Returning to a program of Bach for the first time in more than a decade, the UVA Chamber Singers will present the rarely heard Ascension Oratorio by J.S. Bach, along with his Cantata 34: O Ewiges Feuer (O Everlasting Fire), both works for the season. The program also includes a work from the ensemble’s first season – Bach’s motet Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden. Led by conductor Michael Slon, the Chamber Singers will be joined by orchestra and soloists, and we hope you’ll join us April 24, 8:00 pm at Old Cabell Hall, UVA.
Tickets for the concert are $15 general / $5 students/ Free for UVA students who reserve in advance. Tickets can be purchased at the UVA Arts Box Office, online at http://tickets.artsboxoffice.virginia.edu or by calling (434) 924-3376. Tickets will also be available at the door starting one hour prior to the concert.
Founded in 2005 and led by faculty conductor Michael Slon, the UVA Chamber Singers is a select ensemble drawn from the University Singers (UVA’s flagship chorus), and committed to broad programming perspectives, performs a wide variety of repertoire ranging from early music to contemporary compositions. In addition to a performance for the Governor and other distinguished guests at UVA’s 2017 Bicentennial Celebration, performances have included Britten’s Hymn to St. Cecilia, Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas (with Three Notch’d Road Baroque ensemble), programs of Latin American choral music, choral music from film and Broadway, new music by Meredith Monk (performed with the Meredith Monk Vocal Ensemble), and a concert of campaign songs with the UVA Center for Politics and special guests including Martin Luther King III. Other collaborations include concerts with the Staunton Music Festival, Victory Hall Opera (in pioneering presentations of Poulenc and Gluck operas with deaf actors), the Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival, and a 2022 presentation of Defiant Requiem (honoring the prisoners at Terezin who performed the Verdi Requiem) at the Strathmore Music Center with five other universities. They’ve sung in workshop with UVA Chamber Singers Peter Phillips and members of the Tallis Scholars, and in 2014, were honored to perform for composer Philip Glass. They’ve also been heard in major works, at VMEA (2010) and Virginia All–State (2025), and on tour in the U.S. and Europe with the University Singers.
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Auditions for the University Singers & Chamber Singers take place at the beginning of each semester.
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Tickets can be purchased in advance through the UVA Arts Box Office and are usually sold at the door beginning one hour prior to start time.
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