Event is Live
Presented by MidAmerica Productions
Cancelled: New England Symphonic Ensemble
Saturday, May 30, 2020
1 PM
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
David R. Thye
Conductors David R. Thye, Tom Wine and Drew Collins lead sacred choral masterpieces by Ola Gjeilo, Dan Forrest and Morten Lauridsen performed by choirs from Georgia, Kansas, Nebraska, New Jersey, South Carolina and Wisconsin. Conductor Joshua D. Thye, Maestro Thye’s son, returns with the Desert Vista High School Wind Ensemble, repeating the same father-son pairing from 2018. The Desert Vista High School Advanced Percussion Ensemble is led by Vicente Lopez.
Performers
New England Symphonic Ensemble
Drew Collins, David R. Thye, and Tom Wine, Conductors
With participating choruses
Desert Vista High School Wind Ensemble
Joshua D. Thye, Director and Conductor
Desert Vista High School Advanced Percussion Ensemble
Vicente Lopez, Director and Conductor
Alicia Werner, Soprano
Program
MORTEN LAURIDSEN Lux Aeterna
OLA GJEILO Sunrise Mass
DAN FORREST Requiem for the Living
REED Armenian Dances, Part 1
PUCCINI "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi (arr. Michael J. Krill)
ALEX STOPA Three Scenes from the Desert
SOUSA Semper Fidelis
MATT CONAWAY Minimalist Dances