Transcript Clarendon College Choir

Clarendon College
Choir
Carnegie ‘08
Information Presentation
MidAmerica Productions
 23rd Season
 Offering unique performance opportunities to
choirs, orchestras, bands from around the
world since 1984.
 More than 180 conductors in Carnegie Hall
series
 Sherrill Milnes, Lukas Foss, John Rutter, etc.
 To date: Over 800 concerts
using over 100,000 performers
The Music
 Sunday, January 13, 2008 concert
 James Meaders conducts Bob Chilcott’s
Canticles and MLK and Caldwell’s/Ivory’s
Hope for Resolution
 Dale Miller conducts Vaughan Williams’s
Dona Nobis Pacem
 Candace Wicke conducts Mozart’s
Coronation Mass in C Major, K. 317
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Vaughan Williams
Biography
1872 – 1958
Studied at the Royal College of Music
Conductor, music editor, and historian
Ethnomusicology
 The study of regional music
 English folk songs
 Composer of orchestral and choral works
 1935 – Appointed to the Order of Merit
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Vaughan Williams
The War
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Enlisted in WWI at the age of 40
Private in Royal Army Medical Corps
Royal Garrison Artillery Officer
1918 – Director of Music – First Army
Vaughan Williams
Style
 Pre-war Style
 Folk tunes
 Incidental music for Cambridge Univeristy
productions
 Post-war Style
 Mystical
 1924 – New Style of Composition
 Lively cross-rhythms and clashing harmonies
Dona Nobis Pacem (1936)
“Grant Us Peace”
Cantata for Soprano & Baritone Soloists, Chorus
and Orchestra
Text source - Walt Whitman and others
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Agnus Dei “Lamb of God”
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Beat! Beat! Drums!
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Reconciliation
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Dirge for Two Veterans
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The Angel of Death
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O Man Greatly Beloved
Itinerary
January 10 – 14, 2008
 5 days, 4 nights in New York City
 Visit historic landmarks such as the Empire
State Building
 Dance into the night as you cruise around
the Statue of Liberty
 Have the chance of a lifetime to….
Sing at Carnegie Hall!!
January 10, 2008
 Travel from Clarendon to Dallas
 Arrive in New York City and check into one of
two  hotels in Manhattan.
 Orientation tour of hotel area and Times
Square
 Free time until curfew
January 11, 2008
 3 hour piano rehearsal
Other activities:
 Visit Empire State Building
 Shopping at Macy’s and 34th Street area
 Walking tour of Central Park
 Free time until curfew
January 12, 2008
 3 hour piano rehearsal
Other activities:
 Visit Ground Zero
 Trip to Natural History Museum
 Show: Opera, play, musical
 Free time until curfew
January 13, 2008
 Morning Dress Rehearsal
 2:00 Concert at Carnegie Hall
 Dinner Cruise around lower Manhattan
 Travels around the Statue of Liberty
 Buffet Dinner and Dancing
 Pack for trip home
 Free time until curfew
January 14, 2008
 Leave for Home
 Classes start January 15
Performing in
New York City
 Cost of Trip
 $1,089 – Concert Package
 Based on quad occupancy
 $343 – Air Package
 Flight from Dallas
 $23
 Trip Shirt and music with rehearsal CD
 $1,455 total for trip
 Spending money, food, cab fare, ticket costs,
etc.
Package Includes
$1089
 Four nights (quad occupancy) in
 Grand Hyatt @ 42nd St and Park Ave
 Hilton New York Hotel @ Ave of the
Americas and 53rd St
 Post-Concert Reception Cruise
 Spirit of New York or Spirit of New Jersey
 Tips, gratuities, & baggage handling at hotel
(one bag per person)
Package Includes
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Bus transportation to/from rehearsals/concerts
Entrance ticket to the Empire State Building
Gift coupon for Macy’s in NY
Coupon to the famous Bloom’s Deli
Non-performers can sit in any/all rehearsals
and will receive a ticket to the concert
Air Package Includes
$343.00
 $287Round trip from Dallas to NYC or NJ
 $17 Ticket Handling Fee
 $39 Round Trip from Airport to Hotel
In Summary
 20 people flying to NYC:
$6,860
 10 people watching 10 people performing:
$21,780
 NYC souvenirs to give away as birthday
presents:
$6,000
Getting the chance to
perform at Carnegie Hall…
Priceless!
Total Cost of
Carnegie ’08 Trip
$29,000
Based on 20 people
$43,000
Based on 30 people
How can I help?
 Adopt a student
 Donate to choir fund
 At concerts
 By mail
 Have your business donate to choir fund
 Join us and Come on the trip!!