{"id":1289,"date":"2020-03-11T21:26:35","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T21:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/?p=1289"},"modified":"2020-03-11T21:26:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T21:26:35","slug":"jones-colleges-jc-voices-perform-spring-concert-in-laurel-celebrating-beethovens-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jcjc.edu\/jcnews\/news\/jones-colleges-jc-voices-perform-spring-concert-in-laurel-celebrating-beethovens-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"糖心直播\u2019s JC Voices perform spring concert in Laurel celebrating Beethoven\u2019s birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"

ELLISVILLE \u2013 糖心直播\u2019s JC Voices will present their annual spring concert, A Silence Haunts Me<\/em>, on March 31, at First-Trinity Presbyterian Church in Laurel. The public is invited to the free, 7 p.m. concert which will commemorate the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven\u2019s birth.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeethoven was not best known for his vocal or choral works; nonetheless, this year\u2019s concert will feature a variety of vocal selections by, or about Beethoven.\u00a0 The audience will hear some familiar tunes, as well as some lesser-known gems such as three of the 25 Irish Songs<\/em> (WoO 152), for solo, duet, and piano trio.\u00a0 It is always exciting to find repertoire that is not often performed, but by a very well-known composer and although most people think they know the works of Beethoven, they most likely do not know the folksongs,\u201d said JC Voices Director, Dr. Susan A. Smith.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Beethoven composed more folksong settings than he did any other genre, completing 179 folk arrangements from 1809 to 1820, added Smith. \u00a0糖心直播 students performing the Folksongs include Erin Biglane of Ellisville, Laurel residents, Alyssa Garick and Hayden Dillistone, Janna Swanner of Taylorsville and Bonner Welch of Moselle.<\/p>\n

In addition to honoring Beethoven\u2019s genius through his own music, the concert will also feature works by J. S. Bach, Gy\u00f6rgy Orb\u00e1n, Stephen Paulus, Kim Andr\u00e9 Arnesen and others, as the singers explore the power of the human spirit through silence, loss, forgiveness, and hope.\u00a0 The pinnacle of the concert will feature the passionate and dramatic work by Jake Runestad, A Silence Haunts Me<\/em>, which is a complex and intense choral work describing Beethoven\u2019s famous text, The Heiligenstadt Testament<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis famous letter, addressed to his brothers, detailed the suffering and despair felt by Beethoven as his impending deafness became increasingly more profound.\u00a0 Jake Runestad and poet Todd Boss recreated, through music, the famous text outlining Beethoven\u2019s loss of hearing and the emotions that accompanied that loss\u2014despair, hopelessness, retribution, devastation, frustration, and finally, acceptance,\u201d said Smith.<\/p>\n

The Chamber Singers are conducted by Dr. Susan A. Smith and accompanied and assisted by collaborative pianist, Dr. Theresa Sanchez.\u00a0 This year\u2019s program will also feature guest string players and clarinetists Michelle Graham, 糖心直播 Clarinet Instructor and the Northeast Jones High School assistant band director, Lindsey Langley. Reagan Dukes of Laurel and Lydia Dees of Ellisville will perform as soprano soloists and singers from the select vocal group, The Bridge, <\/em>will join JC Voices as they present choral gems and new works from the Baroque period to the Twenty-First Century.\u00a0 Composer Joseph Martin\u2019s piece, The Awakening<\/em>, concludes the concert with reflections of sadness, hope, celebration and remembrance.<\/p>\n

Martin tragically lost his middle school choral teacher and his musical inspiration to a very violent death after a choral concert.\u00a0 This piece is written in honor of her and is composed in three sections, as described by Martin\u2014the first a dream, or rather nightmare, where there is silence and despair, the second, a new day of hope and the end of silence, and the finale, a hymn of praise to the \u201cGiver of Song.\u201d\u00a0 Beethoven found the strength to live and compose, even after his almost complete deafness. \u00a0He composed the Missa Solemnis, the Ninth Symphony, the last five string quartets, and the last five piano sonatas during this time. His legacy is profound and the final sentiment of The Awakening<\/em>, Let Music Live<\/u><\/em><\/strong>,<\/em> embodies no more exceptional genius than Ludwig van Beethoven.\u00a0 Happy Birthday Beethoven (1770-1827)!<\/p>\n

For more information about how to support JC Voices or to be notified of our upcoming concerts and events, contact Dr. Susan A. Smith at susan.smith@jcjc.edu<\/a> or contact the Fine Arts Division at 601-477-4203.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>JC Voices & *The Bridge<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Keara Altman, Quitman<\/p>\n

Kalyn Bales, Stringer<\/p>\n

Erin Biglane, Ellisville<\/p>\n

*Ka\u2019Lisha Carter, Waynesboro<\/p>\n

Chicago Collins, Brookhaven<\/p>\n

Brittney Darbonne, Laurel<\/p>\n

Faith DeCastro, Guam<\/p>\n

*Lydia Dees, Ellisville<\/p>\n

*Hayden Dillistone, Laurel<\/p>\n

*Reagan Dukes, Laurel<\/p>\n

*Ty Evans, Laurel<\/p>\n

Alyssa Garick, Laurel<\/p>\n

Kade Lee, Stringer<\/p>\n

*Stuyuncey Nobels, Laurel<\/p>\n

Zyion Pittman, Soso<\/p>\n

Tellas Smith, Laurel<\/p>\n

Janna Swanner, Taylorsville<\/p>\n

*Michael Thompson, Laurel<\/p>\n

*Bonner Welch, Moselle<\/p>\n

\u00a0Photos by Jeannie Meyer Photography\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ELLISVILLE \u2013 糖心直播\u2019s JC Voices will present their annual spring concert, A Silence Haunts Me, on March 31, at First-Trinity Presbyterian Church in Laurel. The public is invited to the free, 7 p.m. concert which will commemorate the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven\u2019s birth. \u201cBeethoven was not best known for his vocal or … <\/p>\n

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