Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra - Tis A Gift To Be Simple May 2, 2010

Augustana Arts presents

Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra

Tis A Gift To Be Simple

featuring The Young Voices of Colorado

Directed by Catherine Sailer

Augustana Arts presents The Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra in Tis A Gift To Be Simple featuring The Young Voices of Colorado at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 1 at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 2100 Wadsworth Blvd, Lakewood, and again at 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 2 at Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave. Tickets are $18 Adult; $10 Senior/Student and available by calling 303-388-4962 or online at www.augustanaarts.org

The program includes Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C, op.21 and Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring." This concert also features The Young Voices of Colorado, joining with the Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra, in performing Canadian composer Srul Irving Glick's lovely "Psalm Trilogy."

The Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra well known for its performances of baroque and classical masterworks and for its exploration of lesser-known historic and contemporary repertoire. The musicians of the Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra bring a variety of training and experience to the ensemble and a wide array of performing experience.

Young Voices of Colorado is a children's choir of approximately 200 singers, ages 7-16, from all over the Denver metropolitan area, performing fine treble choir music. Five choirs, including Colorado's only boy choir, showcase their talent at many local, national and international events.

In her last concert as Conductor of the Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra, Catherine Sailer is also Director of Choral Studies at the University of Denver, where she conducts the Lamont Chorale and Lamont Women's Chorus. In 2005, she was named the winner of Chorus America's prestigious Robert Shaw Conducting Fellowship. She has conducted professional choruses such as the Dale Warland Singers, Kansas City Chorale, Chicago Symphony Chorus and the Carnegie Hall Choral Workshop Chorus. Other recent conducting credits include the Orchestra of St. Luke's, Beijing Symphony Orchestra and the National Opera of China. Ms. Sailer was invited to take part in the National Conducting Institute at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, where she conducted the National Symphony Orchestra and studied with Leonard Slatkin. Ms. Sailer joined Musica Sacra as conductor in the 2006-07 season and leaves MSCO to devote more time to her two children.

PSA/Listing Information

Augustana Arts presents Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra - Tis A Gift To Be Simple featuring The Young Voices of Colorado. Sat. May 1 at 7.30 p.m. Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 2100 Wadsworth Blvd. Sun. May 2 at 3 p.m. Augustana Lutheran Church, 5000 E. Alameda Ave. $18 Adult & $10 Senior / Student. 303-388-4962 or online at www.augustanaarts.org