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NaperVoice Concert - Gather in Gratitude 2: From Bach to the Beatles and Beyond, November 19th 4PM
As at our Inaugural Concert last year, the theme of "gratitude" will once again be explored on this weekend prior to the Thanksgiving holiday, with a variety of new musical repertoire for 2023 selected from four different centuries. Three significant anniversaries will also be observed through music, including the 50th anniversary this year of the end of the Vietnam Conflict, and the 100th anniversary of the birth of American composer Ned Rorem. Musical genres including classical, world music, and pop will be represented in vocal works by Bach, Ešenvalds, Rorem, Walker, Lennon/McCartney, and Spencer. NaperVoice will also perform Prayer for Ukraine in Ukrainian, conducted by our College Student Conducting Intern Nazarii Mykhailenko and accompanied by the Chicago Ukrainian Bandura Ensemble. NaperVoice, a 35-voice auditioned choir, composed of professional and volunteer singers from twenty Chicago-area communities, will be conducted by Philip Spencer, Founding Conductor/Artistic Director; and accompanied by Collaborative Percussionist Shelley May Hutchison, Collaborative Pianist/Organist Dr. Zachary Zwahlen, and High School Student Musician Intern pianist Alex Amato.
Proceeds will benefit this concert’s designated local charitable organization, Loaves and Fishes Community Services.
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Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/2025566-0
Website: https://go.evvnt.com/2025566-2
