MUS 391
college chorale
Jo Ellen Miano, director
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MUS 391
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College Chorale is a large mixed chorus that performs a wide spectrum of choral music, including classical pieces from the Renaissance through the 20th century, spirituals, and contemporary popular arrangements. There is no audition required to sing in College Chorale. You may register for MUS 391A (1 credit) during each registration period. The course may be repeated for credit for up to six credits.
College Chorale and Cardinal Singers presents a Fall Choral Concert and a Spring ChoralFest each year. The Fall Concert featured the combined choirs in Vivaldi's Magnificat with student soloists. ChoralFest 2013 will feature the combined choirs in Haydn's sparkling Te Deum for chorus and orchestra.
The College Chorale and Cardinal Singers present the annual ChoralFest Concert each spring. ChoralFest 2012 celebrated the vocal and choral splendor of American music theatre. The combined talent of College Chorale and Cardinal Singers presented a concert version of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel. All soloists and actors were drawn from the two ensembles.
Our ChoralFest 2011 featured Mozart's Regina Coeli for chorus and soloists, with a chamber orchestra. Chorale also sang pieces alone, including Keith Hampton's gospel arrangement of Sing Hallelujah! and a contemporary arrangement of Gershwin's Nice Work If You Can Get It.
The featured work for April 2010 was Benjamin Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb, written for chorus, soloists and organ. College Chorale and Cardinal Singers merged ensembles to sing this extraordinary piece. Because of the organ demands of Britten's work, we presented our ChoralFest Concert off campus at the United Methodist Church on Beekman Street, Plattsburgh, NY. The church houses a beautiful pipe organ.
ChoralFest 2010 lalso inked with the Choral Union/Champlain Valley Voices Concert to create a week-long choral-vocal project. Guest artist Kristine Ciesinski (soprano on international operatic and concert stages) was in residence from April 18-24. Ms. Ciesinski performed the role of Dido in the Choral Union/CVV concert-version performance of Purcell's Baroque opera, Dido and Aeneas, on April 24. Leading up to that performance, Ms. Ciesinski worked extensively with students in public and private settings and to present two public events.
Choral and Vocal Program of the Department of Music presented "In Conversation with Kristine Ciesinski: A Classical Singer's Life and Art." In a informal interview setting, Ms. Ciesinski spoke about building a singing career, specifically reflecting on her own career as a singing actress on the operatic and concert stages. DVD and audio clips from several of her finest performances will be screened. There was a Q&A session, followed by a reception.
Ms. Ciesinski worked extensively with other aspects of our choral-vocal program. She lead vocal clinics with College Chorale and Cardinal Singers during the ChoralFest week. These vocal clinic sessions were open to the public.
Ms. Ciesinski presented a public
voice masterclass with four applied voice students selected from our
vocal program. Final selection for participation in the masterclass
was made by the voice faculty.
Also featured on the masterclass were two young
artists from The Eastman School of Music MM in vocal performance
program, who both appeared with our Plattsburgh singers in roles in the CVV/Choral Union performance of
Dido and Aeneas.
During the week, Ms. Ciesinski coached SUNY voice students who were singing solo roles in Dido and Aeneas. Roles were assigned by audition.
College Chorale meets Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:00-3:15 p.m. in Myers Fine Arts Building, Room 300. This course may be repeated for up to six credits. Participation after six semesters is welcome, but after six credits, you will not receive additional credit or a grade, nor will your GPA be impacted.
If you have more questions about the group, please contact me by email and I will be happy to speak with you. Please use the contact me link above.
This page last modified on 01/27/13 .
©2003 Jo Ellen Miano. For more information about this site, please contact joellen.miano@plattsburgh.edu