MUSICAL PROGRAM The adventure begins! Please join us for a first hearing of new music inspired by the art of Norman Rockwell. A select group of singers from Crescendo Chorus and Youth Singers, accompanied by a small group of instrumentalists, will perform excerpts from an exciting project which is scheduled to premiere in Spring 2017. Conducted by Christine Gevert, Founding Artistic Director of Crescendo, the musicians will perform in the Museum galleries, in proximity to some of the same iconic paintings which are referenced in the extended work for full chorus and small jazz/chamber ensemble. The 2017 project, ÒPaintings in Song: Visions of Norman Rockwell,Ó with music and text composed by Dr. John Myers, will include projected large-screen animations by Alice Myers and Anna Sabatini. Throughout this performance, John Myers and Christine Gevert will offer insights into the creative process and explain some musical aspects of the composition. Excitement has been growing around this ambitious multi-disciplinary joint project of the Norman Rockwell Museum and Crescendo Chorus, which recently won the Chorus America/ASCAP/Alice Parker Award for Innovative Programming. They will be joined in the 2017 productions by the Berkshire ChildrenÕs Chorus. Free.
The musicians are all faculty members atÊBard College at SimonÕs Rock; their participation in the event is supported by a grant from the CollegeÕs Faculty Development Fund.