| Show Choirs to masquerade and serenade as The Beatles in concert Director invites students to audition for new school year Lisa Tobias Contributing Writer Get out the bug spray here come The Beatles prestigious Chamber Choir and Salt City Jazz Choir along with Get Back a local Beatles cover band are bringing back the Beatles Mark your calendars to hear Yesterday on Thursday April 10 You'll think the Beatles are still alive as you hear them perform some of the most popular Beatles songs as well as songs from the and Tom Bagley one of music theory teachers arranged a medley of five songs by the Beatles for the Chamber Choir Eight Days a Week I IWanna IWanna IWanna Wanna Hold Your Hand Help Yesterday and Cant Buy Me Love Several solos and duets by the Chamber Choir and Salt City Jazz will also be performed student Taylor Malmrose will be spicing up the night by playing the accordion with the choir as they also sing When I was Sixty The choirs are also dressing up in clothes as they and sing to the tunes Lyle Archibald choir director said the purpose of this concert is to sing music that is light fun and familiar Every year Archibald organizes a fun production like this The Ther r f starts at It 1 P u pm p.m. at the Grand Theatre at South City Campus and andis andis andis is free to students The last performance of the year for the Chamber Choir will be performed on April 20 on Sunday as part of the Madeleine Festival The Cathedral of the Madeleine presents performing ng arts events for two months every Sunday night This year is the 20 Anniversary of the Madeleine Festival which started April 6 and will end May 25 It is a privilege and honor for the Chamber Choir to represent This is the first year the Chamber Choir will participate in this festival The only other choir that has been invited to sing in the Madeleine Festival is the Mormon Tabernacle Choir five years ago Archibald doesn't know exactly why the choir was selected to tobe tobe tobe be apart of this traditional festival A collection of moving spirituals hymns and American Folks songs will be performed These 2009 2008 09 f i O 3 I Auditions for 2008 L f Chamber h Choir J Concert Choir t i f r Fr Y r Salt Jazz City i 7 or f f. f s Auditions are currently being held and will viII continue 3 to take ake place throughout the summer and into the n rK r- r K i first week of Fall Semester t f lp A t t J J P Come Come prepared to sing your best song with music H 7 ups Warm ups will also be part of the audition to determine range rang 1 Contact for more information 1 i. i i R t t J I Di r concerts will start at 8 pm p.m. and are free to the public These American Folk songs and Beatles songs are all part of Archibald's agenda and goals for the students to learn Over a two year period his focus for the students is for them to learn how to sing different styles of repertoire from every time period renaissance baroque romantic 20 century pop jazz classical and multi multi- cultural Auditions for Chamber Choir Concert Choir or Salt City Jazz are currently being held and will last throughout the summer until the first week of school in the Fall Chamber Choir classes will be held at South City Campus Monday Wednesday and Friday at 11 am a.m. Salt City Jazz classes will be beheld held at South City campus Tuesday and Thursday at 11 II am a.m. and Concert Choir classes willbe will willbe willbe be held at Redwood campus on Monday Wednesday and Friday at 9 am a.m. Archibald is hoping for 80 people to join concert choir His intent for this class is that people will willable willable willable able to receive cr credit dit for a aFine aFine aFine Fine Arts general education requirement This class is worth one credit the first semester and two credits the next semester so you get one free extra credit if you take this class for the whole year Archibald's specialty is bringing large choral groups together and putting on spectacular productions Archibald's annual Messiah production featuring traditional and gospel choirs is a must see tradition for Utah r residents If you are interested in auditioning for any of these choirs come prepared to sing your best song with an accompanist or a recording Warm-ups Warm will also be bea a part of this audition to determine your rang Contact Lyle Archibald at The choirs at give wonderful opportunities to students that other colleges or ties dont don't offer Students learn and grow and have fun in a se setting ing have the opportunity to be part of advertised perform performances around the valley learn leam how to sing various types of repertoire and be directed by a superb musician |
