On May 14, 2012 5:15 PM, "Oakland Girls Choir" <eswora@oaklandgirlschoir.org> wrote:
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Saturday, May 19 | 7 PM
Church of the Ascension | 4729 Ellsworth Ave, Pittsburgh (15213)
$10 adults | $5 students | $30 family cap
Tickets on sale on-line at http://www.showclix.com/event/226789
MOSAIC, a concert exploring the range and power of love, features four ensembles of The Oakland Girls Choirs’ in an inspirational spring concert. Tour Choir and Chamber Choir, comprised of girls in grades 7 to 12, and Training Choirs I and II for girls in grades 1 to 7 will each present a different aspect of love through traditional, classical and contemporary selections. Kathryn Barnard, general and artistic director, conducts the program.
Tickets, priced at $10 for adults and $5 for children/students, are on sale at www.showclix.com. A family may attend for $30, the cap on admission for parent(s) and children.
Tickets will also be on sale at the door.
Love in the midst of the darkest and most challenging of times is the focus of The Chamber Choir of 12 young women performance of the song cycle “I Never Saw Another Butterfly.” Charles Davidson set nine poems written by children interred at Terezin (or the German name Theresienstadt), a World War II concentration camp in the Czech Republic. There, an estimated 200,000 adults and children were incarcerated from 1941 to 1945 during the Holocaust.
The camp was known for its high occupancy of musicians and artists. Of the 15,000 children held there, only 132 were known to survive. However, drawings and poetry they created were hidden and saved, making possible Davidson’s use of the texts which range from the amusing and playful to the powerful, painful, and beautiful. Titles in which the children comment on their situation include “Yes, That’s How Things Are” and “It All Depends on How You Look at It.”
The love of a parent and child is shown through a Yiddish Lullaby “Schlof Main Kind,” by contemporary composer Allan Naplan and sung by The Oakland Girls Tour Choir. The touring ensemble of 29 young women also presents pieces featuring texts from the Psalms and Song of Solomon exploring divine love. A more contemporary set of Beatles’ music explores romantic and lost loves.
Training Choirs I and II will present songs that feature a love of nature, including Bob Chilcott's "Like A Singing Bird," and folk songs from around the world.
The Chamber and Tour Choirs will present their programs from Mosaic during concerts throughout Pennsylvania and New York in June 2012.
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