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A Message from the Artistic Director

They wake us up in the morning and encourage us as we begin our day. They take us back to moments in our past and remind us of good times and shared experiences. They cause a tear to well up in our eye as we recall people dear to us who are no longer near. They fill us with energy and enthusiasm as we forge ahead with the tasks of the day or week or year. They beckon us to stop and listen, even just for a moment, and enliven our senses and sense of self and of others.

They are the songs that we share, and the songs that we keep to ourselves. They are the melodies by which we can express what cannot be said in words, and the words that we are unable to utter absent the tune. They are the songs we love to sing. We have an entire season of songs that we are looking forward to sharing with you. You probably know some of them. Some of them will be new. Some will be in a format that makes them seem familiar even if they are not. The songs come from different places and different eras, were written for different purposes and are in different languages. And yet we love them all the same.

We also have several special guests with which we are joining, from Hank, Pattie, and The Current at the start of the season, to our old friends, The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle at the conclusion. In the middle, on February 2nd, we’re going to have an entire evening dedicated to understanding one of Bach’s most well-known cantatas, and that evening surrounded by Holiday Pops and Messiah on one side and music from the Great American Songbook on the other. Perhaps most significantly, we invite you to join us on February 25 for our second annual Cary Big Sing. On this evening, you, our audience members, will be our special guests, joining in with 100 of your closest friends (we're all friends in CSC) to croon a tune or two that you probably already know, even though you might not realize it. The music is already there, just waiting for an opportunity to come and remind you. So we hope you’ll accept our invitation and join us, that evening or at any of our concerts. The music will be waiting, and we’ll be happy to see you. -Nathan

Board of Directors Statement

Welcome!We are grateful to you for sharing our 28th season with us! We are very fortunate to have the leadership and vision of Artistic Director Dr. Nathan Leaf, who champions our musical and organizational growth. And, perhaps most of all, we are excited to explore new sounds, experience new collaborations and make new friends along the way.

About the Concert Singers of CaryThe Concert Singers of Cary was incorporated in October 1991 as an initiative taken at the recommendation of a citizens advisory committee empaneled to expand cultural arts programs in Cary. The first performance took place that same month for the dedication of what is now The Herb Young Community Center. The planning committee included Mable Howell, Barbara Brown, Fuller Blunt, Sarah Sheffield and founding Artistic Director Lawrence Speakman. The goal was to provide an auditioned, year-round performing organization to serve Cary and provide opportunities for local singers. One of the greatest successes of The Concert Singers of Cary has been its ability to achieve its goal to be an active, dedicated and vibrant community organization. As a resident organization at the Cary Arts Center, they are known for their frequent collaborations with local cultural organizations and performance artists, such as the Cary Eid Festival, Diamante, MLK Dreamfest Celebration, Cary Visual Art, The Triangle Wind Ensemble, Mallarme Chamber Players, Ed Stephenson and the Paco Band, The Moonlighters Orchestra, and The Cary Town Band. Throughout its history, The Concert Singers of Cary has teamed with The North Carolina Symphony, The North Carolina Opera Company and The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle in area venues including Meymandi Hall, Carolina Theatre, Koka Booth Amphitheatre and Memorial Hall. On more than 15 occasions, performances by The Concert Singers of Cary have been listed as a “Classical Best Bet” by The News and Observer.

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The mission of The Concert Singers of Cary includes enriching the community through the performance of music from all styles and traditions. The importance of that mission to the community is evident by the financial support provided to The Concert Singers of Cary by The Town of Cary, Lazy Daze, United Arts of Wake Co., The NC Arts Council, and patrons like you! We ask that you to help us continue to enrich our community by investing in our mission by using the form on the opposite page or by visiting us on the web at http://concertsingers.org/contribute.

Fuller Blunt Memorial Scholarship

CSC offers an annual scholarship in memory of its co-founder Fuller S. Blunt. The scholarship is awarded to a graduating North Carolina high school senior who has been accepted and is entering a college or university as a Music major. It is a one-time award of $1,000 paid directly to the college of choice at the beginning of the academic year.

The 2017-18 Fuller Blunt Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Evan Martschenko of Cary who will attend East Carolina University in the fall to study music. Congratulations to Evan and we wish him well in his pursuits.

