The music program at the University of Albany’s Department of Music and Theatre has announced three holiday-themed concerts for early December.
These include the school’s annual holiday concert on Sunday, December 4 at 3 p.m., “Twelve Drummers Drummin’” on Monday, December 5 at 7 p.m., and “Carols from Near and Far” as performed by the UAlbany Chamber Singers on Sunday, December 11.
The holiday concert will showcase five departmental ensembles, those being the UAlbany Community Chorale, UAlbany Chamber Singers, UAlbany Concert Band, UAlbany Jazz Band, and the UAlbany Symphony Orchestra, in addition to musical clubs Serendepity and Pitch Please.
The following night’s performance will display the UAlbany Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Richard Albagli. The concert will include works from Germany and Guatemala in addition to a piece about the creation of the world performed to the words of Richard Feynman and Neil de Grasse Tyson and music by Peter Garland. The night will climax with David Amram’s “Latin Roots” from his work Landscapes, in a piece which features audience participation.
In addition to the UAlbany Chamber Singers for “Carols from Near and Far,” the Festival Celebration Choir, a group of department guest performers. The two choirs will sing separately and together over accompaniment by pianist Daniel White, harpist Karlinda Calidcott, guitarist Sten Isachsen and percussionist Eugene Lorini. The program centerpiece will be Carols and Lullabies by Conrad Susa, a 10-movement collection of holiday carols from South and Central America.
Information regarding tickets and more can be found on the UAlbany Performing Center website.
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