Madison Youth Choirs
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First Congregational United Church of Christ 1609 University Ave., Madison, Wisconsin 53726
press release: "Seriously Funny: Musical Humor, Wit and Whimsy" on Sunday, May 13, 2018
This spring, Madison Youth Choirs singers are exploring the unexpected ways that elements of humor, from irony and incongruity to improvisation and timing, are reflected in a wide variety of classical and contemporary musical compositions. We're learning that music, like humor, is a kind of language, operating with its own sense of logic, patterns, and conventions that composers can twist to surprise us and take our musical journey to new places.
As we study the complexity of humor as a mode of creative expression, we are discovering the power of satire, wit, and misdirection to help us reexamine our assumptions, musical and otherwise. In our culminating concert series, our singers will present works including Handel's "No, di voi non vo' fidarmi," Timothy Takach's "I Will Howl," "Fugue for Tinhorns" from Guys and Dolls, and the second movement of Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms.
First Congregational Church, 1609 University Ave.
Sunday, May 13, 2018
1:30pm Girlchoirs (Choraliers, Con Gioia, and Capriccio)
4:00pm Boychoirs (Purcell, Britten, and Holst)
7:00pm High School Ensembles (Cantilena, Cantabile, and Ragazzi)
Tickets available at the door, $10/general admission, $5/students 7-18, free for children under 7. A separate ticket is required for each performance.
This concert is supported by American Girl's Fund for Children, BMO Harris Bank, the Kenneth A. Lattman Foundation and Dane Arts with additional funds from the Endres Mfg. Company Foundation, The Evjue Foundation, charitable arm of The Capital Times, the W. Jerome Frautschi Foundation, and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation. This project is also made possible by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with additional funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.