Oakwood Chamber Players
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"Lighting the Way," 3 & 7 pm, 11/27, Oakwood Village-West Auditorium. $20. 230-4316
When: 11/27/09
Cost: $20
Call: 230-4316
Web: www.oakwoodchamberplayers.com
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Oakwood Chamber Players To Perform Annual Holiday Lights Concert
The Oakwood Chamber Players will be performing their annual Holiday Lights Concert "Lighting the Way" Friday, November 27, 2009. The two performances will be held in the Oakwood Village Auditorium, at 3 pm and 7 pm.
The Oakwood Chamber Players are excited to feature soprano Mary Elizabeth Mackenzie as this year's guest musician. Ms. Mackenzie is a native of Madison, and now resides in New York City. Described by the New York Times as "a soprano of extraordinary agility and concentration," Mary Elizabeth Mackenzie has captured the attention of audiences in New York, Chicago, Wisconsin, Philadelphia, Cleveland and Boston.
A passionate performer of contemporary music, Ms. Mackenzie has appeared with The Juilliard School's AXIOM Ensemble, Fulcrum Point New Music Project, the Continuum Ensemble, the Oakwood Chamber Players, Red Light New Music,
the Talea Ensemble, and at John Harbison's Token Creek Music Festival. Ms. Mackenzie recently made her Alice Tully Hall debut with the Juilliard Percussion Ensemble, performing Jean Barraqué's Chant Aprés Chant.
Ms. Mackenzie made her professional opera debut as Despina in Così fan tutte with Madison Opera under the direction of Kelly Kuo, and recently appeared in New York City Opera's production of Hugo Weisgall's Esther. Solo concert appearances include Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate with the Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra, Handel's Messiah with the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra, The Youth in Mendelssohn's Elijah with the Grant Park Symphony Orchestra, and Mahler's Symphony No. 4 and Faure's Requiem in New York City.
This year's Christmas Lights Concert will include: Il Presepio (The Crib) by Nino Rota, Ave Maris Stella by Bernhard Krol, "Alleluia" from Exsultate Jubilate by W.A. Mozart, Carol of the Birds by John Jacob Niles, Geistliches Wiegenlied (Sacred Cradle Song) by Johannes Brahms, Estrellita by Manuel Ponce and other Christmas favorites.
Christmas Lights was first presented in 1994 as a memorial concert for the mother of one of the group's supporters. It was a huge success that year, and the Oakwood Chamber Players have presented Christmas Lights every year since then on the Friday after Thanksgiving. This concert has led the Oakwood Chamber Players to produce 3 CDs of Christmas music with works
commissioned by and written exclusively for the Oakwood Chamber Players.
The Oakwood Chamber Players consist of: Anne Aley, horn; Vincent Fuh, piano; Michael Allen, cello; Nancy Mackenzie, clarinet; Marilyn Chohaney, flute; Leyla Sanyer, violin; Christopher Dozoryst, viola; and Amanda King Szczys, bassoon. All perform actively in the Madison area with the Madison Symphony
Orchestra, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and an eclectic mix of other professional ensembles. The Oakwood Chamber Players have been together since 1984.
Tickets are $5 for students, $15 for seniors 55+ and $20 for adults. Season tickets are $40 for seniors, $55 for adults.
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