WED · 7:30pm
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Macky Auditorium
TODAY · 7:30pm
Fall Festival of Choirs
Thursday, October 29 at Macky Auditorium, Boulder
About this event
CU Boulder Choirs will perform music of light and transformation including songs by Willametta Spencer, Francis Poulenc, W.A. Mozart, Kai-Young Chan, Dolly Parton, Carly Simon, Flory Jagoda, Moses Hogan, Elaine Hagenberg, Hubert Bird, Orlando di Lasso, G.P. da Palestrina, Aaron Copland and Reginald Wright. Performers will include the CU Boulder University Choir, Chamber Singers, Festival Chorus and Treble Chorus with special guests from The Vanguard School Choirs. For complete information visit cupresents.org.
Who's playing
Each CU ensemble gets its own set. Festival Chorus and University Choir are led by Elizabeth Swanson, Chamber Singers by Coreen Duffy, and Treble Chorus by graduate conductor Emily Peterson. Vanguard High School Choir and Chamber Choir, directed by Nikki Smith, are the guests. The Vanguard choirs have won top-choir honors at the Best of the West Music Invitational in Grand Junction.
What to expect
The program moves between centuries and styles. Palestrina, di Lasso, Mozart and Poulenc sit alongside Moses Hogan's spiritual arrangements, Copland's "At the River" and Carly Simon's "Let the River Run." Some pieces add violin, cello, accordion or percussion. The groups close by singing together, with Dolly Parton's "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" and the CU Fight Song. The program is listed at about two hours with no intermission.
Why go
You hear a university's whole choral program in one evening, along with local high school singers. Macky is a 1920s hall with a big pipe organ, renovated in the 1980s for concerts, and it is a fine place to hear voices. It is a free night of choral music in Boulder, and a live stream is also offered.
Where
Macky Auditorium · 1595 Pleasant Street · Boulder CODirections
