2007-2008 Season Schedule

Mendelssohn Elijah
Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007 at 8 p.m.
Jim Rouse Theatre, Columbia, MD
Free Lecture begins at 7:00 p.m!

Handel Messiah
Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.
Jim Rouse Theatre, Columbia, MD
Free Lecture begins at 6:30 p.m.!

A Christmas Noël with the CPC Chamber Singers
Sunday, Dec. 9, 2007 at 3:00 p.m.
Christ Episcopal Church
Columbia, MD

Duke Ellington: Sacred Concert
Sunday, Mar. 9, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
Ellicott City, MD

Latin American Spring
Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 8 p.m.
Jim Rouse Theatre, Columbia, MD

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CPC 2008 Season Finale
 

The season comes to a close with Latin American Spring on May 3, 2008, at the Jim Rouse Theatre in Columbia, MD.   The CPC will be joined by several of its favorite soloists: Soprano April Joy Gutierrez, Mezzo Soprano Cyndie Eberhardt, the CPC Chamber Singers, clarinetist Marc Dubac, and pianist Allison Matuskey; and by Latin-American and traditional instrumentalists.  Ariel Ramierez' Misa Criolla will be the program centerpiece, while Heitor Villa Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, Ave Maria, Ave Verum, Panis Angelicus and Pater Noster will also be heard.  Other Latin American music presented will include works by Cuban composers Ernesto Lecuona and Paquito D'Rivera, Argentine tango music by Astor Piazzola and a work by Felipe Coronel Ruida, and Brazilian pieces by Dorival Caymmi as well as folk sources.  A medley of songs that have become a part of American popular culture, including Cielito Lindo, Guantanamera, Sin Ti, and La Bamba; will conclude the concert.  A festive bazaar featuring Latin American foods and a sale of gift items, with FIRN, Inc. benefiting from the sales, will follow the concert.  
 

 

Spring Concert and Bazaar,
May 3, 2008

Buy this dramatic Mexican tray or other gifts from all over the world at the Latin America concert and help support FIRN Inc.!

We will be selling a number of exclusive objects suitable for gift giving or keeping for your own home or personal use.  Income from the sales will be shared with FIRN, the home-grown organization that provides a wide range of services to newcomers to our country.  You can read about FIRN's services at their website: http://www.firnonline.org 

 
IN THE PRESS                  10/25/07
 

Pro Cantare Brandishes a Link to 'Elijah'

By Mike Giuliano

Classical music speaks to us across the ages, but some people even today have unexpectedly close personal connections to music composed long ago.

When the Columbia Pro Cantare perform Felix Mendelssohn's 'Elijah' Saturday, October 27, 2007 in the Jim Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake, one Columbia resident in the audience will feel like it's a family affair.  Gudrun Huden is directly descended from Carl Friedrich Zelter, the early 19th century composer who was a mentor to Felix Mendelssohn.   Read more...