NY Premiere of "Chronicles of Blue and Gray" by John Purifoy
Jefferson Johnson, DCINY Debut Conductor
Carol Barnett's The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass
Also Featuring:
Dailey & Vincent, Special Guest
Participating Groups
Lexington Singers
Berea College Concert Choir
The Lyric Chorale
Saint Augustine Singers
Vancouver USA Singers
Columbus Choral Society
Knoxville Choral Society
The Maryville College Community Choir
Richmond Choral Society and The Arcadian Chorale
Treasure Coast Community Singers
Special Guests
Artist's Name
Dailey & Vincent
Artist's Name
Jefferson Johnson
Artist's Name
Carol Barnett
Artist's Name
Michael Adelson
Artist's Name
John Purifoy
Participating Group Directors
Lexington Singers
Jefferson Johnson
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Jefferson Johnson is Director of Choral Activities at the University of Kentucky where he conducts the University Chorale and Men's Chorus. Â Johnson received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Georgia, his Master of Music from the University of Tennessee, and his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Colorado.
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Dr. Johnson is currently in his seventeenth year as Music Director of The Lexington Singers. In 1999, The Lexington Singers celebrated its fortieth anniversary with a performance in New York City as Johnson made his Carnegie Hall debut conducting the Singers and orchestra in Faure's Requiem.
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Berea College Concert Choir
Stephen Bolster
Dr. Stephen Bolster, Program Chair of Music, is the Mary W. McGaw Endowed Chair in Music at Berea College, where he has taught for 34 years. He holds music degrees from Dartmouth College, the University of North Carolina, and the University of Colorado, and conducted major choral organizations at each school before joining the Berea faculty. From 1996-1999 he was a member of the prestigious Robert Shaw Festival Singers. Dr. Bolster is in frequent demand as a lecturer, clinician, and adjudicator in Kentucky and Tennessee. He is an expert on acoustical phonetics, especially vowel modification and choral blend.Â
The Lyric Chorale
Chrisanne Yule
Chrisanne Yule holds a Certificate of Harpsichord and Early Music at the doctoral level from Florida State University, a Master of Music in Organ Performance from the University of Michigan, and Bachelor of Music degrees in both Choral Music Education and Organ Performance from the University of Wisconsin-Superior. She founded and directs The Lyric Chorale - a community chorus of amateur and professional singers-and also directs a select a cappella group, VOCE. Chrisanne serves as the Director of Music and Organist at St. Rita Catholic Church in Webster, NY.
Bluegrass And Gray: Sounds Of Americana
Acts
Also Featuring:
Participating Groups
Special Guests
Artist's Name
Dailey & VincentArtist's Name
Jefferson JohnsonArtist's Name
Carol BarnettArtist's Name
Michael AdelsonArtist's Name
John PurifoyParticipating Group Directors