{"id":1258,"date":"2016-02-17T19:42:20","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T00:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/17\/symphony-orchestra-oratorio-chorus-to-perform\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T14:21:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:21:18","slug":"symphony-orchestra-oratorio-chorus-to-perform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/symphony-orchestra-oratorio-chorus-to-perform\/","title":{"rendered":"Orchestra and Oratorio Chorus to perform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsimg.furman.edu.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/TJoiner2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-6523 lazyload\" title=\"TJoiner(2)\" data-src=\"http:\/\/newsimg.furman.edu.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/TJoiner2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"224\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 340px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 340\/224;\" \/><\/a>The Furman University Symphony Orchestra and Oratorio Chorus will present a concert Friday, April 19 at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfinished Masterpieces,\u201d is a Sound Quality Series performance and is part of Furman\u2019s Cultural Life Program. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students.<\/p>\n<p>Conducted by Furman\u2019s Thomas Joiner, the concert features unfinished masterworks by Schubert and Mozart performed by the Symphony Orchestra, Furman Singers and Chorales, and student vocal soloists.<\/p>\n<p>Schubert&#8217;s Symphony No. 8, also known as the \u201cUnfinished,\u201d is considered a pivotal work at the dawn of the romantic era of symphonic music. Mozart&#8217;s Requiem, composed just weeks before his death, paints vivid scenes of the journey of the human soul to the eternal light.<\/p>\n<p>Soloists for the masterworks are:<\/p>\n<p>Jessie Barnett (\u201816) <em>mezzo-soprano<\/em>, Greenville<\/p>\n<p>Grace Bernardo (\u201814)<em> mezzo-soprano<\/em>, Newberry<\/p>\n<p>Antonio Edwards, Jr. (\u201814) <em>baritone<\/em>, Greenwood<\/p>\n<p>Grace Gilday (\u201813) <em>soprano<\/em>, Kensington, Md.<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Gordon (\u201813) <em>tenor<\/em>, Lexington, N.C.<\/p>\n<p>Caleb Hopkins (\u201813) <em>baritone<\/em>, Greenwood<\/p>\n<p>Ben Keiper (\u201814) <em>baritone<\/em>, Greenville, N.C.<\/p>\n<p>Bryce McClendon (\u201815) <em>tenor<\/em>, Greenville<\/p>\n<p>Heather Mentz (\u201814) <em>soprano<\/em>, Mechanicsville, Va.<\/p>\n<p>Alicia Russell (\u201816) <em>mezzo-soprano<\/em>, Asheville, N.C.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan Voke (\u201814) <em>soprano<\/em>, Mount Pleasant<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Wear (\u201813) <em>tenor<\/em>, Huntsville, Ala.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the concert, call the Furman Music Office at 864-294-2086.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Furman University Symphony Orchestra and Oratorio Chorus will present a concert Friday, April 19 at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on campus. \u201cUnfinished Masterpieces,\u201d is a Sound Quality Series performance and is part of Furman\u2019s Cultural Life Program. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students. Conducted by Furman\u2019s Thomas Joiner, the concert features unfinished masterworks by Schubert and Mozart performed by the Symphony Orchestra, Furman Singers and Chorales, and student vocal soloists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":1259,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/265"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1258\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1259"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}