PRESS INFORMATION
April 15, 2010 - For Immediate Release
Young Soloists, World Premiere Highlight Spectrum Singers
"Youthful Promise" Concert May 15th in Cambridge
The Spectrum Singers, John W. Ehrlich, Music Director, cap the
celebration of their 30th Anniversary
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concert season of
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ƒutures with the world
premiere of Joshua Hummel's Novum Decus Oritur. Also,
Mozart's remarkable Missa Brevis in F, K. 192, composed
when the composer was 18 years old will feature four young and
talented vocal soloists selected from the studios of Boston's
finest voice teachers.
"ƒutures: Rising Stars!"
Saturday evening May 15, 2010, 8:00 PM at First Church,
Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge, celebrates
extraordinary music written by established masters in their
youthful years before they became famous. Works by Bartók,
Brahms, Bach, Ives, Ligeti, Schubert, and Schütz will also
be offered in addition to the Mozart and Hummel compositions
listed above. A chamber ensemble of The Orchestra of Emmanuel
Music and keyboard artist James Barkovic will accompany. A
complete list of works, plus biographies of composer Joshua
Hummel, Megan A. Bisceglia, soprano, Grace Allendorf, mezzo-soprano,
Daniel Rosensweig, tenor, and Josh Taylor, bass-baritone
can be viewed at www.spectrumsingers.org
Musicologist Steven Ledbetter will give a free pre-concert lecture
at 7:00 PM.
Tickets are $45, $30, and $15, and can be purchased securely on-line at the
chorus's web site www.spectrumsingers.org where
program notes can also be viewed and further information obtained.
Noted musicologist Steven Ledbetter will offer a free pre-concert lecture at
7:00 PM.
Musicologist Steven Ledbetter will give a free pre-concert lecture
at 7:00 PM.
Tickets are $45, $30, and $15, and can be purchased securely on-line at the
chorus's web site www.spectrumsingers.org where
program notes can also be viewed and further information obtained.
From its first concert in December, 1980, The Spectrum Singers has embraced
"amateur singers" – gifted vocalists who willingly perform without pay.
Today, people from all walks of life sing with the chorus, many bringing
significant experience and skills as choral and solo vocal artists. As a
result, the chorus has prospered artistically, and today is widely regarded
as one of the finest choral ensembles in the region.
Downloadable images of The Spectrum Singers, Joshua
Hummel, and John W. Ehrlich are available below.
John W. Ehrlich, Founder and Music Director of The Spectrum Singers, has
been active as a singer and conductor in the Boston and Cambridge areas for
more than thirty-five years. Son of a concert pianist and a microbiologist,
Mr. Ehrlich was born in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, and prepared for
higher education at Grosse Pointe University School and the New Hampton
School. He studied music and conducting while attending the Hartt School of
Music and Trinity College, and both Harvard and Boston Universities. His
teachers include Robert Shaw, Gregg Smith, G. Wallace Woodworth, Nathan
Gottschalk, and Vytautous Marijousius. Also a singer, Mr. Ehrlich has sung
with the Hartford Chamber Choir, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Cambridge
Society for Early Music, John Oliver Chorale, Boston Baroque, Cantata
Singers, and the Emmanuel Church choir. For eight seasons he was Music
Director of the Master Singers of Worcester. This is Mr. Ehrlich’s 30th
season as Music Director of The Spectrum Singers.
Note: Complete information about The Spectrum Singers' May 15, 2010
ƒutures:"Rising Stars" concert can be
found on the Calendar page of the chorus's web site: www.spectrumsingers.org/calendar.htm
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