2011-12 Concert Series

 

The 2011-12 Concert series welcomes members, guests
and friends of St. Matthew’s.
We invite and look forward sharing
God’s gift of music with the community.

 

2011-12 Music and Concert Flyer online [here]

Music Newsletter, November 2011 [here]

Remaining concerts of the 201-12 year are:

 

Sunday, December 11, 2011, 3:00 p.m.
An English Christmas
Lutheran A Cappella Choir,
David Mohr, Director


The Lutheran A Cappella Choir of Milwaukee invites you to experience the joy and majesty of the Christmas Season as they present their annual Christmas Concert, “An English Christmas.”

Featured will be carols and texts of English origin, and by English composers such as Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams and John Rutter. Arrangements of traditional carols and hymns like Sussex Carol, Coventry Carol, O Little Town of Bethlehem, What Child is This, The First Noel and others will be on the program, as well as a medley of English carols, “Fantasia on Christmas Carols” by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

A reception will follow the concert. Tickets are $15.00 general admission and $12.00 for seniors and students. Tickets may be obtained from the choir’s website - www.lutheranacappella.org -- or at the door.

 

 

Saturday, March 24, 2012, 8:00 p.m.
A Night Out ... at the Theater
Concord Chamber Orchestra

Jamin Hoffman leads the CCO as its Music Director. This concert features several well-known pieces composed for the theatre. For more information and tickets contact the CCO at 414-628-6018 or concordorchestra.org.

In addition to the winner of our annual Dorothy J. Oestreich Concerto Competition,
this concert features several well-known pieces composed for the theatre.

  • Overture to Candide, by Leonard Bernstein
  • Concerto to be determined by the winner of the Dorothy J. Oestreich
  • Concerto Competition
  • Incidental Music from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by Felix Mendelssohn
  • Suite from Peer Gynt, by Edvard Grieg
  • Broadway Tonight, arr. by Bruce Chase 

 

Sunday, April 29, 2012, 3:00 p.m.
Voices of Praise
Lutheran A Cappella Choir,
David Mohr, Director

In celebration of the choir’s 75th Anniversary, the featured work on the concert will be a Te Deum commissioned from noted composer K. Lee Scott. Tickets and more information at: lutheranacappella.org.

 

 

Saturday, May 19, 2012, 8:00 p.m.
A Night Out ... at the Movies
Concord Chamber Orchestra

Jamin Hoffman leads the CCO as its Music Director. Our final concert of the season features music from some of the biggest movies of all time, in a tribute to the composers of today who write the classics of tomorrow! For more information and tickets contact the CCO at 414-628-6018 or concordorchestra.org.

Our final concert of the season features music from some of the biggest movies of all time, in a tribute to the composers of today who write the classics of tomorrow!

  • Star Trek Through the Years, arranged by Calvin Custer
  • Titanic Medley, by James Horner
  • Lord of the Rings Symphonic Medley, by Howard Shore
  • “Lara’s Theme” from Dr. Zhivago, by Maurice Jarre
  • Medley from Mary Poppins, arranged Bob Lowden
  • Selections from Exodus, by Ernest Gold
  • Selections from The Sting, by Scott Joplin
  • Adventures in Cinema, by John Williams
  • Highlights from The Sound of Music, by Richard Rodgers

 

Music videos featuring bells and vocal choirs [here]

 

For more information about the Concert Series, please contact the church office [here] or John R. Paradowski, Minister of Music (john@stmattslutheran.org).