28 Mar, 2015 - 2014-2015 Concerts,Concerts
Sunday April 19 5:00pm Cantate Welcomes Afro Blue! [responsive][/responsive] Cantate is thrilled to team with jazz a cappella virtuosos Afro Blue of Howard University (acclaimed finalists on NBC’s The Sing-Off) in a concert tribute to the musical heritage of the Civil Rights movement that reaches across styles and generations. Featuring spirituals, dazzling and reflective jazz, and songs of courage […]
27 Mar, 2015 - 2014-2015 Concerts,Artists
The music of composer Judah Adashi has been described as “beguiling” (Alex Ross, New Yorker) and “elegant” (Steve Smith, Boston Globe). Dr. Adashi has been honored with awards, grants and commissions from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the ASCAP and BMI Foundations, the American Composers Forum, New Music USA and the Aspen Music Festival, as […]
11 Feb, 2015 - 2014-2015 Concerts,Concerts
The third concert of Cantate’s 30th Anniversary Season features the magnificent St. John Passion of Johann Sebastian Bach − not the familiar edition based on the first version of 1724 but the less frequently sung fourth version of 1749. Music Director Gisèle Becker will conduct the singers of Cantate, outstanding guest vocal artists, and an ensemble […]
12 Nov, 2014 - 2014-2015 Concerts
An evening of nature-inspired a cappella works by Samuel Barber, Johannes Brahms, Edward Elgar, Eric Whitacre, and more. Program highlights include a late Brahms quartet, a shimmering Frederick Delius vocalise, and two works by Renaissance master Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Featuring soprano Rachel Evangeline Barham and keyboard artist Andrew Earle Simpson. Afterward, please join us […]
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