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1/27/03

SLU MUSIC ENSEMBLES OPEN TO COMMUNITY

CANTON - St. Lawrence University's music department offers several 
ensembles whose membership is open to the community. The University 
Chorus and the Early Music Ensemble is accepting new members for 
the spring 2003 semester.  
	The University Chorus numbers between 40 to 50 singers. 
Choruses from famous operas and operettas will be the repertoire 
for the spring concerts, to be presented on Saturday, April 12, 
and Sunday, April 13. The program will feature music of Verdi; 
Bizet; Borodin; Gilbert and Sullivan; and Herbert and Lehar, to 
name a few. Rehearsals are on Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m. 
in Room 15 of the Griffiths Arts Center. Men are especially 
welcome to join.
	The Early Music Ensemble is comprised of three groups, 
the Early Music Players, the Early Music Strings and the Early 
Music Singers. Their repertoire is drawn from the medieval, 
Renaissance and Baroque periods and is played on a wide variety 
of early instruments from the University's Romer Collection. 
This semester the ensemble will concentrate on music from the 
great Italian cities - Florence, Rome and Venice. The Players 
rehearse on Monday evenings at 7 p.m. in Gilbert Recital Hall. 
The Strings, a small Baroque orchestra, also meet on Mondays 
in Gilbert, at 8:30 p.m. The Singers rehearse and perform 
a cappella. Therefore, some sight-singing ability is a must; 
rehearsals are on Thursdays in Gunnison Memorial Chapel from 
7 to 9 p.m. Two concerts are scheduled for the spring. The 
Early Music Strings will perform on Sunday, April 6, and the 
Players and Singers combine forces for a concert on Sunday, 
May 4.
	Auditions for the ensembles can be arranged by contacting 
Barry Torres at 315-229-5171 or btorres@stlawu.edu.

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