Applicants are judged on the following criteria:

• Musical accomplishments • Desire to pursue a major in music • Academic achievement • Recommendation from a music professional, submitted on a separate form from the application • Audition recordings (YouTube or mp3s)

If needed, personal interviews and or live auditions maybe scheduled by the scholarship committee to complete the selection process.

To download the FBMS application and directions, go to: http://concertsingers.org/fuller-blunt-memorial-scholarshipThe deadline for this year’s submissions is March 19, 2019.

The scholarship committee will notify all applicants by letter of its decision regarding their applications. Any questions regarding the scholarship may be directed to the scholarship committee at scholarship@concertsingers.org.

2018-19 WinnerEvan Martschenko

CSC Board of Directors Alicia Martinez

Vice PresidentCamilo Strange

Catherine Bennett

TreasurerDebi DeAnn

Francesca Sessa

Katherine Booker

Laura Yurco

Paul Stapleton

SecretaryRock Angier

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PresidentWes Everett

Technology Ellen Schloemer

PhotographyDenny Colvin Graphic Design (Posters)Jin Leem

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StaffArtistic Director Dr. Nathan Leaf Executive Director Laura Moore

Accompanist Allen Bailey Membership AdministratorThom Haynes

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Section Leaders

SopranoBeverly Olson

Alto Terri Ring

TenorSimon Bate

BassJoe Ferguson

CSC Staff

Soprano

Shannon BeallErin BellCatherine BennettMichelle BergerenMegan BrachtlFrances BushmanMeredith CaningtonNancy CanterburyKelly CashSue ChaploneyAnnamaria CherianDana DeBuhrJoan EastwickDannibeth FarnumCynthia GwynnClaudia KaplanSherry Kilgus-KramerPolly LaubingerJin LeemKim LemieuxRachael LubbersAlicia MartinezElizabeth MilksSarah NeelyBeverly OlsonDonna ParkerKim PernickaAbby ReevesBarbara SawyerTrisha ScottFrancesca SessaDana ThomasJennilyn TillotsonClare VestalSally WaltonKatherine WomackCatherine (Kitty) WrightDeborah YounglaoLaura Yurco

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Alto

Sarah AdamsSara BattlesChristine BoninKatherine BookerHadyn BoyteLeann CarrollDebi DeAnnRachael DwightSusan EbbsRachel GamelinShirley HandMicaela HarmonLenora Harris-FieldPamela HartsfieldConnie HillerPauline JillsonDee JohnsonKay KaufmanBrenda KucinEmiko KurodaSarah LapinskesMelissa MartinDeborah MeehanMaria NorrisPam RichartTerri RingEllen SchloemerJaime SchnurrSue SchnurrSue SchuleNorma SegalNancy SmithDeborah StirdivantKatharina TindallPatricia WatsonHaley WellsCarolyn Wilcox

Tenor

Dennis AvesSimon BateWill BookerNeal BraswellRex DwyerPhil FerskiJohn HarringtonJames MatzkoChuck McCullenCary MurphreyJeffrey NesbitPaul StapletonDavid TalbotDaniel TsuiJeff WhiteTaylor Williams

Bass

Rock AngierBilly BramerJames CoxRyler DeBuhrTim DevinneyWes EverettJoe FergusonKen FortierRoy GemberlingThom HaynesChristopher HoinaJoe JohnstonKarl KachergisGary KuhnGary LewKurt MarsdenGene MolnarCole NashAl PasqualeDoug RichmondAlex RuleyCamilo StrangeLane TracyJonathan WittPeyton Wood

Nathan Leaf- Artistic DirectorAllen Bailey- Accompanist

Allen Bailey - Accompanist, received a Master’s Degree in Piano Performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro 1987. As a student of Dr. George Kiorpes, he was awarded the Dean’s Scholarship and won the University’s Concerto Competition in 1985. His professional career as a soloist and accompanist has spanned the state during which he has worked with churches, soloists, large ensemble, professional and amateur, scholarly and civic. Affiliated groups include the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Duke University, NC State University, UNC-Chapel Hill, Meredith College, Peace College, NC public schools, Durham Chorale, NC Master Chorale, Concert Singers of Cary, Wake Forest United Methodist Church and The NC Symphony. Currently, Mr. Bailey is employed by Fidelity Investments as a Software Engineer, specializing in network security.

