‘Post Minimal’ theme for Music of the Masters Concert April 27
This year’s Music of the Masters concert is titled “(Post) Minimal” and will highlight a variety of composers. The concert will be on Sunday, April 27, at 3 p.m. with a preconcert lecture at 2 p.m.
“This year, we are taking a slightly different approach to the ‘Masters’ theme,'” said Zachary Vreeman, DMA. The music selected for this year’s concert “ … is written by composers that can rightly be called masters of their art, but instead of orienting the program around a single large piece of music, we have instead assembled music that is reflective of a major movement in music history,” said Vreeman, choral conductor.
According to Vreeman, the concert will explore the “ … influence more thoroughly in the music of a wide variety of late 20th and 21st century composers from all over the world, composers that are not strictly minimalist but applied a number of techniques explored by the early minimalists.”
The concert features music by Trond Kverno, Arvo Pärt, John Tavener, Sarah Hopkins, Veljo Tormis, Franz Biebl, Eric Whitacre, Jake Runestad, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Pärt Uusber, and Jaakko Mäntyjärvi.
Instrumentalists for the concert are Linsey Thomason on violin and Rebecca Mellendorf on piano.
The CC Chamber Singers include sopranos Katie Baumstarck, Danica Boyce, Emma Gustaf, Jillia Mascarenas, Eva Vreeman, and Tash Wyse; altos Madison Billings, Olivia Judkins, Jordan Napier, Ava Ostrander, Lindsey Scott, and Mala Stagg; tenors James Chappelow, Jackson Richard, Owen LaCount, and Josh Simon; and basses Jackson Cochran, Soren Engstrom, Collin Jones, Kevin Kaske, and Joshua Knutson.
The Festival Choir includes sopranos Katie Baumstarck, Danica Boyce, Emma Gustaf, Micah Hebbert, Ruby Martin, Jillian Mascarenas, Emma Mayfield, Lila Olsen, and Eva Vreeman; altos Madison Billings, Joan Davies, Leah Hoblit, Olivia Judkins, Cora Martorelli, Jordan Napier, Lindsey Scott, Mala Stagg, and Tash Wyse; tenors James Chappelow, Eian Eco, Owen LaCount, Jeremy Rich, Josh Simon, Titus Vreeman, and Josh Robles; and basses Sophia Casner, Jackson Cochran, Soren Engstrom, Collin Jones, Kevin Kaske, Joshua Knutson, Marcos Martinez, Mark Mehn, Henry Powell, and Isaac Vreeman.
The concert and preconcert lecture are free and open to the public and will occur in Wheeler Concert Hall, located in the Music Building on the Casper College campus.