Albany Pro Musica’s 2011-2012 Concert Season
JOHN BROWN’S BODY
History comes alive! APM performs works from the Civil War era, including Vaughan Williams’ passionate Dona Nobis Pacem set to Whitman’s wartime texts. Augmented by period images and readings of letters from Civil War soldiers.
This concert is presented in conjunction with The New York State Archives Partnership Trust conference, “The Civil War On Trial: Legal Issues That Divided A Nation.” Thank you to our sponsors:
Featuring – Karen Slack, soprano, Keith Kibler, baritone, and the Pro Musica Orchestra.
SATURDAY, JUNE 9 2012 • 7:30 pm
EMPAC
110 Eighth Street, Troy
Premium Seats $35 • Regular Seats $25 •
Student Seats $10
PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED THIS SEASON
Beat! Beat! Drums!
Experience the beat-beat of drums, xylophones, gongs and other instruments during this rare evening of choral compositions punctuated by percussion. Contemporary poetry comes together with the illustrative harmonies of Robert Cohen’s “Of Eternity Considered as a Closed System,” and David Maslanka’s “Litany for Courage and the Seasons.” Sacred songs and even parts of a toe-tapping Caribbean mass make for a great variety of beat-filled music. With the Percussion Ensemble from The College of Saint Rose, Matt Dickson, Director.
Click here to read David Griggs-Janower’s “Notes From The Podium”
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2011 • 7:30 pm
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
21 Hackett Boulevard, Albany
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011 • 3:00 pm
Zankel Music Center
Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs
Behold The Star
Our annual Christmas concert! The Christmas Star lights the concert hall with choral music depicting its magical story. Inspire your holiday season with the American Sacred Harp tune “Star in the East,” Carl Sandburg’s “Special Starlight” and Mendelssohn’s “There Shall a Star” in addition to spirituals, Christmas favorites and contemporary compositions, all centered on the Star.
Read David’s Notes From The Podium, look at our concert program and download our concert flyer!
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10 2011 • 7:30 pm
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11 2011 • 3:00 pm
Carondelet Hospitality Center
385 Watervliet-Shaker Road, Latham
Cathedral Collaboration III
Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna
Our third annual “Cathedral Collaboration” with The Cathedral of All Saints and the Choir of Men and Boys, and their director, Woodrow Bynum.
Lauridsen’s “O Magnum Mysterium” is one of the most loved works of choral music. Lux Aeterna, written for chorus and chamber orchestra, is one of the composer’s first large-scale work and includes the equally well-known “O Nata Lux.” The Cathedral Choir of Men & Boys will perform five works about light, including Eric Whitacre’s “Lux Aurumque,” Sowerby’s “Eternal Light” and Charles Wood’s “Hail, Gladdening Light”.
Texts from sacred Latin sources reference “light” and draw in the audience with shimmering, heartfelt harmonies. Brahms’ beloved “Geistliches Lied” and Latvian composer Peteris Vasks’ “Dona Nobis Pacem” completes the program in a setting perfectly suited to gorgeous sacred music.
Read David Griggs-Janower’s Notes From The Podium!
SUNDAY, JANUARY 29 2012• 3:00 pm
The Cathedral of All Saints
62 South Swan Street, Albany
High School Choral Festival XII
Top-quality choral music dominates the afternoon when APM, seven high school choirs and the Empire State Youth Orchestras’ Repertory Orchestra come together. A true spectacle of over 300 performers onstage!
The 2012 Choral Festival showcased the talents of:
- Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake Select Choir – Ann Derrick,Director
- CDYC Senior Chamber Chorale – Diane Warner,Director
- Hoosick Falls High School Treble Chorus – Ambigay Yudkoff,Director
- Queensbury High School Madrigal Singers – Penny Schiek,Director
- Saratoga Springs High School Choraliers – Kathy McCarty,Director
- Shaker High School Select Chorus – Karen Amedio,Director
- Shenendehowa High Mostly A Cappella – Heather Baird,Director
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12 2012• 4:00 pm
Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
30 Second Street, Troy
American Choral Directors Association Conference
WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15-18 2012
APM Performance: February 18 2012 at 10:30am
Albany Pro Musica is honored to have been selected to perform at the biennial conference of the Eastern Division of the American Choral Directors Association in Providence, Rhode Island. Chosen by recorded audition, this year’s performances feature the best of all auditions rather than the best of selected categories, making it a very special invitation for the Capital District.
Gala Celebration!
FRIDAY, MARCH 16 2012• 6:00 pm
One of our annual fund-raising events.
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The Albany Symphony Orchestra presents:
Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana
An audience favorite! APM and its Masterworks chorus reprise one of the most popular choral works of all time–a remarkable collection of 13th Century poems set to dramatic music.
SATURDAY, APRIL 21 2012 • 7:30 pm
The Palace Theater
19 Clinton Avenue, Albany
Swingin’ With APM
APM takes to the stage with show tunes, old standards and familiar folk tunes performed in a room that was built for singing. This cabaret-style evening showcases individual and ensemble talents.
Take a look at the program by clicking here!
FRIDAY, MAY 11 2012 • 7:30 pm
SATURDAY, MAY 12 2012 • 7:30 pm
Shaker Meeting House
25 Meeting House Rd, Albany (near Albany Airport)
Albany Sings!
Albany Pro Musica and Albany High School Chorus take to the stage at the Massry Center at the College of St. Rose to present a FREE concert! Each group will sing fifteen to twenty minutes on its own, followed by the combined groups performing the repertory we’ve rehearsed together since January. This concert is the culmination of our yearly Artist-In-Residence program with Albany High, which is now in its sixth year.
More information and concert repertory can be found here.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 16 2012 • 7:30 pm
Massry Center for the Arts
College of St. Rose, Albany NY
FREE!
