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UW-Eau Claire Concert
Choir
To Perform April 21
MAILED: April 15, 2002
EAU CLAIRE — The University of
Wisconsin-Eau Claire Concert Choir will present its annual spring concert at 2
p.m. Sunday, April 21, in Gantner Concert Hall of the Haas Fine Arts Center.
The choir, conducted by Dr. Gary Schwartzhoff,
associate professor of music and theatre arts, will perform a variety of works
with universal audience appeal. The concert will begin with "My Spirit Sang
All Day" by Gerald Finzi, a twentieth century English composer who composed
few but very powerful works. Various other works will be performed, including
"Agnus Dei" by Samuel Barber, "I Thank You God for Most This
Amazing Day" by Eric Whitacre and "Three Graduals" by Anton
Bruckner.
Following an intermission, the group will
perform nine works by Moses Hogan, a pianist, conductor and arranger of
international acclaim.
Hogan is known for contemporary settings of
spirituals, original compositions and other works revered by audiences around
the globe. Praised by critics and in music publications, including Gramophone
magazine, his arrangements have become staples in the repertoires of high
school, college, community and professional choirs everywhere.
A native of New Orleans, Hogan is a graduate
of the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts and Oberlin Conservatory of
Music in Ohio. He also studied at New York's Julliard School of Music and
Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. As a concert pianist he won first
place in the 28th annual Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition in New York.
Works to be performed include "My Soul's
Been Anchored in the Lord," "Hear My Prayer," "Who Built the
Ark? and "Hold On!," a piece commissioned for the Concert Choir in
2002.
Tickets, available at the University Service
Center, (715) 836-3727 or 1-800-949-UWEC, are $4.75 for the general public;
$3.75 for those 62 and older, children 17 and younger, and faculty and staff
with a university ID; and $1.25 for students with a university ID.
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News Bureau
Judy Berthiaume
UW-Eau Claire News Bureau
Schofield 201
(715) 836-4741
newsbur@uwec.edu
Updated: April 15, 2002