The Magna Vista High School Choir, of Ridgeway, and Tehillah Munye, Director, are among those to be featured in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, in New York City, NY, on Monday, May 27, at 7 p.m.
“Magna Vista High School Choir received this invitation because of the high level and quality of musicianship demonstrated by its singers. We are thrilled to have them on our roster of distinguished and esteemed musicians,” said Peter Tiboris, General Director, and Music Director of MidAmerica Productions and MidAm International.
MidAmerica Productions, Inc. announced performers will present the timeless melodies of American Folk Hymns featuring conductor Bryant Moxley, the New England Symphonic Ensemble, and. They will perform beloved hymns including “How Can I Keep From Singing,” “Simple Gifts,” “There Is A Fountain,” “Hark, I Hear The Harps Eternal,” “When I Can Read My Title Clear,” “Bound For The Promised Land,” and “Come, Thou Fount Of Every Blessing.”
“We are pleased to highlight the dedicated and talented Bryant Moxley on one of the world’s greatest stages,” Tiboris said of the performance that also will include participating choruses from across North America, including Cave Spring High School Chorus, Roanoke, (Bradley Stump, Director), Mercer Christian Academy High School Choir, Princeton, WV (Alandra L. Brannon Blume, Director), Northeast Piedmont Chorale, Wake Forest, NC (Cynthia Edwards, Director), The Bluefield University Masterworks Chorale & The Bluefield University Variations Chorale, Bluefield, VA (Mark Milberger, Director) and Wake Forest Baptist Church, Wake Forest, NC (Bryant Moxley, Director).
The concert program will also feature a diverse repertoire of works conducted by esteemed guest conductors:
- Maestro John Rutter, CBE will lead his iconic “Magnificat,” and the world premiere of his latest work, “Celebration” with the New England Symphonic Ensemble, soprano Juliet Papadopoulos and participating choruses including Central Regional High School Choir (Elizabeth Moore, Director), Chœur Classique de l’Outaouais, Gatineau, QC, Canada (Tiphaine Legrand, Director), Columbia Chorale of Oregon, St. Helens, OR (Alice Boyer, Director), Continuo Arts Symphonic Chorus, Summit, NJ (Candace Wicke, Director), Fremont Presbyterian Choir, Sacramento, CA (Rachel Jackson, Director), Palisade High School Choirs, Palisade, CO (Matt J. Doty, Director), Roane Choral Society, Harriman, TN (Brenda Luggie, Director), Syracuse Pops Chorus, Syracuse, NY (Lou Lemos, Director), Utah Choral Collective, Bountiful, UT (Brett Levitre, Director) and The Estes Park Chorale, Estes Park, CO (Denise Stookesberry, Director).
- Maestro David B. Weaver will lead the New England Symphonic Ensemble in Mozart’s Mass in C major, K. 317 “Coronation Mass,” featuring soloists Mary Evelyn Hangley, Linda Baird, John Kun Park, and John Allen Nelson.
- Maestro Melvin Unger will conduct Mozart’s “Vesperae Solennes De Confessore,” featuring Lara McGill, Roselin Osser, Chad Kranak, Nicholas Kilkenny and participating choruses including Candesca, Kelowna, BC, Canada (Alexandra Babbel, Director), H. B. Beal Secondary School Singers, London, ON, Canada (David B. Weaver, Director), Parkland Chorale, Allentown, PA (Alison Lagan, Director), The London Singers, London, ON, Canada (David B. Weaver, Director), The Unger Alumni Choir, Berea, OH (Melvin Unger, Director), The Unger Chorale, Berea, OH (Melvin Unger, Director) with the New England Symphonic Ensemble.
Ticket prices start at $25. For single tickets call CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800 or visit carnegiehall.org. Box Office is located at 57th Street and Seventh Avenue. For group sales of 10 or more, contact groupsales@carnegiehall.org or call 212-903-9705.
Peter Tiboris created and conducted his first concert in New York on January 7, 1984, at Lincoln Center, featuring The American Symphony Orchestra, soloists, and three choruses, the Louisiana Chorale of Acadiana, Camerata Singers of Baton Rouge, and Collegiate Chorale of New York. According to Kathleen Sabogal, archives and museum director for the Carnegie Hall Corporation, “MidAmerica Productions is the most prolific presenter of choral concerts in the history of Carnegie Hall” dating back to May 5, 1891, at the opening of the hall when Tchaikovsky conducted the first concert.
For 41 years, MidAmerica Productions has brought together conductors, soloists, and choral and orchestral ensembles from the U.S. and abroad to appear at New York’s top venues, including Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Weill Recital Hall, and Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall; and Alice Tully Hall and David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. In addition to presenting orchestral and choral works, MidAmerica Productions has championed contemporary composers with over 1,480 Concerts Worldwide (1,145 in New York), 92 World Premieres, 22 US Premieres, 100 NY Premieres and 3,610 Choral Ensembles.
In 2004, MidAm International, Inc. was formed to support MidAmerica’s growing presence in Europe. Since then, concerts have taken place in countries throughout the world, including Greece, England, Austria, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Italy, France, Portugal, Russia, Ukraine, Slovakia, and Mexico.
