THE ECSTASIES ABOVE
With Guest Ensemble Cantiamo!
and Guest Conductor Cheryl Anderson
Saturday, April 26, 2008, 8 PM |
Sunday, April 27, 2008, 7 PM |
| In a season finale tradition, the acclaimed vocal ensemble Cantiamo! joins Ensemble Monterey for a concert of masterpieces both old and new. First, the string orchestra performs an all-time favorite, Edvard Grieg’s haunting Peer Gynt Suite. Two well-established Twentieth Century masterpieces follow. John Corigliano’s Fern Hill is a lyric setting of the epic Dylan Thomas poem, for chorus, orchestra and alto soloist. Cecil Effinger’s Four Pastorales sets the poetry of Thomas Hornsby Ferril, the beloved former Poet Laureate of Colorado. The Four Pastorales is scored for chorus and oboe soloist. Tarik O’Regan’s The Ecstasies Above is a new piece which caused an electrifying sensation at its’ premiere. Be sure to join us as Ensemble Monterey and Cantiamo! present its first Central Coast performance. |
Grieg
Peer Gynt Suite
Corigliano
Fern Hill
Effinger with Angie Burtz, Oboe Soloist
Four Pastorales
O’Regan
The Ecstasies Above
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Cheryl Anderson brings to California’s Central Coast a distinguished career as conductor, soloist, teacher and clinician. She became Director of Choral Activities at Cabrillo College in 1991, where she conducts Cantiamo!, Symphonic Choir and Cabrillo Chorale and teaches Music Theory. She is also Founder/Director of both Cabrillo Opera and the Cabrillo Youth Chorus Project. Prior to her tenure at Cabrillo, she was Musical Director of Pacific Repertoire Opera, Associate Director of Choral Activities at Colorado State University and the University of Northern Colorado. She also served on the Music Faculties at Transylvania University, Cumberland College and UCSC. She is also currently Director of Music at First Congregational Church, Santa Cruz. Ms. Anderson has toured throughout the world with her ensembles, guest conducting both orchestras and choirs and been honored with performances at all levels of ACDA and MENC. She has sung numerous times with the Robert Shaw Institute, was a Conducting Fellow at Oregon Bach Festival, Helmuth Rilling, Conductor, and has been names to Who’s Who six times. She was the recipient of the Cabrillo College Meritorious Teaching Award and is in demand as a clinician and conductor throughout the country. Cheryl is a soprano with an active voice studio. |
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