Opera for Haters,
Broadway for Lovers
An Hysterical, Touching, Thrilling and Passionately Entertaining
Gala Musical Review
Presented in Virtuoso Song
by
The Voice Faculty
of
Coastal Carolina University
Patti Edwards, soprano ● Ann Benson, mezzo-soprano
David Bankston, tenor ● Jeffrey Jones, baritone ● Timothy Koch,baritone
Assisted by Daniel P. Francis, piano
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Dunes Golf and Beach Club
9000 North Ocean Boulevard, Myrtle Beach
6:30 pm ● Cocktails (cash bar) and Heavy hors d'oeuvres
7:30 pm ● Opera for Haters
A Riotous Romp (in 25 minutes or less) through "Mozart's Sitcom," Cosi fan tutte
Guaranteed to tickle the funny bone of every Opera Skeptic
8:00 pm ●Cocktails and Hors d'Oeuvres
8:15 pm ● Broadway for Lovers
The greatest songs from Camelot, Carousel, Cinderella, Into the Woods, Jekyll and Hyde,
Les Miserables, The Secret Garden, and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies
9:00 pm ● Greet the Artists
Proceeds from this event benefit
The Carolina Master Chorale
Tickets ● $40 ● Call 843.444.5774
The Carolina Master Chorale is recognized as the premiere symphonic chorus in the region covering northeast South Carolina and southeast North Carolina and is the oldest community singing organization in the area surrounding Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, home of the CMC. In 2011-2012 the Chorale will celebrate its 29th concert season, the last eleven of which have flourished under the artistic leadership of the ensemble’s fourth and current music director, Timothy Koch. Dr. Koch has partnered in each of those seasons with accompanist and composer in residence Dr. Andrew Fowler.
The repertoire of the Carolina Master Chorale encompasses a wide variety of innovative and critically-acclaimed programming that includes dynamic performances of traditional and lesser-known choral and choral/orchestral masterworks, full operatic productions, adventurous contemporary music, numerous commissions and premieres (incorporating well over twenty new works by composer in residence, Andrew Fowler), and lighter fare from Broadway to vocal jazz to gospel music.
The annual season of the Carolina Master Chorale features four subscription programs, most of which are performed in multiple locations. A typical CMC season program features performances in venues from Pawley’s Island, South Carolina to Sunset Beach, North Carolina and west to Conway, South Carolina. The CMC also performs as an invited guest artist on community concert series throughout the Carolinas.
For several years the Long Bay Symphony has engaged the CMC as its principal symphonic chorus. The Chorale performs annually on the Long Bay Symphony season series and the LBS will typically accompany the Chorale on one of its subscription programs. The organizations have collaborated to perform Bach’s St. John Passion, Beethoven’s Mass in C and Symphony No. 9, the Requiems of Mozart, Brahms and Verdi, Verdi’s Stabat Mater, Schoenberg’s Survivor from Warsaw, Ravel’s Daphnis and Chloe, Holst’s The Planets, Prokofiev’s Alexander Nevsky, Orff’s Carmina Burana, and the operas La Traviata of Verdi and Carmen of Bizet.
