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Patience Loscomb
  • Music
  • Class of 2019
  • Federalsburg, Md.

FSU Chamber Singers and University Chorale to Present "Global Sounds: A Mosaic of Song"

2018 Apr 24

The Frostburg State University Chamber Singers and University Chorale will present their spring choral concert, "Global Sounds: A Mosaic of Song," on Friday, May 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pealer Recital Hall of FSU's Woodward D. Pealer Performing Arts Center. The concert will feature works examining music from many different countries, including the United States, Germany, Inner Mongolia, Venezuela, Scotland and Italy.

Under the direction of FSU's director of Choral Activities, Dr. James Reddan, and accompanied by pianists Joseph Yungen and Dr. James DeWire, the combined University Chorale and Chamber Singers will begin the concert with several selections from "Liebeslieder Walzer fur das Pianoforte zu vier Handen, Op. 52" and "Neue Liebeslieder Walzer fur vier Singstimmen und Pianoforte zu vier Handen, Op. 65" by Johannes Brahms. These two beautiful sets of love songs take the listener through a variety of emotions, all in the spirit of love.

The University Chorale will then present "Jabula Jesu" arranged by Stephen Hatfield, a Zulu folk song proclaiming the importance of joy and celebration; Christopher Hess will be featured on the djembe. This will be followed by "Laudate Dominum, K. 339" from "Vesperae solennes de confessore" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, featuring Marse Romero as the soprano soloist, and "Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit," a traditional spiritual arranged by Moses Hogan, featuring Anthony Dyson on the baritone solo. The ensemble will then perform "Coro di Zingari" from "Il Trovatore" by Giuseppe Verdi, better known as "The Anvil Chorus," followed by the lush harmonies of "Lunar Lullaby" by Jacob Naverud. The chorale will finish its performance with a tour-de-force performance of Peter Wilhousky's arrangement of "Battle Hymn of the Republic" by William Steffe. "Battle Hymn of the Republic," also known as "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory," is a lyric by American writer Julia Ward Howe, using the music from the song "John Brown's Body." Written in 1861, the song links the judgment of the wicked at the end of the age with the American Civil War.

The FSU Chamber Singers will perform a varied repertoire of choral works, beginning with "Fionnghuala" (in Scottish Gaelic) by Michael McGlynn, featuring baritone soloist Tharen Rice. This will be followed by the famous motet, "Sicut Cervus" by Giovani Pergolesi da Palestrina, and Hall Johnson's "Ain't Got Time to Die," featuring tenor soloist Christian Scott. Next up is the highly rhythmic "Mata del Anima Sola" ("Tree of the Lonely Soul") by Antonio Estevez, a popular Venezuelan dance tune, sung by baritone soloist Anthony Dyson, accompanied by Gregory Hays on guitar. "I Love My Love" by Gustav Holst will follow. The ensemble will complete the global tour with Se Enkhbayar's "Naiman Sharag" ("The Eight Chestnut Horses"), based on the importance of the horse in Mongolian culture, which will feature alto soloist Patience Loscomb.

Tickets will be available for purchase at the door (cash or credit card) and are $10 for general admission; $5 for seniors, veterans, and FSU faculty and staff; $3 for students; and free for children 12 and younger.