Nathan Leaf - Artistic Director, is the Director of Choral Activities at North Carolina State University, where he directs three choirs, heads the choral and vocal programs, and teaches voice class. He is also the founder and artistic director of the Triangle chamber consort, Voices of a New Renaissance, and the Choir Director at St. Stephens Episcopal Church in Durham. A versatile musician, he has garnered critical praise for his work as a conductor and teacher, and has performed as singer with some of the top vocal ensembles in the country. From 2008-2012, Dr. Leaf was the Chorus Master for North Carolina Opera, and in 2012, he was selected

through national audition as one of six conductors featured at the Providence Renaissance Institute workshops and master classes with the British early music ensemble, I Fagiolini.Leaf sang for eight seasons as a member of the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus in Eugene, Oregon, performing under the batons of Helmuth Rilling and Matthew Halls, as well as leading conductors including Marin Alsop, Nicholas McGegan, and Jeffrey Kahane. He has also performed with Conspirare-Company of Voices in Austin, Texas, the Tucson Chamber Artists in Arizona, the Carnegie Hall Festival Chorus in New York City. In 2004, he toured Central Europe as member of the Swedish male choir Orphei Drängar. Dr. Leaf earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Valparaiso University (Indiana) and Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in choral conducting from The University of Texas at Austin.

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The Concert Singers of Cary Symphonic ChoirFeatured Guest Band: Hank, Pattie, and The Current

Nathan Leaf, Conductor

Program Order Songs from our RootsWeeping Mary................From the Social Harp Hymnal, arr. Brad HolmesShall We Gather at the River............Robert Lowry, arr. Ronald J. WilliamsUnclouded Day......................................J. K. Alwood, arr. Shawn Kirchner Symphonic Choir

Music Performed by Hank, Pattie, and The Current Selections to be announced from the stage The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass music by Carol Barnett/text by Marisha Chamberlain

I. Ballad: Refrain II. Kyrie

III. Ballad: First Verse IV. Gloria

V. Ballad: Second Verse and Refrain VI. Credo VII. Sanctus VIII. Ballad: Third and Fourth Verses IX. Agnus Dei X. Art Thou Weary (Instrumental) XI. Benediction XII. Conclusion The program will last approximately 75 minutes, and will be performed without intermission.

The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass

Saturday, Oct 27 - 7:30 PMCary Arts Center Theater

Two of North Carolina’s veteran bluegrass musicians join forces with some of the Triangle area’s most versatile musicians to create modern, American, acoustic music featuring the full range of their talents as composers and arrangers. The band is on tour regionally and nationally in 2017 in support of their new album, Hold Your Head Up High on Robust Records. The band makes use of traditional bluegrass instrumentation in a nontraditional way to present original music to the listener that goes beyond the limits of the idiom. The arrangements take on a new level of maturation that follows in the footsteps of Bela Fleck, Mark O'Connor, Chris Thile, Sam Bush, Edgar Meyer, and Tony Rice. Hank, Pattie & The Current want to pick up where seminal crossover groups like The Punch Brothers, Strength In Numbers and the ever changing Bluegrass Allstars call home. The music is vocal and instrumental, allowing the band to experiment with arrange-ments and tailor the compositions to become vehicles for exploration. Hank Smith plays banjo, Pattie Hopkins Kinlaw plays fiddle and sings. The band is rounded out with Ben Parker on guitar on vocals, Robert Thornhill on mandolin and vocals and E. Scott Warren on bass.

Hank, Pattie & the Current

The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass

Program Note from the Composer, Carol Barnett

The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass – To bring the solemnity of the classical choir-based mass together with the down home sparkle of bluegrass—now there’s an assignment. My highest hope is that listeners coming from one tradition— classical or bluegrass—and perhaps dubious about the other, might discover something new and wonderful in the combination, as I have. Composing the music for The World Beloved has given me the chance to write cheery sacred music— all too rare in a medium rife with staid and even lugubrious settings. And it’s brought me back to memories of music heard while visiting my grandparents, country music with a church flavor that told stories and came out of a scratchy old record player. Grandma would not have allowed dancing, but under the table I tapped my toes.

