UPEI music department presents “This Shining Night”
UPEI's Concert Choir will present their spring choral presentation 'This Shining Night' on Thursday, April 4 at 7:30 pm in UPEI's Dr. Steel Recital Hall. The audience will be treated to performances by the choir, under interim director Pamela Campbell and special guests-the Summerside Community Choir and Montague Regional High School Choir. Summerside conductor Mark Ramsay and Montague conductor Christie Beck are both alumni of the UPEI Music Department. In addition to directing their own choirs' performances, Ramsay and Beck will guest conduct the UPEI choir in Morten Lauridsen's 'Sure on This Shining Night' and Leonard Bernstein's 'Somewhere.' Also, appearing as guest conductor of 'Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day' will be alumnus Michael van der Gaag. A student conductor from the music department's choral techniques class will conduct the university choir in Eric Whitacre's 'The Seal Lullaby.' Collaborative pianist for the evening is Jeremy Gallant.
The UPEI Concert Choir's repertoire for 'This Shining Night' ranges from the boisterous French-Canadian folk song 'O-Yo-Yo' to 'In Remembrance' (Canadian composer Eleanor Daley's poignant setting of the Mary Elizabeth Frye poem 'Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep') to Aaron Copland's whimsical 'Ching-a-Ring Chaw.' The evening's finale finds the two guest choirs joining the UPEI Concert Choir for an intricate and moving arrangement of Leonard Cohen's 'Hallelujah.'
Tickets for 'This Shining Night' are $10.00; $5.00 for seniors and students. For tickets & information contact music@upei.ca or 566-0507.
