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The
Chesapeake Choral Arts Society is supported by a grant
from the Maryland State Arts Council, an agency dedicated
to cultivating a vibrant cultural community where the arts
thrive.
Partial funding is also provided by the Charles
County Arts Alliance whose mission is to stimulate,
promote, encourage, and provide recognition of the arts
and the creative spirit. Donations and membership
fees also provide support to this growing community
musical endeavor. To obtain a flyer or more information
please contact Carol Charnock at 240-254-2068, or
301-642-0594.
THE
ROMANTIC PERIOD
 Depending
upon which book you read or which class you take, the
Romantic Period can encompass a
vast number of different dates.
In my music appreciation course at the
College
of
Southern Maryland
you would memorize a standard date reference of 1825-1900.
This has been used for many years as a good
measure—it begins with the premiere of Beethoven's 9th
Symphony and ends nice and evenly with 1900, roughly four
years after Brahms' death and one year before the death
of Verdi.  This
time period also brings to mind many other well known
labels that roughly correspond to these dates:
The Victorian Era, The Industrial Revolution, the
time of the Civil War and the era of Reconstruction as
well as the era of Empire building, when a few mighty
European nations were grabbing up real estate all over
Asia and Africa under the pretense of bringing "civilization"
to primitive peoples.
Sounds like a very exciting
time because it was
a very exciting time.
 The
Chesapeake Choral Arts Society, under the direction of
yours truly, will be spending the next two seasons
concentrating on music from this exciting time period.
However, our approach is going to be a unique one
for our group. We
will perform all three concerts this year in period
costume and a bit of staging.
All of our concerts have music representing the
entirety of the era. We
will also be including: readings from novels and poetry,
scenes performed in contemporary theatre style, games
played that were popular then and food served that was
familiar at the time and is representational of the
particular theme for the evening's festivities.
 Thanks
to all who attended our first concert, "A Dickens Christmas," on December 15.
The concert featured music from the start to
the finish of the Romantic period, as well as a few choice
readings. It
was a lot of fun and hopefully helped prepare you for our second annual pops concert, "'Pop'
Goes the Music."
"'Pop'
Goes the Music" will concentrate on the popular music from the
Romantic period. We
will be starting with the music of Stephen Foster and will
work up through the "Gay Nineties."
We will also feature an extensive review of the
African-American Spiritual genre, as well as a medley from
the Civil War and a little taste of Ragtime.
Our final performance of the year will be on May
31, "An Evening with the Romantics."
I will be telling you all about that in future
articles. I
hope you will come out and support our wonderful choral
organization, which has doubled in size since last season,
and I am proud to say, so has our ambition.
I think you will enjoy what you hear and see at our
concerts this year. Come,
and embrace the "Romantic" in you.
Michael
K. Santana
Music Director/Conductor
Chesapeake
Choral Arts Society
The
Chesapeake Choral Arts Society is dedicated to the
performance and promotion of choral
music in the Southern Maryland communities.
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Stay
tuned for the 2008 Season Schedule!
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| Saturday,
March 15, 2008 |
The
Steve Potter Band
8:30
pm
$10
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| Saturday,
April 12, 2008 |
Jimbo Manion 8:00
pm
$10
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Visit www.brewhouselive.com
for ticket information.
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My
Brother's Place
3081
Old Washington Rd.
Waldorf, MD 20601
phone: (301) 645-5460
Call
for schedule info!
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April 5, 8:00 pm
College of Southern
Maryland, Fine Arts Center, La Plata Campus, 8730 Mitchell
Road, La Plata.
Local pop musician Eric
Scott will perform at the CSM Black Box (FA143).
$5
301-934-7828,
240-725-5499, 443-550-6199, 301-870-2309, Ext. 7828
or BxOffc@csmd.edu.
www.csmd.edu/Finearts.
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CSM
hosts Navy Band
May 9, 8:00 pm
College
of
Southern Maryland
, Fine Arts Center, La Plata Campus,
8730 Mitchell Road
,
La Plata
.
The U.S. Navy Band will perform a collection of classical, contemporary and patriotic
tunes.
Tickets are free, and will be released one hour prior to
show.
301-934-7828, 240-725-5499, 443-550-6199, 301-870-2309, Ext.
7828 or BxOffc@csmd.edu. www.csmd.edu/FineArts.
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CCAA calendar for specific concert
information!
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Attention
Emerging Performing Artists!
Coming
to
Charles
County
Summer 2008:
New
Intensive, Professional Summer Training Program
For Local Audition Info, call
202-641-0529!
Coming to Charles
County
this summer... a major international music festival and
intensive, professional training program for emerging
performing artists! It's
Saltnote Stageworks!
Saltnote Stageworks will engage the most qualified
young singers and musicians (age 18 and
older) available for
its 2008 Young Artist Program,
Ensemble Program,
Instrumental Program, and
Stagecraft Program. Additionally,
a Youth Program
(ages 6-12) and
High School Choral Festival
(grades 9-12) will round out the experience.
The
first round of auditions took place this fall in
Baltimore
,
Los Angeles
,
Denver
,
Albuquerque
,
Bloomington
,
Pittsburgh
, and
New York City
. The
next set of auditions took place in Indiana, California,
Massachusetts, Washington DC, and La Plata, Maryland...
Don't
miss this opportunity to participate.
Auditions via CD are being
accepted up until March 15, 2008.
The 2008 festival runs from June 6 - 30.
For more information regarding the application
process, the opportunities available, the faculty, or the
performances, please visit www.saltnotestageworks.org,
email info@saltnotestageworks.org,
call 202-641-0529, or write to:
Saltnote Stageworks,
P.O. Box
96503
#49878,
Washington
,
D.C.
20090-6503.
Host
Families
are also being sought for some of the performers.
Please call 202-641-0529 if interested in hosting a
performer or two from June 6 - 30.
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