CLEARFIELD – Central Pennsylvania’s premiere choral ensemble, the Clearfield Choral Society, will present a concert at the Presbyterian Church of Clearfield, located at 119 N. Second St., in downtown Clearfield on Sunday, May 19 at 3:30 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased online at ClearfieldChoralSociety.org or at the church one hour before the concert. Tickets can also be purchased at CAST, located at 112 E. Locust St., in downtown Clearfield, Wednesdays, from 10:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. and Thursdays from 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
From the folk song, to the spiritual, to jazz and musical theater, “The Great American Songbook(s)”, celebrates American music through some of its greatest pioneers, including songwriters, song-collectors, orchestrators, arrangers and conductors.
Clearfield Choral Society will pay tribute to Aaron Copland, who is seen as a forerunner of establishing the American sound through his study of American life in the west.
They celebrate those composers that contributed to what is known as the Great American Songbook, such as the memorable styles of Irving Berlin and the famous duo Rodgers & Hammerstein.
They celebrate the heritage of the spiritual, the folk hymn and the folk-song, through the musical stylings of Moses Hogan, Norman Luboff and especially through the work of famous conductor and arranger, Alice Parker, among others.
The Clearfield Choral Society is under the direction of Jacob Mandell. Catherine Mandell serves as the assistant director, Mason Strouse is the manager of the ensemble, and Sandy Buhler is the pianist.
To learn more about the Clearfield Choral Society, visit www.ClearfieldChoralSociety.org and follow the ensemble on Facebook.
Clearfield Choral Society is a program of the Clearfield Arts Studio Theatre Inc. (CAST).