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    I Hear America Singing

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    Presented by Chestnut Street Singers at First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia

    June 12, 2011


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    As the closing concert of the ensemble’s inaugural season, the performance will explore American song traditions and their place in American conceptions of travel and departure. Taking on a range of genres from shapenote to spirituals, the program juxtaposes traditional eighteenth- and nineteenth-century works with modern reinterpretations by Eric Whitacre, Abbie Betinis, and Aaron Copland.
    The concert will also feature the premiere of a new work by composer John B Hedges, who completed his postgraduate studies at the Curtis Institute of Music. Landis Settings, a three-part work set to poetry by Curtis Professor Emerita Joan Hutton Landis, hearkens back to the music of the 1940s and incorporates modern atonality made popular by Schoenberg, achieving what Hedges referred to as “a bluesy, juicy jazz harmony vein.” Hedges, recently named the Fort Worth Symphony’s composer-in-residence for the 2011–2012 season, is currently on the faculty at SUNY New Paltz, where he lectures at the School of Fine and Performing Arts.


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        First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia

        2125 Chestnut Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19103

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        FREE!

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        June 12, 2011

        Times:

        5 pm

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