The Tidewater Singers present the music of the contemporary Norwegian composer, Ola Gjeilo on Friday, May 13 at 8:00 pm at Trinity Cathedral in Easton and on Saturday, May 14 at 8:00 pm at the St. Michaels Middle High School Auditorium.
Under the direction of William Thomas, The Tidewater Singers are a select group of professional and amateur singers founded in 2001. The goal is to bring varied and exciting quality choral music to the Eastern Shore.
The Tidewater Singers and string orchestra will perform Gjeilo’s Sunrise Mass, a spiritually-uplifting work that uses ancient texts in four stirring movements that grow from a sense of the cosmos to an affirmation of the earth. Also on the program is Gjeilo’s Sacred Heart which is based on the ancient text Ubi Caritas (where true love is). Gjeilo’s writing for voices and strings creates stunning and peaceful adaptations of very thoughtful texts.
Now in his eighth season as artistic director of the Tidewater Singers, Thomas is assistant professor of music at Chesapeake College. Previously he directed the choirs at Easton High School and at Christ Church (Episcopal) in St. Michaels.
Advance tickets may be purchased online at www.tidewatersingers.org and at Cracker Jacks in Easton and Reeser’s Pharmacy in St. Michaels for $12. Group discounts of $10 per ticket for six or more tickets to the St Michaels performance are also available in advance. Tickets are $15 at the door and students are free.
The Tidewater Singers gratefully acknowledges the funding it has received from the Talbot County Arts Council and the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts thrive.
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