Department of Music

The University of Virginia McIntire Department of Music presents the UVA Chamber Singers on Sunday, April 15th at 3:30pm in Old Cabell Hall. The UVA ensemble’s spring program features music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, with a special appearance by the Cantate Children’s and Youth Choir from Lynchburg, VA. The program includes excerpts from the Vaughan Williams double choir Mass in G minor, selections from the Five English Folk Songs, solo selections of Vaughan Williams by UVA voice students, and a combined performance with Cantate of “Lord, Thou Hast Been Our Refuge” which will also feature the Old Cabell organ, played by David Norfrey.

Founded in 2005 and led by UVA faculty conductor Michael Slon, the UVA Chamber Singers is a select ensemble drawn from the University Singers, and performs a wide variety of music for chamber choir ranging from early music to contemporary compositions. Recent performances have included Britten’s Hymn to St. Cecilia, Allegri’s Miserere, the Monteverdi Mass for 4 voices, Bach’s Mass in B minor with the University Singers, Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes, standards by Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, and the Beatles, and new music by Meredith Monk (with the Meredith Monk Vocal Ensemble) and Eric Whitacre. In 2010, the Chamber Singers made their first appearances at the Staunton Music Festival, including a performance with Grammy-award winning baritone Kevin McMillan. More recently, they participated in a workshop with New York City’s Bang on a Can composer Michael Gordon during that group’s UVA Arts Board Residency. Cantate is an organization dedicated to bringing classical choral music to children and youth in Central Virginia. Founded in 1993 and directed by Peggy Howell, the group has already collaborated in a February 2012 concert with the Chamber Singers.

The April 15 concert takes place at Old Cabell Hall, and is free to the public.

For more information visit us online:
www.virginia.edu/music/chambersingers
www.virginia.edu/music/usingers
www.virginia.edu/music
www.cantateva.org

For more information on this free concert, call 434.924.3052