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Kantorei Invited to National ACDA

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Now entering our 13th Concert Season, Kantorei is excited to announce that we have been invited to perform at the 2011 National ACDA Convention, to be held in Chicago in March, 2011. We are thrilled, honored, and excited to receive this distinction, and are humbled to be invited to what will be our second National Convention in our choir's brief history.

The National Conference of the American Choral Directors Association is among the most prestigious of all performance opportunities available to American choirs, and Kantorei was selected from dozens of auditioned community choirs across the country. ACDA conferences feature concert performances by auditioned and invited choirs, honor choir rehearsals and performances, interest sessions presented by noted choral leaders, and choral music reading sessions.

To help support Kantorei in this acheivement, please visit our donations page or click the "Donate Now" button below. Your donations will go to help ease travel and lodging expenses for the choir during this exciting opportunity! As a special 'thank you' to our supporters, Kantorei will present a preview concert of our planned National ACDA concert program during our upcoming 2010-2011 concert season (Date and Location TBA). Please check our season schedule for more information.


Kantorei Needs Your Support!

Kantorei is proud to continue our strong tradition of expert performances featuring beautiful and moving choral music, both traditional and contemporary. Unfortunately, the recent economic downturn has been especially hard on non-profit organizations, considerably so for those in the performing arts. As a non-profit organization, Kantorei relies heavily on the financial support of you, our fans and supporters, to continue to share with you and the Denver community our passion for the choral art. In these difficult economic times, we must not forget the importance of the arts in our society.


Becoming a supporter of Kantorei is easy. Please consider donating now to help ensure the future of our choir and to further our commitment to fostering the choral art in the Denver area. Kantorei is a 501(c)(3) organization and all donations are tax deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law. Join our mailing list to be notified of upcoming concerts and special events. And purchase season tickets to confirm your seat at each of our upcoming concert series this season. It's easy to become a Kantorei supporter, and your support is sincerely appreciated.


across the sea

Denver Post Reviews "Across the Sea"

Read the full review online at The Denver Post



One of its most successful seasons yet, Kantorei recently wrapped up its 2009-2010 concert season by bringing internationally acclaimed conductor Simon Carrington to the Denver arts community. Most recently the professor of choral conducting at Yale University, Carrington is best known for co-founding the renowned British vocal ensemble The King’s Singers. Carrington joined Kantorei for an evening of choral music from several British composers including William Byrd, Henry Purcell, and Benjamin Britten. Britten's rarely-performed "A.M.D.G. (Ad majorem Dei gloriam)," a setting of seven texts by English poet Gerard Manley Hopkins, highlighted the selections under Carrington's direction.

SimonCarrington Denver Post reviewer Sabine Kortals was on hand and wrote, "Under his baton, a pair of William Byrd pieces illuminated the smooth, warmly resonant tone of the choir's well-blended voices."

Also featured in the concert was the world-premier performance of Lost in the Loving, Floating Ocean of Thee, the latest work from Kantorei’s own Timothy Tharaldson. The piece was very well-received by our audiences and was featured heavily in the review, in which Kortals writes, "...Tharaldson expertly employs the rich sound of the 52-voice choir to communicate a poignant serenade to a merciful Death."

Read the full review online at The Denver Post - "Kantorei's voices bring hymn to death sweet poignancy." To read more about the concert from The Denver Post, click here.



 

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