From Deseret News archives:
Choral workshop open to singers
Open to everyone who enjoys singing, the summer program is divided up into four separate sessions, each focusing on a specific genre or composer. The sessions are mainly for high school and adult singers, while one session is designed for families with children.
The institute is an intensive, goal-oriented program. There will be one session each month. The first begins Thursday evening and culminates in a concert Saturday evening. The repertoire will be taken from Broadway shows.
The following two sessions (July 10-13, focusing on folk music, and Aug. 7-9, devoted to the requiems of Gabriel Faure and John Rutter) follow a similar pattern of an intensive rehearsal schedule culminating in a concert open to the public.
The fourth session begins June 10 and runs over four Tuesday evenings until Aug. 5 and will feature select choral works.
There will also be a choral conducting workshop on July 7-11 under Allred's direction that will concentrate on honing rehearsal and conducting techniques.
For further information and to register, go online to saltlakechoralartists.org.
Below is a rundown of the four sessions. Unless otherwise noted, all sessions take place in Libby Gardner Concert Hall on the University of Utah campus.
June 12-14: Session 1, "The Lullaby of Broadway," for adults and high school students.
July 7-11: Choral Conducting Workshop.
July 10-13: Session 2, "Folk Music From Around the World," for children and adults (children will rehearse at the Madeleine Choir School); children and high school students begin rehearsals on July 8; participants will also sing Mass at the Cathedral of the Madeleine on July 13.
Aug. 7-9: Session 3, "Peace and Paradise: Requiems by Faure and Rutter," for adults and high school students.
June 10, July 8, July 15 and Aug. 5: Session 4, "Choral Masterworks," for adults.
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