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CONCERTS

As part of this year’s Conference, we invite you to experience the sounds of the rich choral community of greater Philadelphia!

"The concerts had great variety – something
for everyone!"

Centerpiece Concert: The Philadelphia Singers
David Hayes, Music Director
Thursday, June 11, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center for the Arts

260 South Broad Street on the Avenue of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Transportation will be provided.

Purchase tickets on the registration form to get these special Chorus America prices (including all fees):
$57 - Orchestra and First Tier Boxes
$48 - Orchestra and First Tier
$38 - Second Tier

Featuring:
Donald Martino: Seven Pious Pieces
Charles Martin Loeffler: By the Rivers of Babylon
Anton Bruckner: Mass in E Minor

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The Philadelphia Singers

Opening Concert: The Princeton Singers & The Crossing
Steven Sametz, Artistic Director, The Princeton Singers
Donald Nally, Conductor, The Crossing
Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
313 Pine St, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Concert is about 10 minutes walking distance (about ½ mile).
Concert included with registration.

Featuring:
Kile Smith: Where flames a word
Kirsten Broberg: Threadsuns
Bo Holten: Rain and Rush and Rosebush
Claudio Monteverdi: Sfogava con le Stelle
Orlando di Lasso: Toutes les nuits
Stephen Leek: Knowee
Steven Sametz: Shenandoah
Sametz: The Windhover


The Princeton Singers


The Crossing

Youth Chorus Concert: New Jersey Youth Chorus
Trish Joyce, Artistic Director
Friday, June 12, 3:15 p.m.
Independence Seaport Museum

Concert included with registration.

Featuring:
Bob Chilcott: Like a Singing Bird
Stephen Leek: Riawanna
Lajos Bardos: Hej, Igazitsad!
arr. Erkki Pohjola: Are You Sleeping, Brother John
Stephen Hatfield: Las Amarillas
David Childs: Prayer of St. Francis
arr. Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory: Ain’t No Grave Can Hold My Body Down

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New Jersey Youth Chorus

Community Concert: Singing City & Bucks County Choral Society
Jeffrey Brillhart, Music Director, Singing City
Thomas Lloyd, Artistic Director, Bucks County Choral Society
Friday, June 12, 2009, 8:00 p.m.
First Baptist Church
123 S 17th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Concert is about a 10-minute drive (about 2 miles).
Ticket price: $20. Purchase on the registration form or at the door; general admission.

Featuring:
David Conte: Elegy for Matthew (SC)
Chris DeBlasio: The Best Beloved (BCCS)

And selections from a combined tour of Brazil in July 2009:
Heitor Villa-Lobos: Ave Maria
Carlos Alberto Pinto da Fonseca: Muie Rendera
Craig Curry, arr. Jonathas Matias: Efesios em Samba
Roy Ringwald: All the Things You Are
George Gershwin/Robert Page: I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise
Jennifer Higdon: Amazing Grace
Moses Hogan: This Little Light of Mine
Thomas Lloyd: Stan’ Still Jordan
Hogan: My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord
Villa Lobos: Balaio

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Learn more about Bucks County Choral Society


Singing City


Bucks County Choral Society

Community Concert: Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia
with Leah Stein Dance Company and Presented by Peregrine Arts in Hidden City
Alan Harler, Music Director
Saturday, June 13, 2009, 4:00 p.m.
The First City Troop Armory
22 S. 23rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Concert is about a 10-minute drive (about 2.5 miles). Transportation will be provided.
Ticket price: $20. Purchase on the registration form or at the door; general admission.

Come see and hear the exciting world premiere of Battle Hymns by Pulitzer Prize-winner David Lang, featuring site-specific movement for chorus and dancers designed by Leah Stein at armory of the oldest military troop in the U.S.

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Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia
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