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51st Annual Holiday Wassail Banquet Raises Funds for Excellence

December 19, 2014 by | CoPA News

It was the winter of 1963, while America was in mourning over the assassination of President John F. Kennedy when Chapman University organized its first Holiday Wassail Concert. The goal of the event was to give the local community a chance to come together and to feel hopeful again for the future. Fifty-one years later,

Challenging our senses: Where “New Music” begins.

December 1, 2014 by | Music

We used to apply the terms “modern” and “contemporary” to music that was experimental or pushing the limits of tradition and current tastes. Those definitions are now used interchangeably in reference to popular music. Instead, “New Music” is now considered to be that which goes beyond the current or familiar; incorporating the alien, the disparate

Chapman University Singers: Lone Star Tour 2015

September 22, 2014 by | Performances

Back by Popular Demand Following their successful tour last year, Chapman’s University Singers will be returning to the Lone Star State in January. They will be bringing their vocal harmonies to San Antonio, Austin and Dallas/Fort Worth January 9-18, 2015. Check back in the coming months for more information regarding exact locations and program details.

A Fitting Finale: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony

May 30, 2014 by | CoPA News

On May 15, 2014, I had the pleasure to direct the combined forces of The Chapman Orchestra and Chapman University Choirs, choirs from the University of California, Irvine, the Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra (OCYSO) and Grammy-award soloists in the largest concert in Chapman University’s history to a sold-out audience at the Renèe & Henry Segerstrom Concert

Bringing Beautiful Music to Boston

May 12, 2014 by | CoPA News

Chapman University’s Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music is taking their show on the road again. After a successful tour in Texas this January, some of our vocal majors and faculty are heading to Boston for three exclusive ensemble performances, June 6-8. Performances will include a variety of operatic standards and musical theater selections. The group’s third performance,

A New Twist on an Old Favorite…

May 1, 2014 by | CoPA News

Breaking with tradition, this year’s annual Sholund Scholarship Concert , presented by the Hall-Musco Conservatory of Music, will showcase the individual talents of our music students in a variety of solo, duo, and small ensemble performances. Program to feature students from the Brass, Guitar, Keyboard, Percussion, Strings, Vocal, and Woodwind areas of the Conservatory

Chapman, UCI to collaborate with Philharmonic Society & OCYSO to present Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony

April 18, 2014 by | CoPA News

The Chapman Orchestra partners with The Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra, Grammy-award winning soloists and combined choirs from Chapman University and UCI to present “Beethoven: The Finale.” Program to include the U.S. West Coast premiere of Frieze (Turnage), Piano Concerto No. 1, First Movement (Beethoven) and Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (Beethoven).

Don’t Miss Tenor Bruce Sledge on February 8

January 29, 2014 by | CoPA News

Bruce Sledge ’94, one of today’s most in-demand tenori di grazia, will be performing works by Bellini, Duparc, Rachmaninov, Strauss and Puccini in Salmon Recital Hall at 7:30pm on February 8, accompanied by Cheryl Fielding on piano. Anne Midgette of the New York Times says “This tenor is hot. The basic sound was first

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