In collaboration with TADA Production, Inc., Lincoln Choral Artists presents the popular musical "Big River, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" in concert. Filled with attractive music, these performances are sure to please audiences young and old. TADA Production, Inc will be staging this concert with principle characters. The Lincoln Choral Artists will be co-directed by Robert Rook, artistic director of TADA Production, Inc and Dr. William Wyman, conductor and music director of LCA. A small instrumental ensemble will provide accompaniment. Tickets for this concert only must be purchased through TADA Production, Inc.
Lincoln Choral Artists, joined by the Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir, the Summit String Quartet, Lincoln Christian Elementary School Choir and Richard Morris, organ will present a concert of seasonal music near and dear. Featured will be James Bassi's "Choral Symphony" which includes such favorites as "Wexford Carol" and "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day." The concert will conclude with all the performers joining the audience in a choral sing. This family friendly concert is a Lincoln favorite. See the program.
Lincoln Choral Artists joined by members of Lincoln's Symphony Orchestra and the South Central Nebraska Children's Chorale will perform Felix Mendelssohn's "Symphony No. 2" ("Lobgesang"), written in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the invention of printing. This orchestral-choral symphony opens with soaring orchestral melodies followed by eight movements for solo voices and choir. "The well known anthem for Soprano soloists, choir and orchestra. "I Waited for the Lord" is one of the eight vocal movements. A spectacular and mature composition, but not as lengthy as "Elijah", "Lobgesong" (Hymn of Praise) is rarely heard fully preformed.
O'Donnell Auditorium
Sunday, October 21 3:00 p.m.
The Lincoln Choral Artists opens the 32nd concert season with a rich variety of American music favorites taken from the music theater, folk and jazz. Included will be the music of George and Ira Gershwin, Stephen Sondheim, Aaron Copland, Stephen Foster, Leonard Bernstein, Barry Manilow, Duke Ellington, Kirby Shaw and other distinguished American composers. This family friendly concert is a favorite with Lincoln audiences.
O'Donnell Auditorium
Sunday, December 16 3:00 p.m.
The Lincoln Choral Artists and guests will ring in this special season of celebration with a concert of music for the season. Featured will be "A Day for Dancing" Lloyd Pfautsch. The piece presents nine carols, which in the medieval tradition are sung as accompaniment for dance. Local dancers will join with the choir and a small instrumental ensemble in presenting this work. The choir will also perform movements from "O Come, Emmanuel" written for the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. Joining in the concert will be the Nebraska Wesleyan University Choir and the Irving Middle School Choir as well as guest organist C. Richard Morris. The concert will conclude with all performers joining the audience in carol sing.
Saint Paul United Methodist Church
Sunday, May 19 3:00 p.m.
The Lincoln Choral Artists will conclude their 32nd concert season with a performance of Handel's magnificent oratorio "Saul". Completed in 1739, "Saul" is considered to be the most touching and dramatic of Handel's oratorios. The Summit String Quartet and organist C. Richard Morris will assist the choir. Special guest counter-tenor Mikah Myers will join the choir in this performance. Also singing in this concert will be Fremont High School Concert
Having sung in the Lincoln Choral Artists for over twenty years, it is a joy to look back and realize how much we have grown as a viable choir. Each year I look forward to the challenges Dr. Wyman chooses for us.