TEXAS CHORAL CONSORT
2008 SUMMER SYMPOSIUM
JULY
19 - AUGUST 16, 2008
BRENT BALDWIN, Artistic Director & Conductor
Symposium
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"Of Music, Memory and Time" will examine a wide variety of musical and poetical styles, including John Corigliano's lush setting of the Dylan Thomas poem "Fern Hill," Eric Whitacre's hauntingly enigmatic "Five Hebrew Love Songs", and Henry Purcell's ever-popular masterpiece, "Ode to St. Cecilia."
The Symposium will culminate in two performances on August 15 and 16, for which we will be joined by a professional orchestra to bring alive these timeless treasures (in addition to some other surprises).
Space is limited and interest is high so the ranks are expected to fill up quickly. Rehearsals begin on Saturday, July 19. So, reserve your spot by submitting your registration today!
Texas Choral Consort is excited to announce that soloists Stephanie Prewitt and David Small will join the Summer Symposium.
 Stephanie Prewitt, alto soloist, has performed in theaters, cathedrals, and concert halls throughout the United States and Europe, in repertoire spanning eight centuries. A resident of Europe for two years after completing her university training, she soloed regularly with the renowned Clemencic Consort in Vienna and Paris. She was a member of the six-voice ensemble La Cappella, and toured with them extensively throughout Austria, Italy, and Scandinavia, in eclectic repertory ranging from obscure masterpieces of the Austrian Renaissance to American spirituals.
In the USA, she has sung with many festivals and ensembles: Aspen Music Festival; Carmel Bach Festival; New Texas Music Works; Round Top Early Music Festival; Victoria Bach Festival; New York Ensemble for Early Music; Texas Early Music Project; and La Follia Austin Baroque. Her most recent honors include an Austin Critics Table Award (2001) and the Adams Vocal Master Class Fellowship (2001) from the internationally acclaimed Carmel Bach Festival. She is featured on a recording of Koch International, singing 12th-century polyphonic chant with Heliotrope, an ensemble based in California. In Europe, she has recorded for Preiser and Nuovo Era.
 David Small, baritone, enjoys an established and continuing career on the operatic and concert stage. Equally comfortable with comedy or drama, his repertoire is richly varied, including performances of well over fifty different operatic roles. In 1991, he debuted his Figaro in IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA for the Lyric Opera of Kansas City with great success and subsequently has enjoyed over one hundred performances of the role. He made his Austin Lyric debut in this signature role in 1998 and repeated it for ALO in the 2007 season. His Figaro has charmed audiences for the opera companies of Des Moines Metro Opera, Fresno, Nevada, Dayton, Toledo, Lyric Opera Cleveland and touring France and Spain with IL Teatro Lyrico d’Europa.
In addition to numerous recitals, he has appeared as soloist with St. Louis Symphony, Cincinnati May Festival, Austin Symphony, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Rochester Philharmonic, Canton Symphony, Missouri Symphony, and Bravo! Colorado Music Festival. He made his Carnegie Hall debut in the LORD NELSON MASS and SCHUBERT MASS IN G with John Rutter conducting.
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