Men's ensembles from ETSU included in festival choir
From staff reports
Issue date: 10/29/07 Section: The Scene
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A male festival choir of more than 200 singers will be featured in a joint concert presented by the East Tennessee State University Chorale and Chamber Winds on Sunday, Nov. 4, at 3 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church.
The festival choir will be comprised of singers from the men's ensembles of ETSU, Milligan College and Walters State Community College, as well as the Johnson City Civic Chorale, Appalachian Express Chorus and ETSU Men's Ensemble alumni.
Additional vocalists will perform from Elizabethton, Greeneville, Sullivan South, Sullivan East, Sullivan Central, Cookeville and Abingdon (Va.) high schools, plus ETSU's University School.
The mass choir and ETSU Chamber Winds, under the direction of Dr. Thomas Jenrette, ETSU professor of music, will perform Randall Thompson's "The Testament of Freedom," a setting of famous writings of Thomas Jefferson that opens with "The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time."
The program also includes the cantata "Celebrations" by 20th century American composer Vincent Persichetti performed by the ETSU Chorale and Chamber Winds. This work, the setting of nine texts by American poet Walt Whitman, will be conducted by Dr. Christian Zembower, ETSU director of bands.
This concert is free and open to the public. First Presbyterian is located at 105 S. Boone St. For more information or for special assistance for those with disabilities, call the ETSU Department of Music at (423) 439-4276.
The festival choir will be comprised of singers from the men's ensembles of ETSU, Milligan College and Walters State Community College, as well as the Johnson City Civic Chorale, Appalachian Express Chorus and ETSU Men's Ensemble alumni.
Additional vocalists will perform from Elizabethton, Greeneville, Sullivan South, Sullivan East, Sullivan Central, Cookeville and Abingdon (Va.) high schools, plus ETSU's University School.
The mass choir and ETSU Chamber Winds, under the direction of Dr. Thomas Jenrette, ETSU professor of music, will perform Randall Thompson's "The Testament of Freedom," a setting of famous writings of Thomas Jefferson that opens with "The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time."
The program also includes the cantata "Celebrations" by 20th century American composer Vincent Persichetti performed by the ETSU Chorale and Chamber Winds. This work, the setting of nine texts by American poet Walt Whitman, will be conducted by Dr. Christian Zembower, ETSU director of bands.
This concert is free and open to the public. First Presbyterian is located at 105 S. Boone St. For more information or for special assistance for those with disabilities, call the ETSU Department of Music at (423) 439-4276.