2009.11.06
Salem Choral Society's concert debuts Aaron Garber's original work and Andrew Lewis tune
From left at the piano, Shawn Stewart, Cierra Chapman, Carleigh Studtmann, Eunjin Lee (seated), Jenny Hellier (standing in back), Sarah Beamer, Ashton Ledbetter, and Harlee King. Photo Miranda Adkins, So Salem
For the second year in a row, Aaron Garber has spent his Election Day with a group of Andrew Lewis Middle schoolers to compose an original piece for the Salem Choral Society's November concert. The workshop is called "I can create music," and eight students nominated by their music teachers spent the morning and part of the afternoon of Tuesday, November 3 creating the tune "Before the Dawn."
By the afternoon, the students and Garber had selected the title, the melody, and the key, and they'd started to create the innuendos and phrases.
The Salem Choral Society will perform the piece at their Sunday, November 15 concert at Andrew Lewis Middle School. The show "Love me tender: Great popular music from the 20th century" will begin at 3 p.m. and tickets can be purchased at the door, but to get them before they're sold out, call 761-4727.
March 6, the SCS will perform Garber's own original composition, with Richard Bansemer as the librettist "Jesus Son of our Father (The Gospel According to John)" at Shaftman Performance hall in the Jefferson Center. The oratorio will be performed with a full orchestra and professional soloists.
For more information, visit www.salemchoralsociety.org.
