Submitted by Editor-In-Chief on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 22:48
Three informative lectures are part of a series of eight Community Conversations prior to the Hartford Premiere of Letter from Italy, 1944, to be presented by the combined voices of GMChorale and Hartford Chorale, with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, at The Bushnell on May 4, 2017. Commissioned by GMChorale and composed and written by Sarah Meneely-Kyder and Nancy Fitz-Hugh Meneely, the oratorio is based on the true story of their father, Dr. John K. Meneely, a WWII combat medic in the Army’s fabled 10th Mountain Division, who returned from war suffering from what we now call PTSD.
The first lecture will feature the screening of the 2016 Emmy Award-winning documentary narrated by Meryl Streep, “Letter from Italy, 1944: A New American Oratorio,” which follows the creation and production of the moving and powerful oratorio, on Thursday, March 23. The screening will be followed by Conversation with Director and Filmmaker, Karyl Evans.
Submitted by Editor-In-Chief on Tue, 02/16/2016 - 23:07
The Choral Workshop at the Amherst Early Music Festival runs July 10–17, 2016 on the campus of Connecticut College in New London, CT. Spend a week with acclaimed conductor Kent Tritle and experience the joy of choral singing.
The 2016 Choral Workshop at the Amherst Music Festival is designed to give the serious amateur choral singer an opportunity to learn and perform masterworks of the Renaissance and Baroque, within the context of the largest early music festival in the United States. For 2016, the Choral Workshop will focus on 17th century German works, including the choral masterpiece Musikalische Exequien by Heinrich Schütz. Tuition for the week is $580, and housing on campus is available starting at $185.
