Easter concert: Religious choral music
The Brown University Chorus of the United States and the Choir of the University of the Balearic Islands in a concert of religious music next March 23.
A unique opportunity to hear this fabulous American choir with an original and innovative repertoire of choral music.
Church of the Holy Cross in Palma at 8.30pm.
Free entrance.
The Brown University Chorus, 50 dedicated singers drawn from all concentrations within the University, is one of the oldest groups on campus. As well as performing regularly in Providence and New England, the choir has earned an international reputation over the past 30 years for the quality of its performances and most recently returned from a 2015 concert tour of Cuba and a 2011 concert tour of Costa Rica adding to their already impressive legacy as university ambassadors. Previous tours include a 2009 concert tour of Vienna and Prague, a 2006 tour of Argentina and Uruguay, a 2004 tour of Russia and Finland, a 2002 tour of Costa Rica, and a 1999 tour of Italy. The chorus also enjoyed touring through Iberia, Greece, Israel and Egypt, the USSR and Scandinavia, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. In 1979, the Chorus was the first American collegiate performing group to tour China, and in 1976 the group spent one month in India at the invitation of the Indian Government, presenting concerts for Prime Minister Indira Ghandi and Mother Teresa.
Frederick Jodry is a native of Ohio, and holds the Bachelor’s degree in Organ Performance from New England Conservatory where he studied organ with Yuko Hayashi and conducting with Lorna Cooke de Varon and Donald Teeters. Upon graduation, he was awarded the prestigious Chadwick Medal, given each year to the most promising graduate who shows distinction both in musical performance and academic excellence. He continued at NEC, being awarded a Master’s degree in the Performance of Early Music in 1987, during which time he was a harpsichord student of Francis Fitch, and an organ pupil of William Porter. While completing his studies, Mr. Jodry founded the Schola Cantorum of Boston, a twelve-voice ensemble dedicated to the performance of Renaissance sacred music. During the past thirty years, the group has presented concerts throughout New England, and has frequently been heard at the Boston Early Music Festivals. As a vocal soloist, Mr. Jodry has appeared with the Providence Singers, the RI Civic Chorale, Boston Cecilia, the Boston Camerata, Musique Ancienne de Montreal, and at the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute under Gustav Leonhardt. Since 1991 he has been Director of Choral Activities at Brown University, where he is also an instructor in music theory and history, and teaches Harpsichord. He has led the Brown Chorus throughout New England, and has toured with them on five continents. For the past fifteen years, Mr. Jodry has served as Music Director at the First Unitarian Church of Providence.