RADFORD UNIVERSITY CHORAL NEWS

David Otis Castonguay, Director of Choral Activities

RU CHOIR INVITED TO TOUR RUSSIA IN JANUARY 2007

David Otis Castonguay has been invited to return to Moscow and Yekaterinburg, Russia with a choir during the 2006-2007 academic year. The choir will be the featured performer at the Festival of American Christmas Music in historic Yekaterinburg during the feast days of Russian Orthodox Christmas and New Years in January 2007. The tour will also include concerts in Moscow and a tour of St. Petersburg. Professor Castonguay will present master classes in choral literature, vocal technique and historical performance practice for assembled Russian conductors. The choir will enjoy tours of historic sites and the extraordinary warmth of Russian hospitality in the cold winter weather of Russia in January.

RU CHOIR INVITED TO PERFORM ORFF CARMINA BURANA WITH THE ROANOKE SYMPHONY IN MAY 2007

Ru choirs have been invited to perform Orff's dramatic cantata, Carmina Burana with the Roanoke Symphony conducted by David Wiley in May of 2007. The choir will join the Roanoke Symphony Chorus and the Liberty University Choir in performance on Monday, 7 May, 2007 at the Roanoke Performing Arts Center.

RU CHOIR INVITED TO PERFORM AT FESTA MUSICALE MARTINEAU IN PARDUBICE, CZECH REPUBLIC IN JULY 2007

David Otis Castonguay has been invited to bring a choir to the international Martineau Choral Music Festival in Pardubice, Czech Republic in July of 2007. This international festival features groups from around the world ranging from children's and youth choirs to adult professional ensembles, all performing in this historic city in Bohemia located 90 miles east of the capital city, Prague.

RADFORD SINGERS & MADRIGAL SINGERS ON TOUR

 

Performing Masterworks with Orchestra in New Orleans

The choir periodically has been invited to spend a nine-day residency with the professional orchestra of New Orleans. The orchestra is conducted by Klauspeter Seibel who also is music director for the Frankfurt Opera and Dresden Opera in Germany. The choir rehearsed daily with the orchestra leading up to performances of masterworks such as Beethoven's Missa Solemnis and Dvorak's Te Deum in the visual and acoustical splendor of the Orpheum Theater. Here is a photo of Radford Singers rehearsing the Brahms Requiem with Klaus-Peter Seibel and the Louisiana Philharmonic.

 

Radford Singers and Madrigal Singers tour Russia in 2000 & 2004

• Radford Singers rehearsing with distinguished Russian conductor Sergey Pimenov (picture)
• Choir members walking in front of St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow's Red Square (picture)
• Choir members in Moscow's Red Square (picture)
• Lenin Square (Yekaterinburg) with ice buildings constructed for the "Ice Town" festival held during Orthodox Christmas and New Years (picture)
• Images from the Christmas in Russia International Choral Competition

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