PRESCOTT CHORALE INSPIRING MUSIC: Heroes and History SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 3:00 pm St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 2000 Shepherds Lane, Prescott Tickets: $21.00, Youth (13-18) $6.00 www.prescottchorale.org Concert includes 2nd annual Prescott Chorale Young Artists Competition winners as featured soloists The Chorale will be accompanied by a 38-piece orchestra. Artistic Director Dennis Houser
Heroes come in different forms. Sometimes they are persons who inspire our life’s work, as Bach, Mozart and Mendelsohn inspired Josef Gabriel Rheinberger. A prolific composer, Rheinberger’sMassin C Major, op. 169, harkens back to an earlier time in structure and sound. On Saturday, April 21, 3pm at St Luke’s Episcopal Church, the Prescott Chorale, under the direction of Dennis Houser, presents INSPIRING MUSIC: Heroes and History, along with a 38-piece orchestra and featuring the 2nd annual Prescott Chorale Young Artists Competition winners.
The Chorale also performs Memorial by Rene’ Clausen which is based on subject material reflecting the events of September 11, 2001, in New York City. Though presented as one continuous movement, Clausen’s composition consists of four sub-sections: September Morning, The Premonition, The Attack, and Prayers & Petitions.
In addition, The Chorale is pleased to host their three vocal winners of the second annual Prescott Chorale Young Artists Competit
ion. Voice students from Arizona’s Universities and Colleges vied for scholarships to further their academic and professional vocal studies. Winners will be featured soloists at this concert and each receive a $1,000.00 vocal scholarship. High school students from the area are especially invited to join the Chorale for the concert and hear scholarship winners.
To purchase tickets, visit PrescottChorale.org. Tickets are $21 for adults, $6 for children 13-18, and free for children 12 and under. Tickets are also available from members of the Prescott Chorale. A pre-concert talk takes place 30 minutes before the performances.
The mission of Prescott Chorale is to provide our diverse audiences an opportunity to experience choral music in all styles, composition periods and great composers thus drawing on the deep choral skill of our singers to enhance each season’s selections.
Dennis Houser, Prescott Chorale Musical Director has a career that spans over 55 years of singing, teaching and conducting. Dennis is no stranger to the stage, be it here in Prescott, California, Europe, South America, or the Far East. He has conducted the Master Chorale of Yavapai College, the Yavapai College Chamber Singers and the Camerata Singers of Prescott. He is the Choirmaster of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Prescott.
For tickets and further information on Prescott Chorale concerts, tours, sample recordings, and other items of interest, go to prescottchorale.org
