Melodia Women's Choir of NYC

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Women's Choir

UPCOMING CONCERTS

2008-09 SEASON

FALL 2008 CONCERTS

WRAPPED IN SONG: Nov 15, 8 pm; Nov 16, 4 pm

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Wrapped in Song

Music for voices and Harp

Featuring

A CEREMONY OF CAROLS

by Benjamin Britten

Conducted by Cynthia Powell, Artistic Director

Elaine Christy, harp

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15 AT 8PM

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 16 AT 4PM

St. Peter's, Chelsea,

346 West 20th Street, between 8th & 9th Aves, NYC

Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door

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Full Program

A Ceremony of Carols, by Benjamin Britten

Alleluia, by Randall Thompson

Selections from Autumn Landscapes and

Winter Patterns, by Veljo Tormis

Two Eastern Pictures, by Gustav Holst

Selections from Dancing Day, by John Rutter

Wainamoinen Makes Music, by Zoltan Kodaly

The Lamb, by John Kuzma

Elaine Christy, harp

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8 AT 3PM

Selections from Wrapped in Song will be presented in a

FREE Concert

Queens Museum of Art

Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens

Next to the historic Unisphere, pictured below

Reservations not necessary

Click here for directions to Queens Museum of Art

Supported by Independence Community Foundation

SPRING CONCERT

SATURDAY MAY 16, 2009 AT 8PM

An evening of French choral works and other gems

Conducted by Cynthia Powell

Françoise Murail, ondes martenot

Kyung-A Yoo, piano

All-female orchestra

A rare performance of Olivier Messiaen's Trois petites liturgies de la
Présence Divine, for women's choir, ondes martenot, and orchestra.

Plus

Messe a trois voix, by André Caplet

In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen, by Reza Vali (Naila Aziz, soprano)

Louange à l'éternité de Jésus

from Quatuor pour la fin du temps, by Olivier Messiaen

(Miranda Cuckson, violin)

Church of St. Ignatius Loyola

980 Park Avenue at East 84th Street

Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door

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This concert is made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, and by funds from the Florence Gould Foundation

A LOOK BACK AT OUR 2007-08, FIFTH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

IN CONCERT WITH NEW AMSTERDAM SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Thursday June 5 at 8PM

Symphony Space

Performing Holst's epic work, The Planets, with the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra.

Plua a Melodia mini-concert featuring works by Samuel Barber, Gordon Jacob, Ronald Perera, and Ro Ogura.

WALL TO WALL BACH

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Symphony Space

Melodia joined more than 300 musicians to participate in the 30th anniversary Wall to Wall concert at Symphony Space celebrating the life and work of J.S. Bach.

Melodia performed Wir eilen mit schwachen, from Cantata 78, and Den Tod niemand swingen kunnt from Cantata 4. With continuo, cello and bass. Conducted by Cynthia Powell.

"Bach cantatas were well sung by the Melodia Women’s Choir of New York City,"

led by Cynthia Powell. Vivien Schweitzer, New York Times.

SPRING 2008 CONCERTS

Force of Nature -- Celebrating the Earth

Saturday May 3 at 8PM

Sunday May 4 at 4PM

Force of Nature ~ Celebrating the Earth is a program of beautiful and contrasting music written by 20th and 21st century composers honoring the spirit of the natural world. The concert features composers from Israel, Japan, Hungary, Britain, and North America and settings of poetry by Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, James Agee, e.e. cummings, William Shakespeare, and ancient Chinese poetry from the 8th and 11th centuries.

Conducted by Cynthia Powell, Artistic Director

Kyung-A Yoo, piano

Program includes:

Earthsongs, by Ronald Perera

Wellspring (U.S. premiere) and Contemplations (N.Y. premiere) by Hilary Tann

Four Seasons by Zhou Long

Spring Song by Yehezkel Braun

Sure on this Shining Night by Samuel Barber

From Nature, by Ernst Bacon

From A Goodly Heritage, by Gordon Jacob

Mountain Nights, No. 1, by Zoltán Kodály

Hotaru Koi (Firefly) by Ro Ogura

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St. Luke in the Fields Church

Hudson Street

A portion of ticket sales was donated to Water is Life - Kenya, a not-for-profit organization devoted to bringing resources, supplies, equipment and expertise to complete new wells in drought-stricken areas. Water is Life - Kenya was founded and is run by Joyce Tannian, a former Melodia singer, now living in Kenya.

March 5, 2008

WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION

SPONSORED BY THE NEW YORK CITY COMPTROLLER

The NYC Comptroller honored four women of achievement -- Melodia sang selections from our spring concert program to an audience of more than 300.

For more information: 212-252-4134 (voicemail) or womenschoir@mindspring.com www.melodiawomenschoir.org