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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

SCHOLA CANTORUM ON HUDSON DEBUTS TIBETAN PIECE IN NYC AND MONTCLAIR

WHEN: May 19, 8:00 PM
WHERE:
St. Paul the Apostle, Columbus Avenue @ W. 60th St., New York, NY
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WHEN: May 20, 5:00 PM
WHERE:
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 73 S. Fullerton Avenue, Montclair, NJ
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Through their annual Ethnic Series, SCH looks at the music of individual cultures and nationalities. Within this season’s theme of Healing, they examine transitions into and out of life on this earth through music and poetry recently acquired by Bellagio Resident Fellow Composer Andrea Clearfield during her two treks deep in the Himalayas. Fundamental to the culture of this region is the reality of a “healing spirit.”

Ms. Clearfield’s multi-movement work entitled Tse go La, which translates to mean ‘At the Threshold of this Life,’ is based on poetry and music, previously unheard by western ears, as documented by Clearfield and anthropologist Katey Blumenthal. Additionally, Tse Go La incorporates new texts by Sienna Craig, a noted anthropologist and researcher of Tibetan society, culture and history. It is Schola’s privilege to premiere the chamber version of this major composition.

Also included on the concert is Featured Composer Ivo Antognini’s Life is a Circle, and Blake R. Henson’s My Flight for Heaven.

LISTEN TO THE COMPOSER SPEAK ABOUT "TSE GO LA" HERE