Program Note from the Librettist, Marisha Chamberlain

If you Google the term Bluegrass Mass, you’ll get Web sites for several churches across the country who add Bluegrass music to enliven their worship services. Great Bluegrass music is infectious and lively, so it’s easy to see why any church would want to add Bluegrass, but why call it a Bluegrass Mass unless there’s liturgy, too—a text in the Bluegrass tradition? Bluegrass is more than a sound. The lyrics of so many Bluegrass songs display an unpretentious, earthy philosophy that is easy to sing and easy to understand: Adam lives just up the street and Eve’s the girl next door. Love is the major theme—frustrated yearning love, secret, satisfied love or boldly proclaimed love. And although romantic love between two people is huge in Bluegrass, so is love of God, the Gospel tradition. In this is love, not that we loved God but that He loved us, says John in the Gospel, which launches our Bluegrass Mass as an earthy, immediate story of love between Creator and creation.

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Nathan Leaf, Conductor Allen Bailey, PianistJason Foureman, BassStephen Coffman, Drums

And featuring the Belltower Brass Quintet: Alex Fioto, Trumpet Kent Foss, Trumpet Tanner West, Horn Wes Parker, Trombone Brent Harvey, Tuba

With special guest Bill Adams as Master of Ceremonies.

Adam's bio can be found on page 27.

Holiday PopsSaturday, Dec 8 - 7:30 PM

Cary Arts Center Theater

The Concert Singers of Cary Symphonic Choir

Program Order It’s the Most Wonderful Time......................................................Pola/Wyle, arr. Billingsley A Welcome from the Master of Ceremonies Counting Down to Christmas, from A Christmas Story - the Musical................ Pasek/Paul,

arr. GilpinChristmas Time Is Here, from A Charlie Brown Christmas............. Guaraldi, arr. AlexanderSomewhere in my Memory, from Home Alone.............................................. John WilliamsSpirit of the Season, from The Polar Express ..........................Ballard/Silvestri, arr. Sterling Three Christmas Carols for Brass............................................................... arr. Robert Elkjer God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Go Tell It On The Mountain We Three Kings Little Jack Frost, Get Lost ..........................................................Stillman/Ellis, arr. NarverudLet It Snow! Let it Snow! Let it Snow! .................................................Styne, arr. BillingsleyHotta Chocolatta ................................................................................................Drake/Mizzy Midwinter ...........................................................................................................Bob Chilcott O Tannenbaum...................................................................................... . arr. Todd MarchandHave Yourself A Merry Little Christmas................................................ arr. Todd Marchand Jingle, Bells ........................................................................................Pierpont, arr. WillcocksWhite Christmas ....................................................................................Berlin, arr. RingwaldSleigh Ride .................................................................................................Williams, arr. BeckThe First Noel .............................................................................................Sandys, arr. Bigler Farewell from the Master of Ceremonies Hallelujah: A Soulful Celebration ................................ Handel, arr. Warren/Jackson/Kibble

Messiah at ApexMessiah, Part 1 and Hallelujah

G.F. Handel (1685-1759)

Saturday, Dec 15 - 7:30 PMHalle Cultural Arts Center, Apex

The Concert Singers of Cary Chamber Choir North Carolina Baroque Orchestra

Nathan Leaf, Conductor Elizabeth Terry Joyner, SopranoJennifer Beattie, Mezzo Soprano

Program OrderPart 1SinfoniaRecitative: Comfort ye my peopleAir: Ev’ry valley shall be exaltedChorus: And the glory of the Lord

Recitative: Thus saith the LordAir: But who may abide the day of his coming?

Chorus: And he shall purifyRecitative: Behold, a virgin shall conceive

Air and Chorus: O thou that tellest good tidings to ZionRecitative: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth

Air: The people that walked in darknessChorus: For unto us a child is born

Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)Recitative: There were shepherds abiding in the field

Recitative: And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon themRecitative: And the angel said unto themRecitative: And suddenly there was with the angelChorus: Glory to GodAir: Rejoice greatly, O daughter of ZionRecitative: Then Shall the eyes of the blindAir: He Shall Feed His FlockChorus: His yoke is easy, and his burthen is light

Part 2Chorus: Hallelujah

Aaron Carlyle, TenorWes Everett, BaritoneAaron Carlyle, TenorWes Everett, Baritone

The North Carolina Baroque Orchestra (NCBO) was formed for the purpose of providing opportunities for musicians and vocalists interested in exploring baroque performance practice in a baroque chamber orchestra setting. The orchestra allows musicians in North Carolina and the surrounding area an opportunity to work with highly experienced experts in the field.

