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Vocal Column for April 13 - 29
UMKC offerings, Pirates of Penzance, KU Opera
The frenetic performing schedule for vocalists and choristers in March couldn't possibly keep going. Now, with Holy Week completed, most of the area's choral ensembles and vocalists are reloading for end-of-the-season offerings. In their wake, our area collegiate programs fill the void with some notable performances and lectures. Visit their respective arts calendars for a more complete listing of events and performances.
The UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance
Jeremy Mims - Graduate Choral Conducting Recital
Saturday, April 18 at 2:30 p.m.
Second Baptist Church
309 E. Franklin Street, Liberty, MO
Doctoral student Jeremy Mims conducts UMKC choral ensembles Canticum Novum and Bella Voce in a program featuring Mozart's Regina Coeli, Britten's Jubilate Deo, Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna, and Palestrina's Missa Brevis.
Free admission. Visit www.conservatory.umkc.edu for more information.
The UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance
Operatic Scenes
Sunday, April 19 at 2:30 p.m.
Monday, April 20 at 7:30 p.m.
Olson Performing Arts Center - PAC 116 (on UMKC's campus)
The program, with staging by directors Julie Wyma, Katelyn Mattson-Levy, and Marciem Bazell, includes scenes from Entfürhung aus dem Serail, Die Zauberflöte, Il Barbieri di Seviglia, Carmen, Die Fledermaus and the world premiere of Nate Riebi's Rock Hard Woman - A Comic Book Opera. The performance will accompanied with piano.
Free admission. Visit www.conservatory.umkc.edu for more information.
The UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance
Lecture Series: Paul Laird - "Beyond Songwriting: The Musical Theater of Stephen Schwartz"
Tuesday, April 21 at 5:30 p.m.
Grant Hall - GH 330, 5227 Holmes (on UMKC's campus)
Professor Paul Laird (of the Unversity of Kansas) will present a discussion of composer Stephen Schwartz, discussing his early successes (Godspell, Pippin) through the record-breaking Wicked and his most recent projects. Laird is currently writing a book on the life and work of Stephen Schwartz.
Free admission. Visit www.conservatory.umkc.edu for more information.
The UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance
Dona Nobis Pacem
by Vaughan Williams
Saturday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m.
White Recital Hall, Olson Performing Arts Center, 4949 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO
NOTE: THIS IS A CHANGE IN VENUE AND A CHANGE IN REPERTOIRE FROM PREVIOUSLY ADVERTISED/PRINTED MATERIALS
The UMKC Conservatory's Signature Series culminates with the Conservatory Orchestra and combined Conservatory Choirs performing Ralph Vaughan Williams' cantata Dona Nobis Pacem. The work is written for orchestra, SATB chorus, and soprano and baritone soloists. The text is macaronic, being pulled from the Latin Mass, the poetry of Walt Whitman, John Bright's anti-war speech, The Angel of Death and Old Testament Scriptures. Ravel's Daphnis et Chloe, Chen Yi's Kansas City Capriccio and Brahms' Academic Festival Overture will also be performed. Conservatory orchestra music director Robert Olson will conduct the concert.
For tickets call 816-235-6222 or visit www.umkc.edu/performance.
The Lyric Opera of Kansas City
The Pirates of Penzance
by Gilbert and Sullivan
Saturday, April 25 at 8 p.m.
Monday, April 27 at 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 29 at 7:30 p.m.
Friday, May 1 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 3 at 2 p.m.
Lyric Theater
11th and Central, Downtown Kansas City, MO
Opera lovers are bursting with excitement over the upcoming performance of one of Gilbert and Sullivan's most entertaining works. In The Pirates of Penzance, we are treated to laughter as we follow the zany misadventures of pirates in the port of Penzance. This performance, sung in English, will also feature subtitles. It will be directed by Dorothy Danner.
For tickets call 816-471-7344 or visit www.kcopera.org
The KU Department of Music and Dance
KU Opera
L'Enfant et les Sortiléges
by Ravel and Gianni Schicchi by Puccini
Wednesday, April 29, 7:30pm
Thursday, April 30, 7:30pm
Robert Baustian Theatre - Murphy Hall (on KU's Lawrence Campus)
Two exquisite works will be performed by the Opera department at KU. Ravel's opera-ballet L'Enfant et les Sortiléges is a one-act work that was completed and first performed in 1925 in Monte Carlo. Puccini's Gianni Schicchi is another one-act (one of the most famous and oft performed) opera. Schicchi is from the Il Trittico, a trio of operas written in the late 1910's.
For tickets call 785-864-2787 or visit www.arts.ku.edu for more information.
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