  {"id":15434,"date":"2015-11-06T09:23:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T14:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/news\/article.php?ArticleID=15434"},"modified":"2019-05-01T12:49:40","modified_gmt":"2019-05-01T16:49:40","slug":"15434_open-dress-rehearsal-and-crawford-concert-msu-chorale-performs-for-the-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/2015\/11\/06\/15434_open-dress-rehearsal-and-crawford-concert-msu-chorale-performs-for-the-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Dress Rehearsal and Crawford Concert: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Chorale Performs for the Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You are invited to an open dress rehearsal on Saturday, December 5 at 3pm. The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Chorale (165-voice symphonic choir) will perform the tri-state premiere of <em>Alzheimer&#8217;s Stories<\/em>, composed by Robert Cohen, with libretto by Herschel Garfein. <em>Alzheimer\u2019s Stories<\/em> is an uplifting work that acknowledges the devastating effects of the disease but also focuses on hope and the strength of the human spirit.<\/p>\n<p>Alzheimer\u2019s patients &amp; their caregivers\/families\/friends are particularly welcome.<br \/>\nAlexander Kasser Theatre &#8211; Free, but reservations are required. Contact <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"mailto:reddingtonk@montclair.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Kathleen Reddington<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Find more about this performance in this <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/theodysseyonline.com\/montclair-state\/the-artists-behind-alzheimers-stories\/234487\" target=\"_blank\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Times article<\/a> and <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/s\/9gai4gso3s7wspz\/alzheimers.wav?dl=0\" target=\"_blank\">radio piece<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>*<\/p>\n<p>This work will also be performed Sunday, Dec. 6 at 3 pm as part of the 2015 Crawford Concert.*<\/p>\n<p>Special guest Cantori New York performs <em>Prophezeiungen<\/em>, an a capella cycle by Siegfried Thiele, and<em> The New Amorous World<\/em>, a cantata for chorus, speaker, two horns, and harp by Lembit Beecher. Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Chorale presents Alzheimer\u2019s Stories, an uplifting work that acknowledges the devastating effects of the disease and focuses on hope and the strength of the human spirit. Composed by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ resident Robert Cohen, with libretto by Herschel Garfein, Alzheimer\u2019s Stories features guest artists Adriana Zabala (mezzo-soprano), Keith Phares (baritone), and a 14-member chamber orchestra of professional instrumentalists.<\/p>\n<p>Kasser Theater &#8211;\u00a0 Free admission but tickets are required. Contact the box office (973-655-5112; <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.peakperfs.org\/peak-programming-2015-16\/beatrice-crawford-fall15\/\" target=\"_blank\">peakperfs.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><em>* The annual Crawford Concert is a free public performance supported by a generous grant from the Keating Crawford Foundation. It is presented at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ in memory of Beatrice Crawford, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ musician who was the director of two choral groups \u201cThe Madrigals\u201d and \u201cThe Choraliers.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You are invited to an open dress rehearsal on Saturday, December 5 at 3pm. The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ Chorale (165-voice symphonic choir) will perform the tri-state premiere of Alzheimer&#8217;s Stories, composed by Robert Cohen, with libretto by Herschel Garfein. Alzheimer\u2019s Stories is an uplifting work that acknowledges the devastating effects of the disease but also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":115434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-153_music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15434"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":207929,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15434\/revisions\/207929"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/115434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/arts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}