20060524 KDDC June 4 Masterworks Chorale Concert.

June 4 Masterworks Chorale Concert

Both Dr. Margie Boudreaux and Westminster Advocate Editorial Assistant Jamie Chapman have reminded me of the upcoming Masterworks Chorale Concert featuring “Carmina Burana.”

The spring concert will be performed at Winters Mill High School at 7 PM on Sunday, June 4^th, 2006.

For additional information, go to the Masterworks website at www.masterworksofcc.org.

For a program note on the featured music, please go to:

http://www.kevindayhoff.com/2006/05/20060524-kddc-1937-carl-orff-carmina.html

or: www.masterworksofcc.org.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Here are the basics that Margie e-mailed me just today. And below, Lois Szymanski, with the Westminster Advocate has the story:

Carl Orff's spectacular choral work, Carmina Burana, will be performed by
the Masterworks Chorale of Carroll County, conducted by Dr. Margaret
Boudreaux, on Sunday, June 4, at 7pm in the Auditorium of Winters Mill HS.

The Westminster Ballet Theater, the Children's Chorus of Carroll County,
and the Westminster HS Percussion Ensemble are collaborating with Masterworks in this performance. The dual pianos will be played by Patti
Jimenez and Melanie Many.

Tickets are $10 if purchased in advance, and $12 at the door.

Depending on ticket availability the night of the performance children and students with ID are admitted free.

Due to limited seating advance purchase of tickets is strongly encouraged. Tickets can be purchased at Coffees Music and Stu's Music, both in Westminster, or from choir members (and from Margie Boudreaux).

For more information contact Margie Boudreaux at 410-857-2558, mboudrea@mcdaniel.edu, or go to the Masterworks website at www.masterworksofcc.org.

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Westminster Advocate

Masterworks Chorale planning collaborative show for June 4
Lois Szymanski 24.MAY.06

“This show is going to be very different from the others we have had in the past,” Joanne Lott said of the Masterworks Chorale of Carroll County’s upcoming show.

Lott knows what she is talking about. She is not only the publicity director for Masterworks; she also sings with them.

On June 4, the group will hold its spring concert, featuring “Carmina Burana,” at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of Winters Mill High School.

The show is conducted by Margaret Boudreaux. The big difference this year is the special guests planned for the show.

The Children’s Chorus of Carroll County, directed by Diane Jones, will be a part of the show, as will the Westminster Percussion Ensemble, led by Mark Lortz.

Perhaps the most intriguing change is the addition of dancers from the Westminster Ballet Theater, adding a whole new dimension to the performance, making it even more of a show. The dancers will be directed by Jeannette Sullivan.

“It’s an incredibly powerful and dramatic work, unmatched by anything else I know of from the 20th century,” Boudreaux said. “It basically is a commentary of the wild fluctuations we all experience in life, from the very highest to the very lowest moments.”

Boudreaux described what has evolved.

Boudreaux said the dancers will enact a love sought, lost and found again while the percussionists will make the performance powerful and add to the story.

Since it also is the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s birthday, they’ll also have a brief section before “Carmina Burana.”

“That will feature some of Mozart’s rounds that match the mood of Carmina and warm everyone up for the main event,” Boudreaux said. “That section will include two rounds for audience participation, a whole other level of ‘collaborative performance,’ which I really enjoy.”

Lortz, who has worked with Masterworks Chorale for about 10 years, enjoys the collaborative atmosphere of this performance.

“The best part about the production is the collaboration of many different elements in the community,” he said. “It truly is a team effort of amazing talent.”

There will also be two baby grand pianos, played by Melanie Many and Patricia Jimenez.

The musicians have never performed this piece and are excited to learn it all together, Lortz said.

“We’re thrilled to be a part of this monstrous undertaking,” he said.

Boudreaux echoed his excitement.

“Working with the Children’s Chorus of Carroll County, the dancers from the Westminster Ballet and the percussionists from Westminster High School makes this an incredibly rich community event,” she said.

Admission is $10 in advance or $12 at the door for adults. Students with a school ID and children will be admitted free after 6:45 p.m., if space allows.

Advance tickets are on sale at Coffey Music and Stu’s Music and from members of Masterworks Chorale.

If you go

What: “Carmina Burana,” Masterworks Chorale’s spring concert, featuring Children’s Chorus of Carroll County, Westminster Percussion Ensemble and Westminster Ballet Theater

When: June 4 at 7 p.m.

Where: Winters Mill High School auditorium, Gorsuch Road and North Center Street, Westminster

Tickets: $10/advance, available at Coffey Music and Stu’s Music and from Masterworks members or $12/door. Students with ID and children will be admitted free after 6:45 p.m. if space allows.

More information: Call 410-871-3371 or visit http://masterworksofcc.org.

- Special to the Advocate