April 28, 2005
350 Choral Singers and Corpus Christi Youth Symphony Performing in Richardson
Auditorium as Part of Fundraiser for All-State Choir Camp
Guest soloists singing during tomorrow night’s premiere of Rutter’s
“Mass of the Children” and Fauré’s “Requiem”
WHO: DMC director of choral studies, Ronnie Sanders; Del Mar College
Concert Choir; the Corpus Christi Chorale; choirs from Flour Bluff, Tuloso-Midway
and Miller High Schools; the Corpus Christi Youth Symphony; and three guest
soloists–baritone Randall Morrow and sopranos Lauren Zoghby and Nancy Lanmon
Cooke
WHAT: Choral Concert featuring the premiere of John Rutter’s Mass
of the Children
WHEN: 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 29
WHERE: Richardson Auditorium, Del Mar College East Campus, Ayers and
Baldwin (campus map available at www.delmar.edu/maps/east.html)
VISUALS: Over 350 performers, including choral singers and musicians,
giving the premiere performance of English composer John Rutter’s piece,
Mass of the Children. The choral concert will also highlight Gabriel Fauré’s
Requiem, the choral work that Corpus Christi Chorale and DMC Concert Choir members
will perform in New York City’s Carnegie Hall in June.
FYI: English composer John Rutter wrote Mass of the Children to highlight
young voices in addition to an adult choir, orchestra and soprano and baritone
soli. In keeping with the composer’s design, young singers with the Flour
Bluff, Tuloso-Midway and Miller High Schools will perform with the Corpus Christi
Chorale, the Del Mar College Concert Choir, three guest soloists and the Corpus
Christi Youth Symphony during a performance set for 7:30 p.m. on Friday in the
College’s Richardson Auditorium.
For the full news release, go online to www.delmar.edu/news/choralmass041205.html.
CONTACT: Ronnie Sanders, DMC Director of Chorale Studies, at 361/698-1352
or rsanders@delmar.edu
-DMC-mce