PORTLAND — The Choral Art Society’s annual Epiphany Celebration will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7 at the Williston- Immanuel Baptist Church, 156 High St.
“ This performance, conducted by music director Robert Russell, is one of The Choral Art Society’s most spiritual annual concerts and provides an opportunity to reflect following the busy holiday season,” a release from the society states.
The program features works performed a cappella by the Camerata chorus, a small, select group of The Choral Art Society. Other performers include the Meliora String Quartet — Robert Lehmann and Yasmin Craig- Vitalius, violin, Kimberly Lehmann, viola and James Kennedy, cello — as well as Neil Boyer on oboe, Betty Rines on trumpet and organist
Dan Moore.
The Chorale Art Society has more than 150 members who perform in three distinct ensembles: the symphonic Masterworks Chorus, the midsized Choral Art Singers and the intimate a cappella Camerata. All singers are skilled amateurs, selected by audition. The society offers an annual concert series and appears regularly as guests of the Portland Symphony Orchestra. Robert Russell, professor of music at the University of Southern Maine, is the conductor and artistic director of The Choral Art Society.
Local participants include Sheldon Bird of Bath and Curt Sidall of Lisbon.
Tickets are available online at choralart.org or by calling 828-0043. They are priced at $15 for advance sales and $20 at the door at time of the performance.
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