FREE CONCERT: World Premiere “In Childhood’s Thicket” with Chorus pro Musica

November 5, 2017, 3:00 pm
Distler Hall, Tufts University

Composer Andy Vores weaves together poetry by local writer Frederick Choi with diverse nursery rhymes that feature odd situations, curious occurrences, and bad behavior, to explore of how the puzzlements of childhood can lead to finding a place and identity in the world. The music creates a unique sonic world by means of an electronic and environmental soundtrack and the use of looping pedals to create webs of sound by superimposing the singing of the chorus upon itself.

In 2016, Chorus pro Musica premiered Vores's Spencer the Rover, for chorus and brass band, which was also commissioned by the chorus.

The program will also include:
Johannes Brahms, Op. 112
No. 3 Himmel strahlt so helle, Allegro non troppo (D major)
No. 4 Rote Rosenknospen, Allegretto grazioso (F major)
Saunder Choi, Leron, Leron Sinta
Ysaye Barnwell, Wanting Memories
Stephen Sondheim, Children Will Listen, from his popular musical, "Into the Woods"

This concert is free with general admission; first come, first serve. Learn more at https://choruspromusica.org/concert/in-childhoods-thicket/

The concert is sponsored in part by Tufts University and is included in the Tufts Sunday Concert Series.