Thursday, May 22, 2014

Want to Sing at Carnegie Hall?

After a successful performance at Carnegie Hall in 2012, retired Sac City College Choral Director Doreen Irwin and her “Sacramento City College Alumni Choir” have been invited back. The dates are May 21-25, 2015, and Doreen needs to source 50 to 100 excellent singers to make up the choir for this “once in a lifetime” experience.

The cost is $1,349 per person (not including airfare), based on quad occupancy. Participants can also get a room for one, two or three for an added fee. Non-singing guests are welcome for the same fee. They get tickets to the concert, and participate in all the tour activities, such as a post-concert celebration reception cruise aboard the “Spirit of New York,” that includes a buffet dinner, music and dancing while sailing with view of sights like the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan skyline. The first deposit of $250 is due October 1, and there is a payment schedule.

Doreen expects to start rehearsing late in the fall, and at least once a week in the spring, most likely at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church on Wednesday evening. She notes that all the music will be memorized.

There is much more information which Doreen will be happy to give prospective singers. Many details are in the document at this link:  http://www.sacchoralcalendar.com/News/Irwin_Carnegie_2015.pdfContact her by e-mail, DoreenIrwin@comcast.net or by phone at (916) 991-5232.

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Ryan Murray Chosen as Ansbacher Fellow


Music in the Mountains announces that Resident Conductor and Choral Director Ryan Murray has just been selected as a winner of the 2014 Ansbacher Fellowship for Young Conductors with the Vienna Philharmonic through the American Austrian Foundation.

"This fellowship provides promising young conductors from the United States the opportunity to spend up to four weeks at the Salzburg Festival observing the world's leading conductors and artists at work during rehearsals and performances. Fellows will live at Schloss Arenberg, located a mere ten minutes from the Festival Hall, where they also be able to interact with members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, who are in residence at Schloss Arenberg during the month of August."