Special Guest Jamie Bernstein and Houston Chamber Choir Present Music in the Key of Joy – The Music of Leonard Bernstein

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Jamie Bernstein, special guest of Music in the Key of Joy - The Music of Leonard Bernstein

Special guest Jamie Bernstein joins Houston Chamber Choir to present Music in the Key of Joy – The Music of Leonard Bernstein with special guest, Jamie Bernstein on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at The Church of St. John the Divine, 2450 River Oaks Boulevard, Houston, TX 77019.  Jamie Bernstein has transformed a lifetime of loving music into a career of sharing her knowledge and enthusiasm with others. Replicating her father’s lifelong passion to share and teach, Jamie Bernstein now writes and performs concerts and programs for audiences all over the world.  With her lifetime of personal stories and insights, and her gifts as a writer, broadcaster and narrator, Jamie Bernstein will provide a uniquely human and loving context in which to hear and appreciate anew the legacy of Leonard Bernstein. The program highlights Leonard Bernstein’s sacred music and music for theater. Bernstein’s choral masterpiece Chichester Psalms will be sung in Hebrew; and two selections from Bernstein’s MASS, Almighty Father and Simple Song, will be performed by the choir. Musical highlights from the theater include songs from Candide, On the Town, West Side Story and Wonderful Town, in this must-hear tribute to one of the greatest composers of American music.  A renowned composer, conductor, pianist and educator, Bernstein is one of the few classical performers to become a household name in America.

Tickets for Music in the Key of Joy (Adults, $30, Seniors 65+, $25) are available by visiting the Choir web site at http://www.houstonchamberchoir.org or by calling (713) 224-5566.

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Houston Chamber Choir

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Spanning works from the Renaissance to the present day, the artistry, expressiveness and faultless intonation of the musicians of the Houston Chamber Choir will be showcased in three commissions including one world premiere and the Fest-und Gedenkprüche (Festival and Commemorative Sentences) by Johannes Brahms in A Dome of Many-Coloured Glass, on Saturday, March 24, 2012, 7:30 p.m. at The Church of St. John the Divine, 2450 River Oaks Boulevard, Houston, TX 77019.  The concert will be repeated on Sunday, March 25, 2012 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Beaumont, Texas at 4:00 pm. The concert title is taken from a new work composed by Dominick DiOrio that he dedicated to the Houston Chamber Choir, which will receive its world premiere in Houston.  The composition is set to the texts of American poet Amy Lowell and is scored for chorus, soprano soloist and marimba. The concert will include portions of two other works commissioned by the Houston Chamber Choir: Messages to Myself by internationally-renowned composer Christopher Theofanidis – known to Houston audiences for his celebrated work, The Refuge presented by Houston Grand Opera in 2007 – and The Blue Estuaries by noted Houston composer David Ashley White, Director of the Moores School of Music at the University of Houston.