David Alderdice with the North Fork Community Chorus in Paonia, CO

Join the North Fork Community Chorus at the Blue Sage for its inaugural concert on August 22nd, 2015! Doors open at 6:30pm, and the concert begins at 7pm. Tickets are $8 per person in advance, $10 at the door.  970-527-7243

Featuring American composers and musical styles, this concert takes us on a journey through the developing music scene of America in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. As America comes into its own as a leader in choral music, we see the incorporations of American folk music, from hymns to spirituals and beyond. And now, as we move into the twenty-first century, we see the American heritage of diversity and multicultural influences manifest itself in a diversification of musical styles and increasing incorporation of world music. This concert will explore the morphing role of choirs and the voice in this melting pot of American music.

Some of the pieces to be performed:

• Aaron Copland’s “Zion’s Walls”
• Eric Whitacre’s “Lux Aurumque”
• F. Melius Christiansen’s “Beautiful Savior”
• Morten Lauridsen’s “Dirait-on” from Les chansons des roses
• Moses Hogan’s “Battle of Jericho”
• Christopher Tin’s “Baba Yetu”

And many more!