2008-2009 Season
The Colorado College Music
Department presents
Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble,
Visiting Ensemble in Residence
Sunday, October 12 3:00 p.m.
Cornerstone Arts Center
Colorado College
This concert of choral masterpieces from the Renaissance to the present
day will open CVAE's year-long appointment as Visiting
Artists in Residence at Colorado College.
The program will feature works by Claudio Monteverdi, Johannes Brahms,
and Rene Clausen, as well as settings of traditional American songs.
No Admission Charge, donations accepted
Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble and
the Colorado College Choir
Anton Bruckner Mass in E minor
Friday, December 5 7:30 p.m.
Shove Chapel
Colorado College
CVAE joins forces with The CC Choir to present Bruckner's Mass in E minor. This glorious masterpiece of the 19th
century is set for double choir and an orchestra of wind and brass
instruments. With a combined strength
of more than 100 voices, this performance promises to raise the roof. The performance will also include works by Gabrieli and Palestrina.
No admission charge
Wintersong
Friday, December 19 7:30 p.m.
Shove Chapel
Colorado College
AND
Sunday, Dec 21 4:00
Tri-Lakes United Methodist Church
Monument, CO
Combining music and spoken word, this unforgettable event is the most
popular in CVAE’s season. This year’s
program will span the centuries, including works by Heinrich Schutz and Benjamin Britten, as well as beautiful and
unusual arrangements of traditional favorites.
Please join the Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble for this memorable holiday
tradition.
No admission charge, free-will offering
A Carlton Gamer Retrospective
A concert of works by Colorado College Professor Emeritus and Composer, Carlton Gamer
Sunday Feb. 22 3:00 p.m.
Packard Hall
Colorado College
This performance will feature the choral works of composer and Colorado
College Professor Emeritus Carlton Gamer.
The program includes Star in Clay,
for choir and brass ensemble, Choros, for choir, string quartet,
early instruments, piano, organ and percussion, as well as several works for a
cappella choir.
No admission charge
Voice,
Verse, and Vision
Friday, April 3 7:00 p.m.
OR
Saturday, April 4 7:00 p.m.
Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts
Palmer Lake, CO
More information about this event coming soon!
Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble and
The Colorado College Chamber
Chorus
Friday, May 1 7:30 p.m.
Shove Chapel
Colorado College
A Celebration of the Art of Chamber Singing! More information about programming for this concert coming soon.
No admission charge
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SOME PREVIOUS PERFORMANCES
2007/2008 Season
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
Monday, 17 June
CVAE with the Colorado College Summer Conservatory
Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Scott Yoo
Official opening of CC’s new Cornerstone Arts
Center
Voice, Verse, and Vision
Friday, May 9
Gallery Two-Ten, 210 East Cimarron Street
Colorado Springs
Playground: Songs of Memory and Childhood
This concert united CVAE and the Colorado College
student a cappella group “Room 46.”
The program featured original works by CC Bachelor
of Arts candidate John Zirkle,
as well as Estonian composer Veljo Tormis’ haunting “Childhood Memories” and
Steven Stucky’s “Three
Cradle Songs”
Saturday, May 3
Packard Hall, Colorado College
The
Song and the Space: A Glorious Sequence of A Cappella Cathedral Music
Friday, April 4
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Colorado Springs
Saturday April 5
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Pueblo, CO
Wintersong
Inspired
by the beauty of the season, this CVAE classic has become an indispensable
tradition.
Bring
the family and celebrate the holidays with glorious a cappella singing.
Friday, December
14
Shove
Chapel
Colorado
Saturday,
December 15
Trinity
2200
Broadway
Boulder,
CO
Gateways
CVAE joins forces
with outstanding ensembles from Coronado High School and Mitchell High School
Saturday, November 3
Shove Chapel
Colorado College
16th
Season Opening Concert
Friday October 1
First Christian
Church
Colorado Springs
Sunday, October 14
Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts
Palmer Lake, CO
2006/2007
(15th Anniversary Season)
Voices
on Fire
Sunday, October 29
Broadmoor
Colorado Springs, CO
Sunday, November 5
Cathedral of the
Sacred Heart
Pueblo, CO
Wintersong
Friday, December 15
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO
Sunday, December 17
Tri-Lakes United
Monument, CO
Gateways:
Music in a Grand Space
CVAE’s 2007 High
School Residency program culminated in a joint performance
featuring
outstanding high school chamber ensembles.
Saturday, February
10
St.
Mary's Cathedral
Colorado Springs, CO
CVAE
and Ormao Dance Company present
Modern
Dance meets the Choral Art!
Original
choreography brings new dimensions to some of CVAE’s best-loved repertoire,
including
Eric Whitacre’s fanciful masterpiece Leonardo
Dreams of His Flying Machine and
Sid Robinovitch’s sensuous Olvido (Oblivion).
