CONSPIRARE IN CONCERT

Conspirare: Company of Voices
 
Zoellner Arts Center at Lehigh University

 
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10
8:00 PM
$18

Conspirare Concert Program

 
Five-time Grammy-nominated Conspirare, the nationally acclaimed professional choral organization based in Austin, Texas, under the leadership of Founder and Artistic Director Craig Hella Johnson, combines outstanding vocal artistry with innovative programming to create a unique and dynamic choral art. www.conspirare.org

For tickets, contact:
Online www.zoellnerartscenter.org
By Mail:  Zoellner Arts Center, 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA 18015
By Phone/Email:  610-758-2787, ext. 0 or email inzactix@lehigh.edu
Box Office Hours:  Tuesday 12-6pm, Wednesday - Friday 12-5pm; Saturday 11am-1 pm

About Conspirare

The word "conspirare" derives from the Latin "con" and "spirare" translated as "to breathe together."

Conspirare was founded in 1991 as the New Texas Festival to present a summer classical music festival in Austin, Texas. Since then, the organization has grown rapidly to become an internationally recognized, professional choral organization that combines outstanding vocal artistry with innovative programming. Led by founder and artistic director Craig Hella Johnson, Conspirare is comprised of two performing ensembles and an educational program. A chamber choir ("Conspirare") of extraordinarily talented singers from around the country is presented in an annual concert series in Austin, other Texas communities, and locations in the U.S. and abroad. The Conspirare Symphonic Choir of both professional and volunteer singers performs at least one large choral/orchestral work annually. The Conspirare Youth Choirs is an education and performance program for singers ages 8-16, who learn and perform in two separate ensembles, Kantorei and the Conspirare Children's Choir.

Conspirare produced its first commercial recording, through the green fuse, in 2004 on the Clarion Records label. A second CD, Requiem, also on Clarion, was released in 2006 and received two Grammy® nominations (Best Choral Performance and Best Engineered Album, Classical). A third recording, Threshold of Night, was released worldwide in September 2008 on the Harmonia Mundi label, Conspirare's first title for the distinguished recording company. Threshold of Night received two Grammy nominations, Best Choral Performance and Best Classical Album. In October 2008, in cooperation with Austin's public television station KLRU, Conspirare filmed a PBS television special, "A Company of Voices: Conspirare in Concert," that was broadcast nationally in March 2009 and is available on both CD and DVD.

Conspirare has performed at New York's Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. In 2005 the organization received the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence, presented by national service organization Chorus America. In 2007, as one of the select choruses in the country to receive a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts under its American Masterpieces initiative, Conspirare presented a choral festival entitled "Crossing the Divide: Exploring Influence and Finding Our Voice." The four-day festival featured a distinguished gathering of composers and conductors, performances of three world premieres, and a gala closing concert with a choir of 600 singers. In July 2008 Conspirare represented the United States at the Eighth World Symposium on Choral Music in Copenhagen, joining invited choirs from nearly forty countries.

The Conspirare ensembles' 2009-2010 season consists of 25 performances of eight different programs, in Austin, Wimberley, Fredericksburg, San Antonio and Victoria. . In February 2010 Conspirare will be a special guest choir at the annual convention of the American Choral Directors Association/Eastern Division in Philadelphia.

Last revised June 26, 2010

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