The UNCW Office of Cultural Arts, in partnership with the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra, presents "Bach at the Beach," a new summer music festival celebrating the incomparable genius of J.S. Bach. The two-day series features stellar performances by acclaimed regional artists as well as special guests of national prominence.
This summer's celebration opens Thursday, June 19 with an All-Bach Chamber Recital at UNCW's Kenan Auditorium. The program features a performance of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 by the North Carolina Guitar Quartet, as well as performances by UNC Wilmington music faculty Nancy King (soprano), Barry David Salwen (piano), Mary Jo White (flute) and Elizabeth Loparits (piano). Guest soloist Norman Bemelmans (piano) will close the evening with Bach's massive Organ Prelude and Fugue in D Major, in Busoni's concert transcription for solo piano
On Saturday, June 21, the Wilmington Symphony Select (Steven Errante, conductor) joins special guests the Vanguard Voices, an award-winning, 40-voice choir from Dearborn, Mich., for a performance of Bach's monumental Mass in b minor.
TICKETS
Tickets and information available at the Kenan Auditorium Box Office, Mon.-Fri.,10 a.m -6 p.m. (910) 962-3500 or toll free (800) 732-3643.
GUEST ARTIST PROFILE
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VANGUARD VOICES / G. Kevin Dewey, Artistic Director
Vanguard Voices, established in 1992, is dedicated to seeking out and performing the best in traditional and contemporary choral music. Its members enjoy the challenge of singing a cappella, with the Vanguard Brass Ensemble, and with symphony orchestras.
A prize winner at the 2001 Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in North Wales, the ensemble's most recent CDs are Vanguard Voices & Brass, featuring Rutter's Gloria and Dello Joio's Mass, and Vanguard Premieres, featuring live premiere performances of 14 new choral compositions.
Pictured above: the Vanguard Voices choral ensemble from Dearborn Michigan.
TICKETS & INFORMATION are available at the Kenan Auditorium Box Office,
Mon. - Fri.,10 a.m. - 6 p.m. (910) 962-3500 or toll free (800) 732-3643
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