choral music

Connecting Worlds And Culture With Choral Music

John Clare — Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:26:15 +0000

Wednesday night there is a chance to hear choral music with a twist. Mwangaza Children's Choir is a group of Ugandan children (ages 8-12) who represent the orphaned and poor youth of their country.

Musica Sacra SA Presents Briggs And More For Advent

John Clare — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:21:15 +0000

Not just a concert, but a service too

Already in their third season, Musica Sacra SA will perform Sunday afternoon at 4 p.m. at Our Lady of Atonement. The program follows the Second Sunday of Advent - both musically and literally.

Robert Finster says there are familiar composers and one you might not know. "David Briggs is a great improviser for the organ, and has transcribed all of the Gigout solos! He works in London at a church, plus he composes very original pieces. I first heard of him on your radio station [KPAC] with Heart and Voice!"

SA Mastersingers Revisit Sing For The Cure: Benefit For Breast Cancer Research This Sunday

John Clare — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:00:27 +0000

It has been three years since the San Antonio Mastersingers performed Sing for the Cure, a work created by Pamela Martin and Brant Adams. Director John Silantien says "every time you look at it [Sing for the Cure], you can see something different, and it touches everybody! I mean it is just so powerful in its reach, and this topic of breast cancer, it seems like it is in everyone's life."

Donations are being accepted by the choral group, as well as "pink notes" that will be displayed at the concert.

Harlandale Youth Shine In Choir - Project: Sing! Presents Fall Concert

John Clare — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:35:21 +0000

Project: Sing! is the Children's Chorus of San Antonio's community outreach program serving elementary children in grades 3 through 6 in the Harlandale, San Antonio and Edgewood school districts and area private schools. Participating students who do not have the opportunity or access to CCSA’s core programs join together weekly in their own neighborhood for one or two condensed semesters of singing, learning, and sharing taught by their staff.

Songs To The Virgin With Copperleaf Quintet: Choral Chamber Music At The San Antonio Museum of Art

John Clare — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:28:58 +0000

Ruth Moreland loves pairing music with art. "There is something about singing in a space and having this art right there. Nothing better for the performers or the audience!" she says.

The Copperleaf Quintet, which Moreland founded and sings in, will set the galleries alive with songs about the Madonna. San Antonio Museum of Art hosts Copperleaf in the Spanish Colonial Gallery for a concert of Renaissance vocal music reflecting the art in SAMA's current "Rostros de Maria" exhibit.