Frances Blaker and the artistic director, Barbara Blaker Krumdieck, strive to create exciting performance opportunities for the members of the orchestra. In addition, the NCBO provides audiences who may be new to baroque music, an opportunity to hear this music performed on period instruments in a vigorous and exciting way, in an intimate and casual setting.

The NCBO maintains a goal of refined, stylistic and fun performances, engaging both the players and the audience members in the stories and historical context behind the music. This un-intimidating atmosphere enriches our community as a whole by providing life-long learning opportunities through experiencing historically-informed Baroque music.

Elizabeth Terry Joyner - Soprano, has performed as a soloist and ensemble member for audiences throughout the United States, as well as in Germany, France, Portugal, and Brazil. She studied music in Leipzig, Germany on a Fulbright Scholarship, and holds a Ph.D. in musicology from Duke University. Recent solo credits include Handel’s Messiah and Dixit Dominus, Saint-Saens' Christmas Oratorio, and Vaughan Williams’ Dona nobis pacem, which she performed with the Choral Society of Durham at the 2009 International Haydn Festival in Vienna, Austria. In 2012, Elizabeth appeared as soprano soloist under John Rutter in a Duke Chapel performance of Rutter’s Magnificat. In addition to work as a professional church musician, she specializes in communications efforts for nonprofit organizations and currently works for the Foundation of Hope for Research and Treatment of Mental Illness in Raleigh.

Aaron Carlyle - Tenor, a native of North Carolina, received his Bachelor of Music degree from East Carolina University in 2007. Aaron continued his vocal studies at the renowned Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, receiving his Master of Music degree in 2010. His vocal teachers include John Kramar and Laura Brooks Rice. He has worked extensively as a professional chorister in New York City, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Philadelphia, singing with The New York Choral Artists, The Choir of Men and Boys at St. Thomas Church NYC, and as a member of the Opera Company of Philadelphia Chorus. International choir tours have included cathedral concerts and services in England, Wales, Ireland, Spain, Norway, and Sweden. Aaron currently resides in Durham, NC where he is the Director of Music at Pleasant Green United Methodist Church, a staff singer with the Duke University Chapel Evensong Singers, a member of the Raleigh Bach Soloists, and a frequent guest singer with the Concert Singers of Cary.

Jennifer Beattie -Mezzo Soprano, called a “smashing success” (San Francisco Examiner), praised for her “warmth” (New York Times) and her “exuberant voice and personality” (Opera News), explores a wide range of works from early to contemporary classical repertoire, as well as collaborations with performance, visual, jazz, folk, and theater artists. She has been a soloist with The National Opera Orchestra at the Kennedy Center, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Opera Philadelphia, Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Symphony in C, Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, and Mendelssohn Club Chorus of Philadelphia. As a chamber musician she has concertized with members of the Philadelphia Orchestra; Argento Chamber Ensemble; JACK Quartet; XTrigger New Music Ensemble; Mimesis Ensemble; Network for New Music; and as vocalist-in-residence at the New Music on the Point Festival. Jennifer is a member of two chamber music duos: Albatross, with pianist Adam Marks; and So Much Hot Air, with oboe/ English horn player Zachary Pulse.

Wes Everett - Baritone, has been performing for audiences since he was a toddler–singing in restaurants and just about anywhere else with a crowd. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of Florida (Gainesville), twice winning the southeast regional National Association of Teachers of Singing competition. After five years

a s a music educator and choral conductor, Wes left music to pursue other goals. He recently returned to the music scene and is now active in local choirs and as a soloist throughout the Triangle.

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Bach's Awakening: Discover Cantata 140, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

Saturday, Feb 2 - 7:30 PMSt Francis UMC, Cary

The Concert Singers of Cary Vocal Artists Mallarmé Chamber Players

Nathan Leaf, ConductorJeanne Fisher, Soprano

Program Order

The Structure of a Cantata Discussion with live musical examples

-Intermission- Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140..........J. S. Bach

1. Chorale: Wachet auf2. Recitative: Er kommt, er kommt

3. Duet: Wann kommst du, mein Heil?4. Chorale: Zion hört die Wächter singen

5. Recitative: So geh herein zu mir6. Duet: Mein Freund ist mein!

7. Chorale: Gloria sei dir gesungen

Aaron Carlyle, TenorMarc Callahan, Baritone

Aaron Carlyle - Tenor, bio on page 20.

