs. Danny and Doreen Moran of The Wine Cellar, Durham, NC. |
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Cantari gave listeners at the recent Wine and Roses event honoring Florence Peacock a sneak listen to their upcoming concerts performing William Billings' I Am the Rose of Sharon and Carol Barnett's Webster and By and By. The select ensemble was very well received by many new audience members. Clips of the pieces perfomred will be available on CHCC's website and Cantari's facebook page later this week. Make sure to Like them on facebook to keep updated on all things Cantari!
Cantari will be performing a concert a 3pm on Saturday, May 7th at the Century Center in Carrboro. It will be a family friendly, donations only concert. They will be joined by Sisters Voices, a choral communinty of girls in 4th to 8th grade based in Pittsboro.
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Recognized for musical excellence, the Chapel Hill Community Chorus is an organization open to qualified singers who desire to bring the beauty of choral music to our community and beyond. |
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Rose Color Meanings
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Ever wonder what that boquet of roses you received really means?
Red Roses: A red rose is an unmistakable expression of love.
White Roses: White is the color of purity, chastity and innocence.
Yellow Roses: Yellow roses are a symbol of friendship and caring.
Pink Roses: Pink roses are used to convey gentle emotions such as admiration, joy and gratitude.
From The Flower Expert |
| Featured Performer: Timothy W. Sparks |  | |
Timothy W. Sparks will join Symphonic as one of four guest soloists performing in My Rose, A Shakespeare Oratorio. Lyric tenor and North Carolina native, he has appeared with opera companies in the United States and Europe. Representative companies include The Israel Vocal Arts Institute, Operafestival di Roma, The Jacksonville Lyric Opera, The Opera Company of North Carolina, The National Opera Company (A.J.Fletcher Opera Institute), The Brevard Music Center, and The Durham Savoyards, Limited. HIs representative operatic roles include Anatol, Rodolfo, Don Jose, Prince Ramiro, Don Ottavio, Jaquino, Ralph Rackstraw, and Enoch Snow.
With commitment to contemporary music, Mr. Sparks has participated in the premiere of several new stage works by Joel Feigin, Benton Hess, Thom Lohr, and Zachary Wadsworth. As a part of The Opera Company of North Carolina's 2002 performances of Starbird by Henry Mollicone, the production was broadcast on PBS in April of 2005.
In concert, Mr. Sparks has appeared with the Hochschule der Kunste in Berlin, The Canton Symphony Orchestra, The Statesboro-Georgia Southern Symphony, The North Carolina Symphony, Bellayre Music Festival, The Breckenridge Music Institute and Festival, The University of Notre Dame, The Duke Artists Concert Series, and the North Carolina Bach Festival.
Mr. Sparks is active as a soloist througout the United States, with representation by RCAM Artist Management. Mr. Sparks currently serves as a Lecturer in Voice at UNC-Chapel Hill and was an Instructor of Voice at Meredith College for ten years. Mr. Sparks received his BM in Vocal Performance from UNC-Chapel Hill and MM with the Performer's Certificate in Voice from the Eastman School of Music. |
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