Mozart Requiem

Sunday, April 17 – 4 pm

Free Admission. Tickets available at the door.

 

Cape Fear Chorale presents, with orchestra, W. A. Mozart’s Requiem in D. Mozart’s Requiem was commissioned anonymously and composed in 1791 but was left unfinished upon his death on December 5, 1791. At the urging of Mozart’s widow Constanze, the work was later completed by Franz Sussmayr based from the composer’s sketches.

In 1998, the name, Cape Fear Chorale, was used to start a new group of choristers under the directions of Jerry Cribbs. All members are volunteers and of the sixty-five to eighty singers per semester, there are currently nine charter members in the group who participated in the original 1998 Chorale.

In its 17th year, Cape Fear Chorale is now an incorporated non-profit community chorus. The mission of the Chorale is to provide excellent choral music to the region at no cost to those who attend the concerts. The Chorale does not charge admission to concert and is totally dependent upon donations.

The Chorale presents two concerts annually, one in the fall and one in the spring. The repertoire has included major works, sacred music, secular music, spirituals, motets, madrigals, and more. The group’s home for rehearsals is Grace United Methodist Church where they practice weekly for two hours August through November and January through April under the direction of music director, Jerry Cribbs. To be considered for participation in the group, one must interview/audition. For more information on auditions, please visit www.capefearchorale.org/

 

The Chorale will be joined this concert by Guest Conductor, Dr. Welborn “Bill” Young.

 

Guest Conductor – Dr. (Bill) Welborn E. Young is Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he was the recipient of the 2007 Outstanding Teacher of the Year award. Dr. Young arrived at UNCG from Chicago in 2000 and conducted the Women’s Choir, Men’s Glee Club, taught classes in German diction, undergraduate conducting, and choral repertoire at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Currently, he directs the University Chamber Singers and teaches graduate conducting and graduate seminars in choral repertoire. He has been active as the conductor of the UNCG Summer Music Camp Senior Mixed Chorus since 2002. In 2005 Dr. Young was named Artistic Director and Conductor of Bel Canto Company, an ensemble of professional singers. Bel Canto has been featured on the National Public Radio program Performance Today. For seven years, Dr. Young served as the conductor of the Choral Society of Greensboro in performances of major choral-orchestral works. He has been a featured festival conductor at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at the York Minster International Choral Festival in Great Britain, and at Carnegie Hall. He has served as a guest conductor and clinician in festivals and clinics in North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, South Carolina, Washington D.C., Illinois and Oregon. His choirs have toured in Europe performing in such cities as Florence, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Cambridge, York, and London. Dr. Young has presented papers and lead interest sessions at national and international conferences on topics such as the music of György Orbán and Morten Lauridsen, skill building for church musicians, choral techniques addressing the needs of a volunteer ensemble, and choral blend. He has prepared ensembles for John Rutter, Dimitry Sitkovetsky, and Stuart Malina. Dr. Young has served on the board of NC ACDA and is currently its president. He established and administers the NCMEA High School and Middle School Honors Chorus Clinics at UNCG preparing young students for their auditions for Honors Chorus. Dr. Young holds the DMA in Choral Conducting from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from Middle Tennessee State University.