Jeanne Fisher - Soprano, praised for her “supple and bright soprano” (Classical Voice of North Carolina), and performs in a variety of classical genres, ranging from baroque to modern. A native of North Carolina, she received a British Marshall Scholarship for graduate study at the Royal Academy of Music in London. There she was awarded the DipRAM, the Academy’s highest honor, given for an exceptional final recital. Her performances include appearances with The Bach Sinfonia, The Publick Musick, The Smithsonian Chamber Players, Ensemble Courant, and the Magnolia Baroque Festival. In Britain, she performed at the Norfolk and Norwich Festival, the Dartington International Festival, and London’s St. Martin-in-the-Fields as part of their Outstanding Young Artists’ Series. A winner of multiple competitions, she completed her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Maryland, and is currently Area Head of Voice at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is a specialist in 17th- and 18th-century repertoire, including baroque gesture and dance.

Marc Callahan - Baritone, is an award-winning singer and stage director, and holds degrees from Oberlin College, the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music, and the École Normale de Musique de Paris and the Schola Cantorum. His operatic career includes performances in major houses around the world. As a concert performer, he has sung Charpentier’s Leçons et Ténèbres with Les Arts Florissants, an evening of mélodie française with the London Song Festival, Haydn’s The Creation, Götterdämmerung with Midsummer Opera (London), a program of Henri Dutilleux mélodies (Radio France), Stravinsky’s Les Noces, Philip Glass’s Symphony No. 5, as the Bass soloist in Verdi’s Defiant Requiem with

Murray Sidlin, and as bass soloist in The Tempest with Les Ombres and the Opéra de Montpellier. He has recorded with Virgin Classics, FRA Musica, Passavant, Newport Classic, Editions d’Ambronay, and Radio France, and opera magazine has reviewed him as “a powerful baritone, providing wickedly glamorous tone.” His work as an opera director and designer has also received critical acclaim. Dr. Callahan is currently on the faculty at UNC Chapel Hill as Assistant Professor of Music.

The Mallarmé Chamber Players are a flexible ensemble of professional musicians based in Durham, North Carolina, whose mission is to enrich the lives of the community through outstanding chamber music performance. The ensemble distinguishes itself in the community by its innovative educational programs, its commitment to creative collaboration with other organizations, its creation of significant new work and its dedication to serve a diverse population.

Created in 1984 by musicians Jane Hawkins and Anna Ludwig Wilson working with poet and arts administrator Margaret DeMott, the ensemble’s name comes from Stéphane Mallarmé, the 19th-century French poet and philosopher who believed that true art is created through a unity of music, dance, literature and the visual arts. In keeping with their namesake, Mallarmé performances are often interdisciplinary and have been

praised by critics and audiences as innovative, eclectic and of the highest artistic quality.

With the most gifted artists from North Carolina Mallarmé Chamber Players perform programs that include rarely heard works from the traditional chamber music repertoire that celebrate the diversity in our community by featuring the music of African American, Asian, Latino and women composers. Mallarmé has commissioned over 25 new works by American composers. They have created new contours in the landscape of chamber music through partnerships with artists of many different disciplines. Through their eclectic education programs they have developed a new model for community-based arts organizations.

For Mallarmé’s 25th anniversary season in 2008-09, Suzanne Rousso, violist and former orchestra administrator, took the helm as the new artistic director of the ensemble.

Mallarmé Chamber Players The Cary Big SingFeaturing music from the Great American Songbook

Monday, Feb 25 - 7:30 PMCary Arts Center, Marcus Dry Room

Nathan Leaf, Artistic DirectorAllen Bailey, PianistALL OF YOU, Singers

Come one, come all – and bring a friend! This evening event is an informal opportunity for people to come and sit in with Concert Singers at a rehearsal. We’ll sing through some favorite songs from the first half of the 20th century – Irving Berlin, the Gershwins, Cole Porter, and the like. No prior experience or preparation is necessary. Come as you are. Music will be provided.

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Songs You Love to Sing: The Great American Song Book

Saturday, March 9 - 7:30 PMSt. Francis UMC, Cary

Kathleen Jasinskas, SopranoBill Adams, Baritone

The Concert Singers of Cary Symphonic Choir& Chamber Choir

Nathan Leaf, ConductorAllen Bailey, Pianist

Program Order can be found in program insert.

