Winner of the 2014 Chorus America/ASCAP Alice Parker Award
"Paintings in Song: Visions of Norman Rockwell"
A Collaboration of Crescendo, composer John Myers and the Norman Rockwell Museum
On Friday, June 24 at 5:30pm at the Norman Rockwell Museum Crescendo will preview new music by composer John Myers inspired by Rockwell's Four Freedoms. The Crescendo Vocal Ensemble and Youth Singers, accompanied by a small group of instrumentalists, will perform excerpts from an exciting work which is scheduled to premiere in spring 2017. Conducted by Christine Gevert, the founder and artistic director of Crescendo, the musicians will perform in the Museum's galleries, close to some of the same iconic paintings which are referenced in the work for full chorus and small jazz/chamber ensemble. The Massachusetts-based composer John Myers and Christine Gevert will offer insights into the creative process and explain musical aspects of the composition. The event is free.
The spring 2017 program, "Paintings in Song: Visions of Norman Rockwell," will include projected large-screen animations by Alice Myers and Anna Sabatini. They will be joined in the 2017 productions by the Berkshire Children's Chorus.