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Bravo 3: Transcendent Voices
January 24 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Transcendent Voices
poignant eloquence + spiritual journey
The intensely moving prelude of Wagner’s Parsifal and ethereal beauty of Crafton Beck’s Passage set the stage for an extraordinary interwoven dialogue between Joel Thompson’s powerful and critically-acclaimed Seven Last Words of the Unarmed and Gabriel Faure’s serene and comforting Requiem. Jackson State University Chorale joins MSO in a program that will touch your soul and transform your spirit.
This performance is being recorded by Mississippi Public Broadcasting for future airing on MPB’s radio network.
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Recording & broadcast by:
Richard Wagner, Prelude to Act I from Parsifal (1882)
Crafton Beck, Passage (2012)
In Dialog:
Joel Thompson, Seven Last Words of the Unarmed (2015)
Gabriel Fauré Requiem (1888)
Jackson State University Chorale
Jackson State University Chorale, the institution’s top vocal ensemble, enjoys a robust performance schedule, touring locally and throughout the country. Open to all JSU students by audition, the ensemble of about 50 men and women performs an array of styles and genres, including classical, contemporary, gospel, and spirituals.
Kenneth Overton, baritone, is a 2020 GRAMMY Award-winner for Best Choral Performance and a two-time Top Ten Billboard Charting Recording Artist. He has appeared with The Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Royal Danish Opera, and Deutsche Oper Berlin, among others and as an orchestral soloist Kenneth performed with The New York Philharmonic, The Washington Chorus, and many more across America and Europe.
Maren Hrivnak, soprano, has performed with leading ensembles of Cincinnati plus enjoyed engagements with Spoleto Festival USA and the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute in Toronto. Hrivnak holds degrees from St. Olaf College and University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, with additional studies in Milan and Lucca, Italy.
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6:30 pm – Venue Box Office opens
7:00 pm – Venue doors open
7:30 pm – Concert begins
The Venue: Christ United Methodist Church, 6000 Old Canton Rd, Jackson, MS 39211
Parking: church parking lot