The Wichita Chamber Chorale will present its annual “Cabaret” show at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at Prairie Pines, 4055 N. Tyler Road, Wichita.
Cabaret, the main fundraiser for the chorale, is a light-hearted affair that features chorale members in a variety of solo and group performances with a live band. The ticket price includes an open bar and an hors d’oeuvre buffet.
Tickets are $25 and may be purchased at the door. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Call Spencer Stelljes at (316) 259-9683 for reservations or more information.
The Wichita Chamber Chorale will close its 32nd season with Choral Classics: “A Holy Week Pilgrimage.” Performances are set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 27 at West Heights United Methodist Church, 745 N. Westlink, Wichita; and 4 p.m. Sunday, March 28 at East Heights United Methodist Church, 4404 E. Douglas, Wichita.
Following on the heels of its highly successful “Christmas Retrospective,” “A Holy Week Pilgrimage” presents vignettes from the life of Jesus that are especially appropriate for the Easter season. Sections of the program include Teachings, Miracles, Arrival in Jerusalem, Merchants in the Temple, Communion, Denial, Death, and Resurrection.
Works that will be performed include motets by Melchior Vulpius, Antonio Lotti, Olivier Messiaen, and Marc-Antoine Charpentier; sacred works by Heinrich Schütz, Edward Bairstow, Arvo Pärt, Sergei Rachminoff, and Orlando Gibbons; and hymns and spirituals arranged by Alice Parker, Robert Shaw, and H.T. Burleigh. The program concludes with Beethoven’s stirring “Hallelujah” from “Christ on the Mount of Olives.”
The Wichita Chamber Chorale is lauded as Wichita’s premiere choral ensemble. Since 2005 Robert Glasmann has been conductor of the ensemble. Glasmann also teaches at Wichita State University, where he conducts the acclaimed Concert Chorale and serves as musical director of opera. In addition he conducts the adult choir at St James Episcopal Church. Organist and pianist Julie Warkentin accompanies the ensemble.
For more information, contact: Spencer Stelljes (316) 267-2796 or s_stelljes783@hotmail.com
The Wichita Chamber Chorale’s recent Sounding Joy concert will be broadcast 10 a.m. Monday, Dec. 21, 2009 on Radio Kansas, 90.1-FM in the Wichita area.
You can listen to the concert online by going to the Radio Kansas Web site at the scheduled time and clicking on the “Listen on-line” link in the left-hand navigation.
See a set of photos from the 2009 Sounding Joy Christmas concerts.
The Wichita Chamber Chorale will join Wichita State University choirs Dec. 6-7 for the 47th annual Candlelight Christmas Concerts at Wiedemann Recital Hall on the WSU campus.
The concerts, 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, and at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, will feature the WSU A Cappella Choir, Women’s Choir, Chamber Singers and Madrigal Singers. The Wichita Chamber Chorale will close the concerts with a 20-minute program of selections from its upcoming Sounding Joy concert.
Tickets for the event are $7 with discounts available. For information, contact the College of Fine Arts Box Office at (316) 978-3233.
