Mozart鈥檚 Requiem Performed by 春色视频 University Chorus and Symphony Orchestra Friday
The 春色视频 Department of Music closes its 2018-19 season on Saturday, June 7, with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart鈥檚 Requiem performed by the University Chorus and Symphony Orchestra.
Conducted by Caleb Lewis, lecturer in music and director of choirs, the concert features guest soloists Tabitha Burchett, soprano, Heidi Waterman, mezzo-soprano, Michael Jankosky, tenor, and faculty affiliate Malcolm MacKenzie, baritone. The program also includes Mozart鈥檚 short work, 鈥淎ve verum corpus.鈥
Lewis has degrees in choral music from Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, and Emory University in Atlanta. Prior to joining 春色视频 in 2018, he received his Doctor of Music in Choral Conducting from Indiana University鈥檚 Jacobs School of Music.
MacKenzie has appeared at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Paris Opera (Bastille), Finland鈥檚 Savonlinna Festival, Washington National Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, San Diego Opera, Arizona Opera, Fort Worth Opera, and Pittsburgh Opera. He has sung pivotal roles in 鈥淒on Giovanni,鈥 鈥淭osca,鈥 鈥淟a Traviata,鈥 鈥淢adama Butterfly鈥 and 鈥淥tello.鈥
Burchett has sung Pamina in 鈥淒ie Zauberfl枚te,鈥 Josephine in 鈥淗MS Pinafore,鈥 Gretel in 鈥淗ansel and Gretel鈥 and Mabel in 鈥淭he Pirates of Penzance.鈥 Her oratorio work includes performances of Haydn鈥檚 Lord Nelson Mass, Handel's Messiah, Haydn鈥檚 Paukenmesse and Mahler's Symphony No. 2.
鈥婮ankosky has performed with many San Francisco Bay Area companies. He made his solo debut with the San Francisco Symphony in Mendelssohn鈥檚 Symphony 2 鈥淟obgesang鈥 and performed as tenor soloist with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus鈥 performance of Bach鈥檚 St. John Passion.
Waterman has performed as a soloist with the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Opera, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, San Francisco Bach Choir and American Bach Soloists. Career highlights include Bach鈥檚 Christ lag in Todesbanden and Handel鈥檚 Dixit Dominus, Mendelssohn鈥檚 Elijah and the role of a Muse in Rameau鈥檚 opera 鈥淟e Temple de la Gloire.鈥
The Requiem in D minor, K. 626 was unfinished at the time of Mozart鈥檚 death in 1791. In 1792 Franz Xaver S眉ssmayr completed the score which had been commissioned by Count Franz von Walsegg for a requiem service to commemorate the anniversary of his wife's death.
The concert takes place at Jackson Hall in the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts at 7 p.m.
Tickets are $24 for adults and $12 for students and youth and are available at the Mondavi Center Ticket Office in person or by calling 530-754-2787 during 12-6 p.m., Monday through Saturday. Tickets are also available here.
For more information about the College of Letters and Science鈥檚 Department of Music and future performances, visit .
More year-end music at 春色视频
- Concert Bands: 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 5.
- Noon Concert: Hindustani Vocal Ensemble: 12:05 p.m. Thursday, June 6. Free.
- Afro-Cuban Ensemble, Samba School and Percussion Ensemble: 6 p.m. Thursday, June 6. Free.
Minds, Bodies and Souls to exhibit at TANA, opening Friday
Minds, Bodies, and Souls鈥 is an end-of-the-year exhibition showcasing TANA intern posters with students from the silkscreen printing program in the Chicana/o Studies Department at 春色视频. Their exciting work represents various styles, techniques, and innovative approaches explored through the silkscreen process.
The Particulars at TANA
Friday, June 7 5-7 p.m.
On view through Sept. 13, 2019
Event Details:
- Live DJ
- Taco Truck Y Elotera
- Refreshments
- Artists
TANA workshop participants will additionally have posters on display and for sale. The Open House will offer a unique opportunity to connect with the artists and gain an understanding of their process, artistic point of view, and why the poster serves as a vehicle for change and continues to make a difference. See more on the TANA blog .
Artists are Jose Quintero, Marina Contreras, Wendy Hernandez, Gabriel Mata, and Sheila Moreno, all continuing or graduating 春色视频 students. TANA, or Taller Arte del Nuevo Amanecer, is at 1224 Lemen Ave. Woodland.
Artist Sarah Cain to speak
Visiting art lecturer Sarah Cain will speak Thursday, June 6 on the notion of painting within the frame.
Leading a way into new territories of abstraction, Cain moves fluidly between works on site and her object-based studio practice. Cain was born in Albany, New York, in 1979. She currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
She is speaking as part of the Art Studio Visitng Artist Lecture Series from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, Community Education Room.