On Thursday, March 5 at 8:00pm, the University of Connecticut Department of Music will present the premier of the 2013 Raymond and Beverly Sackler Composition Prize-winning new work, A CHILD'S REQUIEM by Steven Sametz.
Performers will include the UConn Symphony Orchestra and UConn Concert Choir with special guests Chorus Angelicus Children's Choir and soloists: Jillian Cowles - treble, Janani Sridhar - soprano, and Gregory Zavracky - tenor, under the direction of Dr. Jamie Spillane. This powerful new composition is dedicated to the victims of the Sandy Hook tragedy. The concert, in the Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts on the UConn campus, will also include a performance of Antonin Dvorak's exciting Te Deum under the direction of Prof. Harvey Felder with soloists: Constance Rock - soprano and Rod Nelman - bass. There will be a pre-concert lecture by the composer and conductor at 7:15pm in the Jorgensen Gallery.
The concert and lecture will be repeated in Stamford, CT on Saturday, March 7 at THE PALACE, part of The Stamford Center for the Arts with the same times.
Admission to these two amazing concerts is free due in part to the generosity of the Sackler family. We hope you can join us.
A Child’s Requiem event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1615571255341363/
Steven Sametz composer: http://stevensametz.com/a-childs-requiem/
UConn Concert Choir: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0pKiClZ07k
For more information, contact: Dr. Jamie Spillane at jamie.spillane@uconn.edu