The Great American Songbook is the loosely defined collection of the most important and influential American popular songs, show tunes, and jazz standards from the first half of the twentieth century. There is not, in fact, an actual book or physical collection that authoritatively defines

this music. Rather than a binding, the songs are held together by the ethos of an era that many refer to as “The Golden Age of Song,” in which great melodies and sophisticated yet subtle harmonies were combined with witty lyrics and clever rhymes. Many of the writers of

these songs are still household names today: George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hammerstein,

Hoagy Carmichael, the list goes on. And for as many of the names that are easily remembered, there are just as many that wrote great songs whose names aren’t at the tip of the tongue.

Many of our greatest entertainers have risen to prominence on the wings of this music. Louis

Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, and Nat King Cole are but a few of the names that come to mind. Although the music never went out of style, these American Standards experienced a popular resurgence that started in the 1970s, and found new life through remakes and covers by a wide variety of artists. Ringo Starr, Willie Nelson, Harry Connick, Jr., Carly Simon, Bette Midler, Gloria Estefan, Barry Manilow, Queen Latifah, Joni Mitchell, Sting, Tom Waits, Pat Benatar, Norah Jones, and countless others have been interpreters of this treasure trove that has helped to define America’s musical heritage. The quality and craftsmanship of the songs is demonstrated not only by their popularity, but also because they maintain their allure with performers of all types and styles. Above all, these works are songs for the singer. They are the songs we love to sing.

Bill Adams - Baritone, is an operatic baritone and active concert soloist with a growing repertoire of more than 60 roles in Opera, Oratorio, and Musical Theater; a choral chamber musician with experience from vocal jazz to madrigals; and an instrumentalist who has performed on more than 40 instruments in every conceivable setting from symphony orchestras to rock bands. Dr. Adams is the artistic and musical director of the award winning Heart of Carolina A Cappella in Durham, North Carolina; Vice President for Youth in Harmony and Outreach for the Carolinas District of the Barbershop Harmony Society; Chair for Youth in Harmony and Chair for Music on the national board of the

Mixed Barbershop Harmony Association; founding member of the CARA nominated professional jazz a cappella ensemble Avante; bass in Quadrophonic, a mixed barbershop and jazz quartet; and a professional music educator with more than 30 years of experience. Dr. Adams earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Voice from the University of Texas at Austin, a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance from California State University at Northridge, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education from California State University at San Bernardino, and an Associate in Arts degree in Music from Chaffey College.

Kathleen Jasinskas - Soprano, has been hailed as “charming” as Yum-Yum (The Mikado) with Winter Opera St. Louis and “a joy to watch” as Despina (Cosi fan tutte) with Tri- Cities Opera. She made her North Carolina Opera debut in 2017 as Barbarina (Le nozze di Figaro) with North Carolina Opera. Here in the Triangle, Kathleen maintains a full voice and piano studio and is a member of the Duke Evensong Singers and the highly acclaimed Avante Vocal Jazz ensemble. She has also been seen both on stage and playing viola in the orchestra pit with the Durham Savoyards, and is a frequent soloist with the Hillyer Community Chorus. Kathleen holds a Bachelor of Music in Voice from The Juilliard School and a Master of Music in Opera from Binghamton University. For more information and upcoming performances visit: www.kathleenjasinskas.com

Sing Sing Singwith Cary Youth Voices

Concert Singers of Cary joins Cary Youth Voices

Roberta Thomason, Conductor

Cary Youth Voices include Prep, Treble and Concert Choirs. "Sing, Sing, Sing!" is a choral revue featuring Broadway and popular tunes, with choreography by Sally Albrecht.

Friday, April 5, 2019 - 7:00 PM Cary Arts Center Theater

Collaboration with Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle:

Masks and Fairytales Sunday, May 5, 2019 - 3:00 PM

Carolina Theater in Durham

Mendelssohn Psalm 42Debussy La Damoiselle élueConducted by Maestro Lorenzo Muti Closing out the season is an extremely eclectic program featuring the Concert Singers of Cary, joining The COT for Debussy’s The Blessed Damsel and Mendelssohn’s ravishing Psalm 42. Giving the program its name is the charming Masques et bergamasques by Gabriel Fauré, and concluding it all is Stravinsky’s The Fairy’s Kiss.

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