Shofar: In Memoriam cancelled.
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Shofar: In Memoriam Cancelled
March 6, 2020 (Boston, MA) — It is with the deepest regret, that Coro Allegro learned this evening that Harvard University had cancelled all events in Sanders Theatre effective immediately through April 30, due to public health concerns. As a result we have no choice but to cancel our concert Shofar: In Memoriam, which was to take place on Sunday, March 8, at 3pm in Sanders Theatre.
Read the full statement at the Coro blog .
Shofar: In Memoriam
Sunday, March 8, 2020 3pm
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge
Read the Concert Preview in JewishBoston.com:
"Shofar is a powerful metaphor embedded in choral music"
Featuring
New England Classical Singers
ROBERT STERN, Shofar
Teresa Wakim, soprano • Jonas Budris, tenor
Aaron Engebreth, baritone • David Kravitz, baritone
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Five Mystical Songs
Ron Williams, Baritone
JOHANNES BRAHMS, Nänie, Opus 82
In memory of Robert Stern, Sanford Sylvan, and Donald Wilkinson
In Memoriam
"A little over a year ago, the Boston area musical community lost three extraordinary musicians in rapid succession: composer Robert Stern, baritone Sanford Sylvan, and baritone Donald Wilkinson. For Coro Allegro, it lost three close members and friends of the LGBTQ+ community and frequent collaborators who, through multiple performances, recordings and commissions, became inextricably woven into the fabric of what has become Coro Allegro." — From a program note by Artistic Director David Hodgkins for Coro's upcoming concert in honor of Robert Stern, Sanford Sylvan, and Donald Wilkinson. Read more at the Coro Blog.
"Shofar" Painting Auction
Coro Allegro is auctioning "Shofar," a painting by artist Susan Pepper Aisenberg, a generous gift from Catherine Madsen, librettist of Robert Stern's oratorio Shofar. Proceeds will support our upcoming concert Shofar: In Memoriam, in honor of Robert Stern, Sanford Sylvan, and Donald Wilkinson. Read the story of this wonderful painting at the Coro Blog.
"Shofar," Acrylic
Susan Pepper Aisenberg
Shofar: A Call to Come Together
Monday, February 24, 2020, 7-8:30pm
Hunneman Hall, The Public Library of Brookline
Panelists:
Joshua Jacobson
of the Zamir Chorale of Boston
Carol Marton
of Koleinu
Derek David
of A Besere Velt
David Hodgkins
of Coro Allegro & New England Classical Singers
Catherine Madsen
author and the librettist of Shofar
In a time of broken covenants, division, and a resurgence of anti-semitism, we invited all to come together for a free panel discussion with the directors of Boston's three Jewish choruses, in celebration of Jewish choral music and Robert Stern’s oratorio Shofar. Learn more.
Coro reflects on Holocaust Remembrance Day
The chorus reflects on Holocaust Remembrance Day, Robert Stern's Shofar, the broken covenants and resurgent anti Semitism of our own time, and the urgency of raising our voices. Read more at the Coro Blog.
Letters to our Children:
Voices across Generations for LGBTQ+ Youth
Sunday, May 17, 2020 3pm
Sanders Theatre, Cambridge
ANDREA CLEARFIELD
Here I Am: I Am Here [World Premiere]
RONALD PERERA
When Music Sounds
OJA GJEILO
Dark Night of the Soul
Luminous Night of the Soul
13th Annual Daniel Pinkham Award:
Sam Brinton of the Trevor Project
"A gem.... hope, freedom, justice and joy—all evident in the sound and faces of the soloists and choristers"
—Boston Musical Intelligencer, "Deep and Profound along the Charles"
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Look for Coro's upcoming album
In the spring of 2018, Coro Allegro and Artistic Director David Hodgkins were proud to record We Are Here at Futura Productions. The album features Kareem Roustom's Rage Against the tyrant(s) and Eric Banks' Aluta continua: The passion of David Kato Kisule, two works by American composers bearing witness to international human rights. Keep an eye out for the full album in 2019!
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