Chamber Singers and Festival Chorus

Chamber Singers and Festival Chorus

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Apr 13, 2025

Chamber Singers and Festival Chorus

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Free, no tickets required

Free, no tickets required

  • Date: Apr 13, 2025
  • Time: 7:30pm
  • Presented by: CU Boulder College of Music
  • Runtime: 60 minutes
  • Venue: Grusin Music Hall (C112)
  • Imig Music Building, 1020 18th St, Boulder, CO 80302

Join us for a choral concert that explores intensity and integrity. 

The centerpiece of the CU Boulder Chamber Singers’ set is a pair of pieces that capture a snapshot of protagonists’ endeavors moments before they flee their home countries forever. The first is “The Emigrant” by Bavarian composer Wolfram Buchenberg on a text by Irish poet Joseph Campbell. The music sets a dystopian jig at a pub just before the narrator is to leave by sea. The music veers from a celebratory vibe to intense anxiety about the journey to come. 

The second of the pair is a setting of a Taiwanese song about a politically persecuted professor who says goodbye to his young child before fleeing the country to save his life. The narrator advises his child to stay strong in character and integrity, in the face of all odds. Assistant Professor of Saxophone Nathan Mertens will perform with the Chamber Singers. 

Additionally, the CU Boulder Festival Chorus will perform selections conducted by doctoral student Kevin Wille and master's student Wyatt Smith.

From orchestras, bands and choirs to jazz, world music and opera to world-class faculty and guest performances, the CU Boulder College of Music brings hundreds of stunning performances to Boulder audiences throughout the academic year.

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Artists

Nathan Mertens

saxophone

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