Friday, March 23 and
Sunday, March 25
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO
Voice,
Verse and Vision
Friday, April 20
Smokebrush Gallery
Colorado Springs, CO
Gian
Carlo Menotti:
The
Unicorn, The Gorgon and the Manticore
Colorado Vocal Arts
Ensemble,
Thomas Wilson,
conductor
Co- presented by the
Saturday, June 9 and
Sunday, June 10
The Louisa
Performing
The
Colorado Springs, CO
2005/2006
Season
Opening
Concert
Sunday, October 23, 2005
First Christian
Church
Colorado Springs
Special
Engagement
Friday, October 28, 2005
Lamont
Wintersong
Friday, December
16, 2005
Shove Chapel,
Sunday, December
18
Good Shepherd
United
Security, CO
Special Engagement
Sunday, January
29, 2006
Westcliffe, CO
Out of
the Deep
Sunday, March 5,
2006
First Congregational Church
Colorado
Springs, CO
Friday, March
24, 2006
St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral
Denver, CO
Voice, Verse and Vision
Friday, April
21, 2006
The Warehouse
Restaurant and Gallery
Colorado
Springs, CO
**June 2006 Tour of
Friday, June 2, 2006
Grace Presbyterian Church
3955 Studebaker Rd,
Saturday, June 3, 2006
Trinity
1340 Eleventh Street,
Sunday, June 4, 2006
The Nixon Library
18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard,
Monday, June 5, 2006
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
555 West Temple Street,
Monday, June 5 2006
Church of
1450 S. Melrose Dr.,
2004/2005
Season
Taylor
Memorial Concert Series: Sacred Treasures
October 17, 2004
Grace Episcopal Church
Colorado Springs, CO
Blending voices in combinations of high and
low, this program offers choral splendor in full spectrum. Renaissance works by Claudio Monteverdi and
Orlando Lassus feature the heavenly sounds of CVAE’s
sopranos and altos, while Poulenc’s Quatre Petites Prieres, settings of texts by
Wintersong
Friday, December 17, 2004
Shove Chapel
Colorado
Colorado Springs, CO
Inspired by the beauty of the season,
CVAE’s holiday classic Wintersong offers
wide and various musical perspectives on the tales and traditions connected with
Christmas. This eclectic program features traditional carols, as well as works
by William Byrd, Samuel Scheidt, Johannes Brahms,
Eric Whitacre, and Bob Chilcott.
Bring the entire family and let the glorious sounds of a cappella singing be a
special part of your holiday celebration.
Places
in the Heart: Music and Landscape
Friday, March 11, 2005
First Congregational Church
Colorado Springs, CO
A concert celebrating the importance of
place and the beauty of landscape, this program includes Thomas Flaherty A Timbered Choir, excerpts from Dominick Argento’s
Walden and the premiere performance of Herb Beattie’s Songs of the
Dream-Catchers
American
Guild of Organists Regional Convention
Monday, June 27, 2005
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Colorado Springs, CO
2003/2004
Season
Taylor
Memorial Concert Series
Sunday, November 2, 2003
Grace Episcopal Church
Colorado Springs, CO
Works for choir
and percussion, by Johannes Brahms, Eric Whitacre,
Jean Belmont, and Irish composer Michael McGlynn
Special
Engagement
Saturday,
November 15, 2003
Guest artist appearance with the Pueblo Chorale
Hogue Hall,
Pueblo, CO
The ensemble
joins the Pueblo Chorale in a concert of music by composers from the
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Wintersong
Friday, December 19, 2003
Shove Chapel,
Colorado Springs, CO
CVAE’s most
popular concert! Bring the family and
join us for music of the season in the acoustical splendor of Shove Chapel by
candlelight.
Voices!
Music of Life; Passages and Celebration
Sunday, February 22, 2004
Collaboration with the Colorado Springs
Chorale and Colorado Springs Children’s Chorale
Pikes Peak
Center
Colorado
Springs, CO
Three
Voice,
Verse and Vision: An Arts Collaboration
Friday, April
23, 2004
First Christian Church
Colorado
Springs, CO
A concert and art show combined, this is CVAE’s
second bi-annual presentation of this award-winning project involving student
poetry set to music and represented in visual art by adult composers and
artists.
2002/2003
Season
Wintersong: A Celebration of the
Season
Friday, December 20, 2002
Shove Memorial Chapel,
Colorado
Springs, CO
Experience CVAE in
“surround sound!”
Bringing you holiday music both traditional and surprising, the ensemble will
sing around, above, with and for you in the amazing acoustics and inspiring ambience
of Shove Chapel by candlelight.
The Mysterious
Musical Machine
Saturday, February 8, 2003
Now in its fourth season of performances in
local schools, this popular outreach program will educate and delight the
entire family. Join us for this musical journey through history!
Music to Make
Your Spirit Soar
Sunday, May 4, 2003
First Congregational Church
Colorado
Springs, CO
CVAE is joined by the Summit Ensemble of
the Colorado Springs Children’s Chorale in this presentation of traditional
folk songs, American spirituals and other music to make your spirit soar.