How Can I Keep from Singing
Note: Concert is at 2 pm Central Daylight Time (Chicago)
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Sunday, March 14, 2021 @ 2 PM (CDT)
Daniel Wallenberg, conductor
Gregory Shifrin, pianist
Looking ahead to its 35th anniversary later this year, the Music Institute of Chicago Chorale, conducted by Daniel Wallenberg, is welcoming guest musicians from around the world for its free virtual performance.
Joining the Chorale are nearly 40 international singers, including members of the Coro del Conservatorio de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia and members of the Coro EXAUDI of Monteria, Colombia, along with singers from Argentina, England, France, Israel, and the U.S. Soloists include Music Institute Voice Department Chair Barbara Ann Martin, alto; MIC faculty Rae-Myra Hilliard, soprano, and Leo Radosavljevic, bass; Musikgarten faculty and Senior Director of Academic Operations Guinevere Grimstad, soprano; Chorale members Jeff Collins, tenor and Jonathan Dunmore, bass; guest tenor Stuart Bard; and Gregory Shifrin, piano; Lynn Vogl, flute; and MIC faculty Barbara Drapcho, clarinet.
“Since the pandemic began, we have performed several virtual concerts,” said Wallenberg. “We rehearsed on Zoom, singers recorded their individual parts, and we mixed the recordings in a studio to create a choir. It proved to be the best alternative to singing in person because it gave the singers the feeling they were still part of a musical community.”
Wallenberg is especially excited to welcome members of the Coro del Conservatorio de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, whose conductor, Elsa Gutierrez, worked with him when he was young and inspired him to become a choral conductor. “The silver lining of this terrible pandemic is that our Chorale is now accessible to anybody interested in singing with us regardless of where they live.”
PROGRAM:
Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, Op. 80 for soloists, choir, and orchestra, joined by pianist Gregory Shifrin
The program also includes works by William Byrd, Morten Lauridsen, Robert Lowry, Felix Mendelssohn, Thomas Tallis, Giuseppe Verdi, and Harri Wessman, as well as traditional songs from around the world.
The 2020–21 season will conclude with a virtual performance of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana arranged for two pianos and percussion.
For more information about the Chorale, or to register for Session III (Orff's Carmina Burana), click here >>