Summer Choral Theatre 2016

Summer Choral Theatre 2016

 

Summer Choral Theatre 2016
Prince of Peace Catholic Church and School
Monday, June 13 – Friday, June 17, 2016
Performances Saturday, June 18, 2016 at 11:00
Attention elementary and middle school parents! Last year’s inaugural Summer Choral Theatre was a rousing success by any measure, so make sure to get your child registered for the opportunity to enjoy a week of fun, singing, acting, and games! Each participant will join with others from our parish and school in learning and performing a faith-building musical drama. Each half-day session is an all-inclusive activity that will include themed snacks, social activities and even outdoor time in addition to the rehearsals of singing, staging, and basic choreography. Both performances will be Saturday, June 18, at 11:00, and will conclude the week. Family and friends are welcome to come and enjoy the performances!
Francis: The Poor Little Man of God (rising) Grades 1-4 – Monday, June 13 thru Friday, June 17 – 9:30-12:00
This charming retelling of St. Francis of Assisi is a heartwarming performance to watch. It depicts Francis’ love of God’s creation and gives the young performers a model of how to always be thankful for everything in our lives, down to the smallest bird in the sky. Our younger participants will engage in a fully staged production that includes enchanting animal costumes!
The HitThe Rock Slinger and His Greatest Hit (rising) Grades 5-8 – Monday, June 13 thru Friday, June 17 – 1:30-4:30
The story of David and Goliath, a brave tale of courage and trust in God, makes a powerful impact in this musical production. The formidable combination of Allen Pote’s dramatic music and Tom Long’s lively dialogue makes for an exciting and enjoyable production for all ages. With a stage overrun with sentries, kings, commanders, spears, flying rocks, shepherds, and even a giant, your child won’t want to miss this hit of a musical!
Program Fee – $85 for one child, $150 for two children, $200 family maximum (includes instruction, t-shirt, themed snacks, and materials)
Registration opens March 7 exclusively to Prince of Peace families through April 1.
Registration will open to all others beginning April 2.
All registrations are due no later than May 13

Click here to download the registration form

Messe “Cum Jubilo”  by Maurice Duruflé

Messe “Cum Jubilo” by Maurice Duruflé

Join us this Sunday, Laetare Sunday, for the South Carolina Premiere of Maurice Duruflé’s Messe “Cum Jubilo”.

6 March 2016
10a & 12n Mass

A choral Mass for baritones and baritone soloist.

Maurice Durflé, born in Louviers, France in 1902, showed such a great talent for music that at the age of ten his parents enrolled him in the cathedral choir school at Rouen. It was there that he gained a life-long love of Gregorian chant through daily chanting of the liturgies. At age eighteen Duruflé began his organ studies at the Paris Conservatory. He remained in Paris until his death in 1986, working as organist at Notre Dame and Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, and as professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatory. A strong advocate for sacred music, Duruflé’s limited output as a composer included his Requiem, a work that is by far his most famous and most widely performed.

The Messe “Cum Jubilo” (1966) was Duruflé’s last large-scale composition and, at the same time, the most daring and interesting of his choral compositions. Dedicated to his wife and colleague, Marie-Madeleine Duruflé-Chevalier, the Mass receives its name from the chant Mass designated for feasts of the Blessed Virgin Mary, upon which the composition is based. The compositional feat of this unique choral Mass which utilizes only one vocal part was to avoid all use of vocal polyphony in order to remain true to the very essence of Gregorian Chant, while being able to maintain sufficient musical interest. Duruflé creatively and colorfully sets the Ordinaries of the Mass (minus the Creed) through utilization of compositional techniques that often abandon traditional tonalities for harmonies and scales to evoke the moods needed to further elaborate on the texts. This centrality of chant melodies to the composition further reflects his commitment to chant as the primary medium for the sung prayers of Holy Mass.

The United States premier of Messe “Cum Jubilo” was at the Washington National Cathedral in 1968 with subsequent U.S. performances in 1969 at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and New York’s Riverside Church just ten days apart, both of which featured Madame Duruflé at the organ and the composer conducting.

Music for Christmas

Music for Christmas

Come celebrate the birth of the Christ Child at Prince of Peace. Be sure to arrive early to hear festive prelude music. The prelude to 4p and 6p will feature student violinists. Musical highlights are as follows:

4p Mass – The Primary Choir sings O, Come Little Children

6p Mass – led by our Youth Choir singing Lo, How a Rose

Midnight Mass – Prelude begins at 11.30p

The Holy Boy – John Ireland

Silent Night – arr. by Barry Rose

Ave Maria – Javier Busto

Laetentur Caeli – William Byrd

Festive Organ Postlude – Hark, the Herald Angels Sing – David Willcocks