Next Two Weeks Filled with Musical Performances

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Published on Thursday, 10 March 2011 17:40

The next few weeks at Ave Maria will offer a wide variety of free or inexpensive classical music performances.

The two weeks of music begin the evening of Monday, March 14, with a concert in the Ave Maria Oratory by the Chamber Singers from Franklin and Marshall College in Pennsylvania, and culminates Sunday, March 27, with a full choral and orchestral performance of Verdi's Requiem by Opera Naples in the Golisano Field House. All are welcome at every event.

 Following are the scheduled events:

robilette2The Chamber Singers of Franklin and Marshall College of Lancaster, PA, will perform a concert of sacred music from the last two centuries Monday, March 14 at 7 p.m. in the Ave Maria Oratory. The Chambers Singers are a select choral ensemble of about 20 young men and women. They last performed at Ave Maria two years ago. Free admission.

Internationally-acclaimed classical pianist John Robilette (left) will play a concert of Catholic composers Wednesday, March 16 at 8 p.m. in the private dining room of the Ave Maria University student union. Click here for more details, including a full program, and here for a PDF of the event flyer. Free admission.

The St. Agnes High School Choir from St. Paul, MN, will perform a concert of sacred music in the oratory Tuesday, March 22 at 7 p.m. The choir, which is touring southwest Florida, also will sing at the 12:30 Mass Sunday, March 20. Free admission to the concert.

freecastle275aThe Freecastle Duo, composed of young musicians Hirono Sugimoto and violin and Philip Lawrence Borter, (right) will play a concert of works from a half-dozen different composers Wednesday, March 23, at 8 p.m. in the private dining room of the AMU student union. Click here for a more detailed description of their program. Free admission.

The Ave Maria Hometown Band and Orchestra will give a free concert of varied works in La Piazza in the Ave Maria town center Saturday, March 26, beginning at 1 p.m. The program includes popular and classical selections by the band and orchestra as well as solo performances. Later Saturday, the band will hold a fundraising dinner at the Donahue Academy. Click here for more details on the performance, and here for further information from the group's website through which tickets also can be ordered for the dinner. The performance is free.

Also that day, the Ave Maria Choirs will be part of a combined choir of 170 voices with theSouthwest Florida Symphony Orchestra choir to perform Mahler's 2nd Symphony "Resurrection" at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at the Barbara Mann Hall in Fort Myers. Click here for more information.

To cap the two weeks of music, Opera Naples will give a special performance of Verdi's Requiem Sunday, March 27, at 2:30 p.m.  in the Golisano Field House. More than 120 performers, including an orchestra and soloists from Opera Marseille, the San Francisco Opera and the Gilmmerglass Opera, will participate. Seats in the bleachers are $5, with a maximum of $25 per family, and seats on the floor are $25 each. Opera Naples also will perform the same program twice in Naples, where prices range from $25 to $95 per seat. To reserve for the performance in Ave Maria, call 239-280-2420. Click here for a PDF of the event flyer.