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Carnegie ‘08 Choir Performance Opportunity

Join the Clarendon College Choir for a unique concert at Carnegie Hall on January 13, 2008, featuring renowned conductors and composers.

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Carnegie ‘08 Choir Performance Opportunity

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  1. Clarendon CollegeChoir Carnegie ‘08 Information Presentation

  2. MidAmerica Productions • 23rd Season • Offering unique performance opportunities to choirs, orchestras, bands from around the world since 1984. • More than 180 conductors in Carnegie Hall series • Sherrill Milnes, Lukas Foss, John Rutter, etc. • To date: Over 800 concerts using over 100,000 performers

  3. The Music • Sunday, January 13, 2008 concert • James Meaders conducts Bob Chilcott’s Canticles and MLK and Caldwell’s/Ivory’s Hope for Resolution • Dale Miller conducts Vaughan Williams’s Dona Nobis Pacem • Candace Wicke conducts Mozart’s CoronationMass in C Major, K. 317

  4. Ralph Vaughan Williams

  5. Vaughan Williams Biography • 1872 – 1958 • Studied at the Royal College of Music • Conductor, music editor, and historian • Ethnomusicology • The study of regional music • English folk songs • Composer of orchestral and choral works • 1935 – Appointed to the Order of Merit

  6. Vaughan WilliamsThe War • Enlisted in WWI at the age of 40 • Private in Royal Army Medical Corps • Royal Garrison Artillery Officer • 1918 – Director of Music – First Army

  7. Vaughan Williams Style • Pre-war Style • Folk tunes • Incidental music for Cambridge Univeristy productions • Post-war Style • Mystical • 1924 – New Style of Composition • Lively cross-rhythms and clashing harmonies

  8. Dona Nobis Pacem (1936)“Grant Us Peace” Cantata for Soprano & Baritone Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra Text source - Walt Whitman and others • Agnus Dei “Lamb of God” • Beat! Beat! Drums! • Reconciliation • Dirge for Two Veterans • The Angel of Death • O Man Greatly Beloved

  9. ItineraryJanuary 10 – 14, 2008 • 5 days, 4 nights in New York City • Visit historic landmarks such as the Empire State Building • Dance into the night as you cruise around the Statue of Liberty • Have the chance of a lifetime to…. Sing at Carnegie Hall!!

  10. January 10, 2008 • Travel from Clarendon to Dallas • Arrive in New York City and check into one of two  hotels in Manhattan. • Orientation tour of hotel area and Times Square • Free time until curfew

  11. January 11, 2008 • 3 hour piano rehearsal Other activities: • Visit Empire State Building • Shopping at Macy’s and 34th Street area • Walking tour of Central Park • Free time until curfew

  12. January 12, 2008 • 3 hour piano rehearsal Other activities: • Visit Ground Zero • Trip to Natural History Museum • Show: Opera, play, musical • Free time until curfew

  13. January 13, 2008 • Morning Dress Rehearsal • 2:00 Concert at Carnegie Hall • Dinner Cruise around lower Manhattan • Travels around the Statue of Liberty • Buffet Dinner and Dancing • Pack for trip home • Free time until curfew

  14. January 14, 2008 • Leave for Home • Classes start January 15

  15. Performing inNew York City • Cost of Trip • $1,089 – Concert Package • Based on quad occupancy • $343 – Air Package • Flight from Dallas • $23 • Trip Shirt and music with rehearsal CD • $1,455 total for trip • Spending money, food, cab fare, ticket costs, etc.

  16. Package Includes $1089 • Four nights (quad occupancy) in • Grand Hyatt @ 42nd St and Park Ave • Hilton New York Hotel @ Ave of the Americas and 53rd St • Post-Concert Reception Cruise • Spirit of New York or Spirit of New Jersey • Tips, gratuities, & baggage handling at hotel (one bag per person)

  17. Package Includes • Bus transportation to/from rehearsals/concerts • Entrance ticket to the Empire State Building • Gift coupon for Macy’s in NY • Coupon to the famous Bloom’s Deli • Non-performers can sit in any/all rehearsals and will receive a ticket to the concert

  18. Air Package Includes $343.00 • $287Round trip from Dallas to NYC or NJ • $17 Ticket Handling Fee • $39 Round Trip from Airport to Hotel

  19. In Summary • 20 people flying to NYC: $6,860 • 10 people watching 10 people performing: $21,780 • NYC souvenirs to give away as birthday presents: $6,000

  20. Getting the chance to perform at Carnegie Hall… Priceless!

  21. Total Cost of Carnegie ’08 Trip $29,000 Based on 20 people $43,000 Based on 30 people

  22. How can I help? • Adopt a student • Donate to choir fund • At concerts • By mail • Have your business donate to choir fund • Join us and Come on the trip!!

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