The UConn Collegium Musicum and Chamber Singers will perform a free concert in the Auditorium, UConn Avery Point Campus, at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 1. The program will offer a rare opportunity to hear Thomas Tallis's extraordinary 40-part motet 'Spem in Alium', a landmark of Renaissance music in which eight 5-part choirs weave a web of intricate polyphony, in addition to music by Heinrich Schütz, Freddie Mercury (Queen's 'Somebody to Love'), and others. At end of the program the UConn choirs will be joined by singers from Fitch, Ledyard, and Ella T. Grasso high schools in Shawn Kirchner’s stirring arrangement of the southern gospel tune ‘Unclouded Day’.
This concert forms part of the Ensemble in Residence Program, established by UConn's School of Fine Arts and Department of Music with an Academic Plan Grant from the Office of the Provost. The new program will bring to UConn’s regional campuses, and the communities to which they belong, opportunities to experience the artistry and creativity of outstanding student musicians, who engage with a diverse range of musical traditions in fourteen different ensembles offered by the Music Department at Storrs. Ensemble concerts will be complemented by workshops involving local K-12 schools and other related events.
For more information, contact: Caitlin Healy at caitlin.healy@uconn.edu