Saturday, March 19, 2011

Musicians In Harmony

 PNC Bank is sponsoring new and innovative collaborations with a 3 year 1.5 million dollar initiative. This concert brought together the Columbus ProMusica Chamber Orchestra, The Columbus Gay Men's Chorus, and Columbus Children's Choir for a first-time, one-of-a-kind performance. As if that unusual collaboration didn't have all of the bases covered, they performed Srul Irving Glick's Psalm Trilogy, Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, and Abraham Kaplan's Choruses from Glorious with many of the texts sung in Hebrew and English. They performed in the newly renovated (rebuilt) Lincoln Theatre in the revitalized Mt. Vernon district.
Jeanne Norton, Harpist, rehearses on stage before other musicians arrive


Columns with Egyptian decorations
Beautiful Egyptian motifs adorn the ceiling

The Columbus Gay Men's Chorus and Columbus Children's Choir
on stage with ProMusica Chamber Orchestra
The combined choirs assemble on stage
as the audience takes their seats


Jeanne Norton with her beautiful
Salzedo Harp. She was one of Salzedo's students

Yes, I was really there!