It Will Be a Grand Night for Singing

October 2010

And you won’t want to miss it. On Sunday, October 3, at 4:00 p.m., at Hill Auditorium, the School of Music, Theatre & Dance begins a new tradition, an annual showcase for the wealth of singing that goes on at the University of Michigan. Hosted by Melody Racine and Daniel Washington, voice faculty at the School, the evening will feature some 350 singers, drawn from the University Chamber Choir, Jerry Blackstone, conductor, the University Choir, Paul Rardin, conductor, Orpheus Singers, Jason Harris, doctoral choral conductor, The Men’s—Paul Rardin—and Women’s—Julie Skadsem—Glee Clubs, SMTD musical theatre (Brent Wagner, director), and opera departments (Joshua Major and Robert Swedberg, directors).

The impressive gathering of voices will manifest itself in the form of choirs, soloists, chamber and early music ensembles, opera, and musical theatre, with selections drawn from Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, the musical Into the Woods, choral selections by Stanford, Vaughan Williams, Sibelius, and Mendelssohn, solos by Debussy, early music by Monteverdi.

This will be a night to remember. Come help us launch this new tradition. After all, it’s free and no tickets are required.