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1/26/04

SLU MUSIC ENSEMBLES OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY

CANTON – The University Chorus, the Special Productions Ensemble, the 
Early Music Ensemble and the String Ensemble at St. Lawrence University 
all are accepting new members for the spring 2004 semester. Membership 
in all of these ensembles is open to the community as well as faculty, 
staff and students of St. Lawrence.
	A celebration of diversity will be the theme of this semester's 
University Chorus concerts, which will feature choral arrangements of 
folk and traditional songs from around the world – Africa, Latin America, 
Europe and our own land, including Aaron Copeland's "Old American Songs."
	The Early Music Ensemble consists of two groups, the Early Music 
Players for instrumentalists and the Early Music Singers for vocalists. 
Music of the great Renaissance composer Guillaume Du Fay will be the focus 
for this semester. The Players will also perform Baroque chamber music. 
For membership information, contact director Barry Torres at 315-229-5171 
or btorres@stlawu.edu.
	St. Lawrence's unique Special Productions Ensemble for instrumentalists 
will journey musically to Texas of the 1940s and 1950s, exploring orquesta 
tejana music. The performance will feature rancheras, boleros, polkas and 
mambos by Beto Villa, Isidro López and others. Contact director David 
Henderson at 315-229-5085 or dhenderson@stlawu.edu for more information.
	The String Ensemble will start its second semester under the 
direction of Christian Hosmer. Repertoire for this semester includes the 
Mozart Serenade in D major, K. 137. Interested string players should contact 
Hosmer at cello@twcny.rr.com.

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