UNF Chamber Singers Baltic Tour : Lithuania | 2018

The University of North Florida Chamber Singers' 2018 "American Celebration on Music in the Baltic" tour. (Part 1/2)

In the Early Summer of 2018, The UNF Chamber Singers set out on a ten day tour through the Baltic States of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. The Singers would officially perform at four spectacular venues throughout the Baltics. Furthermore, the chamber singers would have the opportunity to both meet and interact with several world famous composers (Including Lithuanian Composer Voclovas Augistinas), as well as sight see in some of the most incredible cities in the world.

Performance of "Tykus Tykus " with Voclavas Augustines in Kaunas, Lithuania: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bEfxqRt27M

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Conductor and Program Lead - Dr. Cara Tasher
Faculty Bio - https://www.unf.edu/facultyforum/Dr__Cara_Tasher.aspx

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The Chamber Singers:

(Sopranos) Tenor Bass
Molly Ann Anderson, Juliana Galletti, Yevgeniya Gnezdilova-Tadi, Megan Hines, Madeline Mangas, Alexandria Pecoraro, Calieanne Procter, Alexis Yost

(Altos)
Ellison Donihue, Marinette Gomez, Holly Hammond, Erin Hawortsh, Anna Mans, India White, Maggie Stephens,

(Tenors)
Aidan Berry, Andrew Braun, Alex Furlong, Michael Godfrey, Caleb Hausman, Dwayne Stanton

(Basses)
Kurt Boyd, James Houck IV, Wilford Kelly, Joeavian Rivera Quintana, Joseph Smith, Rob Vincent

More Information on the UNF Chamber Singers:

The University of North Florida Chamber Singers is the main recruiting ensemble of the UNF Choral Department, offering a diverse and well-balanced repertoire, remarkable student leadership, and world-class music-making opportunities. The ensemble performs up to 20 challenging and dazzling concerts per year, and is noted for its highly emotive performances. Rigorous auditions occur at the beginning of each academic year and excellence and enthusiasm in solo and choral music performance skills are hallmarks of this ensemble. Annual choral highlights include Jacksonville SINGS! Honor Chorus Festival, Osprey Choral Showcases, and Handel’s Messiah. Recent masterworks performed by the ensembles include Dream of Gerontius, Missa Solemnis and Belshazzar’s Feast with the Jacksonville Symphony, Bach St. John’s Passion, Brahms Requiem, Mozart Requiem and Orff Carmina Burana in collaboration with the UNF Orchestra, Lawson Ensemble and other talented forces. In recent years, singers have worked with Michael Barrett, Simon Carrington, Chanticleer, Bob Chilcott, Simon Halsey, Nicole Lamartine, Joey Martin, Gene Peterson, Eugene Rogers, Sandra Snow, Eric Whitacre, and the Yuval Ron Ensemble. They were featured performers in the State American Choral Director’s Association (ACDA) state conferences (2013 and 2017), and in the 2014 ACDA Southern Regional Conference. Their international profile includes choral tours to Italy, Portugal, South Africa, and now the Baltic States. In all of their endeavors, members of the UNF Chamber Singers work to deeply understand the music they sing and the cultures from which it comes. Singers perform with the highest artistic standards and find tremendous joy in making the music come alive.

Chamber Singers UNF Page: https://www.unf.edu/coas/music/Chamber_Singers.aspx

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Dates & Locations /Baltic Tour:

30 April @ 6:30pm
St. John’s Church, Vilnius
Šv. Jono Krikštytojo

1 May @ 6:30pm
St. Francis Xavier, Kaunas
Šv. Pranciškus Ksaveras

4 May @ 10:00am
Eriks Esenvalds, Riga

3 May @ 6:00pm
St. John’s Church, Riga
Rīgas Svētā Jāņa baznīca

6 May @ 10am
Pärt Uusberg, Tallinn

6 May @ 6:00pm
House of Blackheads, Tallinn
Mustpeade maja
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A film by Austin Perkins
Otter Space Productions 2018

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