Duke University Department of Music: Family Weekend Chorale Showcase Concert

The Duke Music community is excited to celebrate Duke’s Centennial and the 50th
Anniversary of Biddle with a special collaborative performance during Family Weekend.
Join us on October 19 at 7:00 PM for an evening featuring the remarkable talents of our
diverse student body in ensembles. Tickets are required and can be obtained at
tickets.duke.edu.

The concert will open with J.S. Bach’s BWV 191, movement 1, performed by the Duke
Chorale and chamber musicians. Following this, the Duke Wind Symphony and Duke Opera
Theater will present selections from opera. Additionally, Aaron Copland’s The Promise of
Living and Eric Whitacre’s Sleep will be performed by the Duke Wind Symphony in
collaboration with the Duke Chorale. In the second half of the program, the Duke Symphony Orchestra will present Stephen Jaffe’s Cut Time. The evening will conclude with Ludwig van Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy, featuring pianist Ieva Jokubavichiute and vocal soloists Abigail Pickens, Faye Hardek,
Lauren Strauch, Korland Simmons (alumnus), and Ted Federle (faculty), along with the
Duke Chorale and Duke Symphony Orchestra.

We look forward to celebrating this milestone with you through a spectacular display of
musical artistry.
– Harry Davidson, Director of the Duke Symphony Orchestra
– Susan Fancher, Wind Area Coordinator
– Allan Friedman, Director of the Duke Chorale
– David Heid, Director of the Opera Theater
– Verena Mösenbichler-Bryant, Director of the Duke Wind Symphony
– Caroline Stinson, Chamber Music Coordinator