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Our 76th Season, 2011-12
The North Shore Choral Society invites you to join us for our final concert of this seventy-sixth season! Back by popular demand, we presented a wide variety of holiday music at Glenview Community Church in late November. In early December we joined with the Evanston Symphony Orchestra for their annual holiday concert in Evanston. In March we presented the hugely popular Carmina Burana by Carl Orff to a sold-out house. We’ll cap off this exciting season in June with G. F. Handel’s gorgeous and thrilling Israel in Egypt featuring full orchestra and soloists.
Don’t miss our last concert of the season!
Sunday, June 10, 2012 3:00 p.m.
Temple Beth-El, 3610 Dundee Road, Northbrook
Handel’s Israel in Egypt
Conducted by our Music Director Julia Davids, this concert features a full orchestra of the top instrumentalists in Chicago with Concert Master Martin Davids.
A free pre-concert talk on Handel and Israel in Egypt will be presented by Dorothy Andries, classical music writer and critic of the Pioneer Press, from 2:00-2:40 p.m. in Werner Hall at Temple Beth-El. An area of concert seats will be reserved for those who attend the talk.
Soprano Máire O’Brien, mezzo soprano Angela Young Smucker, tenor Kurt R. Hansen, basses Ryan O'Mealey and Peter Van De Graaff, and Donald Chen Young Artist Award winner soprano Alison Wahl will be featured.
See our 2011-12 Season page for more details, or go to our Tickets page for ticket prices and to order tickets online.
Donald Chen Young Artist Award Winners Chosen!
After a lengthy deliberation by the panel of judges, the winners of this year's Donald Chen Young Artist Award were announced:
First Place: Rebecca Robinson, mezzo soprano
Second Place: Gillian Hollis, soprano
Third Place: Sara Litchfield, mezzo soprano
The Donald Chen Young Artist Award, established in 2008, supports and promotes young, emerging singers. A competition, open to aspiring singers ages 19-26 who reside in the Chicago area, was held on Saturday, March 31st, 2012. Nine finalists were selected from submitted applications, and competed in a live audition before a panel of judges. The audition took place at 3:00 p.m. at Trinity United Methodist Church, 1024 Lake Avenue in Wilmette and was open to the public.
The audience was treated to fabulous concert, as all of the contestants were excellent. Thanks to everyone who attended!
Click here to look at Saturday's program booklet and read about the finalists!
Fundraising for NSCS
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Thanks for considering all the ways that you can help make the music happen.
