2024 UWF Summer Festival Chorus
Dr. Peter Steenblik, Director
Two-step Registration Process:
Registration is now available!
We hope you can join us in the summer!
Concerts are FREE and open to family, friends, and appreciative audience members.
Concerts are FREE and open to family, friends, and appreciative audience members.
Session One – Nuñes-García Requiem
First performed in 1816 in Brazil, this is a work rarely performed, but strikes an exceptional example of paying homage to Mozart's unfinished Requiem (1791), while also furthering musical ideas of the Americas. Program will consist of complementary works. This year, we will also incorporate conductors from the UWF Conducting Symposium pilot program. Inquiries welcome.
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Session Two – Summertime Jazz
This week-long celebration of light jazz and contemporary hits from the stage and screen will delight all. From Gershwin to be-bop, a potpourri of toe-tapping tunes. We will be joined by a trio of UWF graduates: pianist Andrew Gregg, bassist Max Levesque, and percussionist Jensen Cadenhead.
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The UWF Summer Festival Chorus is open to singers of all musical levels, ages 17 and up*. This week-long choral immersion experience occurs twice each summer, 7:00-9:30 pm. Come be a part of this amazing group of community members, students, and faculty. For more information, please email our Chorus Manager at - [email protected] .
$60 per session, or $95 for both. Student rates available. *Students aged 17 will be permitted, but must provide a letter of recommendation from their choral director (church or school) -- have a short letter of reference sent directly to [email protected] . ***Also available through UWF as a variable credit course. If you wish to register for university credit, please contact Ray Bettis for more info - [email protected]. Registration will be required through the UWF Registrar.*** |
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Archived Videos of the UWF Summer Festival Chorus:
2024
Session One - Here is a continuous concert video from our 2024 Summer Festival Chorus - Session One: Nunes Garcia Requiem. View the printed program here.
You can easily skip to individual songs by opening in YouTube, clicking the MORE button to show all information. |
Session Two - Here is a continuous concert video from our 2024 Summer Festival Chorus - Session Two: Summertime Jazz. View the printed program here.
You can easily skip to individual songs by opening in YouTube, clicking the MORE button to show all information. |
2023
Session One - Here is a continuous concert video from our 2023 Summer Festival Chorus - Session One: Schubert's Mass No 2 in G Major. View the printed program here .
You can easily skip to individual songs by opening in YouTube, clicking the MORE button to show all information. |
Session Two - Here is selected footage from our 2023 Summer Festival Chorus - Session Two: Stories We Tell. View the printed program here.
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2022
Session One - Here is a continuous concert video from our 2022 Summer Festival Chorus - Session One: Mozart's Coronation Mass. View the printed program here.
You can easily skip to individual songs by opening in YouTube, clicking the MORE button to show all information. |
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Session Two - Here is a continuous concert video from our 2022 Summer Festival Chorus - Session Two: Christmas in June. View the printed program here.
You can easily skip to individual songs by opening in YouTube, clicking the MORE button to show all information. |
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2021 --modified format
We did it!
Thank you to all involved who helped make this tremendous event happen. Please enjoy this video presentation and follow our printed program for proper credits and information. Due to concerns related to the Covid-19 pandemic, this chorus of volunteers met for only 2 rehearsals. A recording was made at the conclusion of each evening. After a long wait, what a joy it was to experience music together. Note: This 2-day event occurred during a significant decrease in the Covid numbers during June of 2021. The chorus was spread out at all times, and many remained masked for rehearsals. |
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2019
Session One - Below are videos from our 2019 Summer Festival Chorus - Session One, Rutter & Wilberg. View the printed program here. Click on the titles to view any of the videos below:
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Session Two - Below are videos from our 2019 Summer Festival Chorus - Session Two, Choral Masterpieces. View the printed program here. Click on the titles to view any of the videos below:
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2018
Session One - Below are videos from our 2018 Summer Festival Chorus - Session One, Reinventions: 21st Century Choral Music. View the printed program here. Click on the titles to view any of the videos below:
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Session Two - Below are videos from our 2018 Summer Festival Chorus - Session Two, Haydn's LORD NELSON MASS. View the printed program here. Click on the titles to view any of the videos below:
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2017
Session One - Below are videos from our 2017 Summer Festival Chorus - Session One, featuring the Fauré Requiem. View the printed program here.
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Session Two - Below are videos from our 2017 Summer Festival Chorus - Session Two, featuring folksongs & spirituals. View the printed program here.
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