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Asheville Choral Society Performs
“Be Here Now”
Aspecial treat is in store for
Western North Carolina
audiences when The Asheville
Choral Society performs
“Be Here Now: Singing the
Temporal Art of Living Composers,”
on Saturday, March 5 at 8 p.m. and
Sunday, March 6 at 4 p.m. in Central
United Methodist Church, downtown
Asheville.
Singing the Temporal Art
of Living Composers
“This concert is a celebration of
spirit in the wonder and engagement
of ancient wisdom and modern sound.
All of the creators of the music are
living composers, ranging in ages from
32 to 90 years old. There is much
musical variety, with colorful soundscapes
that conjure up images of a
thunderous ocean, a mystic ceremony,
a smoky jazz club, and even a Scottish
folk dance,” says Dr. Galloway, ACS’
March guest conductor.
“I’ll Ay Call in By Yon Town,”
features duo piano, while Dave Brubeck’s
“Mass,” will include
the Ray Lyons jazz trio.
Other musical selections
include a modern arrangement
of “Ubi Caritas,” by
Gjeilo, “I Am Not Yours,”
a Stroope adaptation of a
poem by Sara Teasdale, and “Animal
Crackers,” an Eric Whitacre lighthearted
arrangement of some of the
wittiest of Ogden Nash’s poetry.
The centerpiece is, “The
Here and Now,” by Christopher
Theofanidis, a beautiful and stirring
setting of poems by the 13th
century mystic, Rumi. This 2005 work
for soloists, chorus and orchestra will
feature Simone Vigilante, soprano, and
Jonathan Ross, baritone.
Melodie Galloway hails from
Asheville, where she serves as Assistant
Professor, Choral Director, and
Coordinator of Vocal Studies in the
UNCA Department of Music, as well
as Musical Director of the Junaluska
Singers, a 16-voice professional summer
ensemble.
Galloway holds a Doctoral degree
in choral conducting from UNC-
ACS guest
conductor Melodie
Galloway
BY LINDSEY RHODEN
Greensboro, as well as a
Masters in vocal performance
from Florida State
University. Her passion in
music runs the gamut from
classical to musical theatre,
jazz, and even the avantgarde.
“Be Here Now: Singing
the Temporal Art of Living Composers”
is the second concert in the Asheville
Choral Society’s 34th season,
“Good Things Come in Threes…Join
Us this Season.” Each concert features
a different guest conductor.
“From Tribulation to Celebration:
Finding the Divine through
Trial” will be conducted by Dr. C.
Michael Porter, May 21 and 22 in
Arden Presbyterian Church.
IF
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GO
Tickets to “Be Here
Now,” as well as for the
2010-2011 ACS Season,
can be purchased from
the Asheville Choral
Society via its website at www.
ashevillechoralsociety.org or by calling
(828) 232-2060. Special discounts are
available for groups of 10 or more.
Brevard Music Center Faculty Trio to Perform
The Brevard Music Center is a
gem we have in our own back
yard. Hendersonville Chamber
Music is fortunate to be able to
bring three of its outstanding
faculty to open their 2011 season.
The trio features pianist and Brevard
Music Center’s Artistic Director,
Bruce Murray with BMC’s Associate
Artistic Administrator Jason Posnock
on violin and Dilshad Posnock on flute.
Bruce Murray holds a full-time,
year-round role at Brevard as Dean
and Artistic Administrator while maintaining
an active
performing career.
He has appeared
with such conductors
as Keith Lockhart
and David
Effron.
Violinist Jason
Posnock has performed
regularly
with such prominent
American
ensembles as
the Philadelphia
and Pittsburgh
Brevard Music Center’s Bruce Murray,
with Jason and Dilshad Posnock.
Symphony Orchestras. Currently,
he is Associate Artistic Administrator
of the Brevard Music Center and, in
his spare time, Concertmaster of the
Asheville Symphony Orchestra.
Flutist Dilshad Posnock performed
regularly with the Pittsburgh
Symphony, Ballet and Opera. Now
based in Brevard, NC, Ms. Posnock
performs with the Asheville Choral
Society and has appeared as Guest
Principal Flute with the Asheville
Symphony Orchestra.
Hendersonville Chamber Music
season calls for
the EastWind
Wind Quintet,
in residence at
the University
of North Carolina-Greensboro
on March
20; The NGU
piano quartet,
in residence at
North Greenville
University
on April 17; the
Bill Gerhardt Jazz
Trio with vocalist Sharon LaMotte on
May 1 and the Kontras String Quartet,
winners of the Western Piedmont
residency competition, on May 22.
Series tickets and $17 individual
tickets are available at the Hendersonville
Visitors Center, and at the door
on the day of the performance. More
information at hendersonvillechambermusic.org.
IF
YOU
GO
BY ROBERT WILEY
Hendersonville
Chamber Music
Concerts take place at
the First Congregational
Church on the corner
of Fifth Avenue and White Pine
in Hendersonville. Performances
are on Sunday afternoons at 3 p.m.
Subscriptions for all five concerts are
$70. They are available by mailing
a check or money order payable to
HFCM to Hendersonville Chamber
Music, P.O. Box 271 Hendersonville,
NC 28793.
8 February 2011 — RAPID RIVER ARTS & CULTURE MAGAZINE — Vol. 14, No. 6