UTSA women's choir sets ten-year reunion
(Oct. 12, 2001)--The UTSA Department of Music has planned a ten-year women’s choir reunion for Oct. 12-13. With the theme "Celebrating a Decade of Women’s Voices," the choir will have a series of rehearsals during the weekend and then perform at the UTSA Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m, Oct. 13 at the UTSA Arts Building Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public.
In the fall of 1991, Gary Mabry and John Silantien, associate
professors of music, wanted to start a third, upper level auditioned women’s
choir to add to the already existing Concert Choir and UTSA Chorus. Many women's
collegiate ensembles are non-audition, but the then Music Division wanted
to create a group that would be an extension of the mixed concert choir and
cover challenging repertoire. Right away the choir became a regular participant
in the Texas Collegiate Women's Choir Festival, and hosted the festival twice
at the 1604 Campus.
The Women's Choir has premiered two works by David Heuser of the UTSA music
faculty as well as last year's Texas premiere of Jackson Berkey's Cantate
2000. The composer has since invited the UTSA Women's Choir to join five
other groups from across the country to perform this work in Carnegie Hall
next June. The choir has also performed for a number of state and local functions
including the Texas Women's Legislators Conference in 1995, and concerts have
been featured activities of UTSA Women's History Week.
The UTSA Women's Choir 10-Year Reunion is an attempt to locate everyone who
has ever sung in this ensemble and invite them to join the current group in
a weekend of rehearsals and a concert on Oct. 12 and 13.
For more information, call Gary Mabry at (210) 458-5325.
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