The UVA Chamber Singers present a concert on Sunday, November 23rd at 3:30 pm at St. Paul's Church on University Avenue. Michael Slon directs the Chamber Singers. The concert is entitled "Arvo Pärt at 90 – UVA Chamber Singers Fall Concert"
This September, world–famous Estonian composer Arvo Pärt turned 90. In celebration of this event, and fresh off their performances in the Baltics with the University Singers, the UVA Chamber Singers present a special program of Pärt’s music – join us November 23, 3:30 pm at St. Paul’s Memorial Church on the Corner. The program will feature some of his most beloved choral works, including Magnificat, “I am the True Vine,” “Solfeggio,” and The Beatitudes, as well as the instrumental work Spiegel im Spiegel and rarely heard selections from his Songs from Childhood. The singers will be joined on the St. Paul’s organ by their principal accompanist, Deke Polifka.
Tickets are available in advance at the UVA Arts Box Office in the Culbreth building, online at http://tickets.artsboxoffice.virginia.edu, by calling (434) 924-3376, and via QR code donations at the door.
Founded in 2005 and led by faculty conductor Michael Slon, the UVA Chamber Singers is a select ensemble drawn from the University Singers (UVA’s flagship chorus), and committed to broad programming perspectives, performs a wide variety of repertoire ranging from early music to contemporary compositions. In addition to a performance for the Governor and other distinguished guests at UVA’s 2017 Bicentennial Celebration, performances have included Britten’s Hymn to St. Cecilia, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas (with Three Notch’d Road Baroque ensemble), programs of Latin American choral music, choral music from film and Broadway, new music by Meredith Monk (performed with the Meredith Monk Vocal Ensemble), and a concert of campaign songs with the UVA Center for Politics and special guests including Martin Luther King III. Other collaborations include concerts with the Staunton Music Festival, Victory Hall Opera (in pioneering presentations of Poulenc and Gluck operas with deaf actors), the Charlottesville Chamber Music Festival, and a 2022 presentation of Defiant Requiem (honoring the prisoners at Terezin who performed the Verdi Requiem) at the Strathmore Music Center with five other universities. They’ve sung in workshop with UVA Chamber Singers Peter Phillips and members of the Tallis Scholars, and in 2014, were honored to perform for composer Philip Glass. They’ve also been heard in major works, at VMEA (2010) and Virginia All–State (2025), and on tour in the U.S. and Europe with the University Singers.
Tickets for the concert are $15 general / $5 students / Free for UVA students who reserve in advance; and are available at the UVA Arts Box Office in the Culbreth building, online at http://tickets.artsboxoffice.virginia.edu or by calling (434) 924-3376. Tickets will not be sold at the door, so please purchase your tickets in advance. Day of concert donations will be possible by QR code at the door.
For more info visit: http://music.virginia.edu/chamber-singers http://music.virginia.edu/usingers
Auditions: Auditions for the University Singers & Chamber Singers take place at the beginning of each semester.
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All programs are subject to change.
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