Friday, September 24 • 8:00 p.m. • Chapel of the Holy Trinity This concert is free and open to the public.
This acclaimed young organist is garnering attention all over the world. In its recent full-page feature on Carpenter, The New York Times wrote: “He has pushed the boundaries of organ technique to breathtaking heights, meshing virtuosity with musical intelligence.” Kommersant, the leading daily newspaper in Russia, called him “the Vladimir Horowitz of the organ.” From Germany, the Süddeutsche Zeitung writes: “He clearly has set out to usher in a new age of organ playing, like Paganini once did for the violin and Liszt for the piano.” www.cameroncarpenter.com
Thursday, October 28 This concert is free and open to the public.
Holly Clemans, flute instructor at Concordia University, has been active as a soloist, orchestral musician, and flute teacher for more than 30 years. She performs with the Plymouth Symphony, the Mosaic Chamber Ensemble, and other Detroit area orchestras. She maintains a private teaching studio, is active as a clinician and adjudicator in southeast Michigan, and is a member of the National Flute Association, currently serving on their Pedagogy Committee. She holds a B.M. in Music Education from Hartt School of Music, and an M.M. in Flute Performance from the University of Michigan.
Sunday, October 31 • 4:00 p.m.
Chapel of the Holy Trinity This concert is free and open to the public.
The Concordia University Choir, under the direction of Dr. Brian L. Altevogt, performs a fall 2010 concert.
The Concordia University Choir is a select ensemble comprised of approximately 50 students from many academic disciplines of the university. The choir performs a wide variety of sacred choral literature ranging from Renaissance motets to the masterworks of the twentieth century. Since the founding of Concordia, Ann Arbor in 1963, the Concordia Choir has maintained a reputation of excellence in choral music and performs regularly both on and off campus. Previous tours have taken the choir to exciting cities to include Baltimore, Boston, New York, and Washington, D.C., and to the states of Colorado, Florida, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Texas. In March 2001, the Concordia Choir performed at Lincoln Center in New York.
Friday, November 12 • 8:00 p.m.
Chapel of the Holy Trinity This concert is free and open to the public.
The Concordia University Wind Ensemble, under the direction of Matthew Wolf, performs a fall 2010 concert.
The Concordia University Wind Ensemble is a group of wind and percussion players, selected by audition. The wind ensembles repertoire is chosen from among the finest traditional and contemporary sacred and secular wind band music. This variety of music enhances the development of performers, music educators, and church workers as they grow as musicians. Each year the group plays at Michigan churches in addition to touring the Midwest, sharing God's gift of music with a wide variety of audiences.
