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Thursday 16 November 2023

Voces8 and Voces8 Scholars

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This fascinating programme from VOCES8 will immerse you in the swirling and undulating sounds of György Ligeti (whose centenary we celebrate this year and whose Lux Aeterna found fame in Stanley Kubrik’s 2001: Space Odyssey), Pēteris Vasks and Caroline Shaw – pieces that show off micropolyphony, extended vocal technique and abstract sounds. Set alongside this is J.S. Bach’s glorious solo violin Partita No. 2 played by Fenella Humphreys and here incorporating sung chorales, a double choir work from Charles Wood and Elgar’s Nimrod, arranged for voices as Lux Aeterna. VOCES8 welcomes the VOCES8 Scholars, violinist Fenella Humphreys and cellist Matthew Sharp, all directed by Barnaby Smith.

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This concert will be approximately 2 hours in duration, including an interval.

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The 2023 Grammy-nominated British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is proud to inspire people through music and share the joy of singing.  Touring globally, the group performs an extensive repertoire both in its a cappella concerts and in collaborations with leading musicians, orchestras, conductors and soloists.   Versatility and a celebration of diverse musical expression are central to the ensemble’s performance and education ethos which is shared both online and in person.  VOCES8 has performed at many notable venues since its inception in 2005, including performance in London, Paris, Vienna, Tokyo, Mexico, Singapore and Australia.

“Stardust” This wide-ranging recital connects natural and spiritual regeneration, recognising loss, beauty, love, and joy.  Music from the Renaissance to the present day comes from England, Germany, Scandinavia, and Iceland as well as the USA and includes jazz standard arrangements.  The concert takes its title from a commission for the group by US composer Taylor Scott Davis.

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The 2023 Grammy-nominated British vocal ensemble  VOCES8  is proud to inspire people through music and share the joy of singing. Touring globally, the group performs an extensive repertory both in its  a cappella  concerts and in collaborations with leading musicians, orchestras, conductors and soloists. Versatility and a celebration of diverse musical expression are central to the ensemble’s performance and education ethos which is shared both online and in person.

VOCES8 has performed at many notable venues since its inception in 2005 including Wigmore Hall, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Berlin Philharmonie, Cité de la Musique Paris, Vienna Konzerthaus, Tokyo Opera City, NCPA Beijing, Sydney Opera House, Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, Victoria Concert Hall Singapore, Palacio de Bellas Artes Mexico City amongst many others. This season they perform over 100 concerts in the UK, across Europe, the USA, Australia and Asia.

They have collaborated in concert and in the recording studio with musicians including Paul Simon, Jacob Collier, Eric Whitacre, Christopher Tin, Olafur Arnalds, Cody Fry, Rachel Podger, Jack Liebeck, Bomsori Kim, Jonathan Dove, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra and others.

VOCES8 is passionate about music education and is the flagship ensemble of music charity the  VOCES8 Foundation  which actively promotes ‘Music Education For All’. Engaging in a broad range of in-person outreach work that reaches up to 40,000 people a year, the Foundation runs an annual programme of workshops and masterclasses at the  VOCES8 Centre  at St Anne & St Agnes Church, London. Dedicated to supporting promising young singers, VOCES8 awards eight annual choral scholarships through the  VOCES8 Scholars  initiative. These scholarships are linked to the annual Milton Abbey Summer School at which amateur singers of all ages learn and perform with VOCES8. Through the separate VOCES8 USA Foundation there is another set of twelve talented Scholars.

VOCES8’s entrepreneurial and community spirit is fostered by Co-Founders Paul and Barnaby Smith. The Covid-19 pandemic gave the impetus for VOCES8 to transform its already exceptional offerings, nurturing a new online audience community providing a chance to engage with classical music in new ways. Pioneering initiatives include the  LIVE From London  online festival and the  VOCES8 Digital Academy .

LIVE From London  was created as a specific response to the pandemic. Winning praise for its collaborative approach with artists, press and audiences around the world the team has delivered ten digital festivals to date, broadcasting over 100 concerts and selling 250,000 tickets around the world. The  VOCES8 Digital Academy  is an online choral programme for high schools, colleges and individuals featuring live interaction with members of the ensemble, live and recorded lectures, and video resources to learn and perform music from the renaissance to today. Both LIVE From London and the Digital Academy is filmed by  VOCES8 Studios , the in-house recording company.

Alongside their online work VOCES8 is heard regularly on albums, international television and radio. The ensemble is a Decca Classics artist, also releasing on its own label,  VOCES8 Records . The Decca Classics recording of Christopher Tin’s “The Lost Birds” featuring VOCES8 and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was nominated for a Grammy-Award in 2023. The newest albums are “Home” conducted by Eric Whitacre, featuring his extraordinary work “The Sacred Veil” which reached the top of the classical charts in both the UK and USA, and “Seven Psalms” by Paul Simon in which VOCES8 was thrilled to participate. In the run-up to Christmas 2023 VOCES8 joins its own Foundation Choir and Orchestra in “A Choral Christmas”, a joyful selection of favourite carols with sparkling new arrangements for choir and featuring the premiere recording of Taylor Scott Davis’s “Magnificat”.

VOCES8 is proud to be working with Ken Burton as the group’s Composer-in-Residence and Jim Clements as Arranger-in-Residence. The ensemble has premiered commissions from Jonathan Dove, Roxanna Panufnik, Roderick Williams, Paul Smith, Jocelyn Hagen, Melissa Dunphy, Ken Williams, Taylor Scott Davis, Alexander Levine, Alexia Sloane, Alec Roth, Ben Parry, Ola Gjeilo, Mårten Jansson, Philip Stopford, Graham Lack, Thomas Hewitt Jones and Owain Park. They publish arrangements of its music, original compositions and educational material with the new digital  VOCES8 Publishing  house, and with Edition Peters. The  VOCES8 Method  written by Paul Smith is a renowned and unique teaching tool now available in four languages that adopts music to enhance development in numeracy, literacy and linguistics.

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VOCES8 return to Malvern with their new programme  Choral Dances , following their sell out concert here in 2019.

William Byrd – Haec Dies Benjamin Britten – Choral Dances from Gloriana Nat King Cole – Straighten Up and Fly Right Irving Berlin – Cheek to Cheek Sergei Rachmaninov – Bogoroditse Devo Jake Runestad – Make my Love be Heard Palestrina – Magnificat Primi Toni

JS Bach – Bourée (arr) Thomas Weelkes – As Vesta Was Lassus – Dessus le Marché D’Arras Kate Rusby – Underneath the Stars Van Morrison – Moon Dance Luis Demetrio and Pablo Beltran Ruiz – Sway Bart Howard, Jimmy van Heusen and Sammy Cahn – Come Fly me to the Moon

The British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is proud to inspire people through music and share the joy of singing. Touring globally, the group performs an extensive repertory both in its a cappella concerts and in collaborations with leading musicians, orchestras, composers and soloists. In a busy season it will give 100 concerts around the world, release the album “Infinity” with Decca Classics, and publish sheet music with Edition Peters. It also continues 2 exciting initiatives: the ground-breaking online festival  LIVE From London  which to date has broadcast 70 concerts and sold 150,000 tickets in 75 countries; and the  VOCES8 Digital Academy  – an online choral programme featuring live interaction and video resources for choirs around the world. The ensemble is proud to be working with its Composer-in-Residence Roxanna Panufnik, and Arranger-in-Residence Jim Clements. VOCES8 is passionate about music education and is the flagship ensemble of its music charity the  VOCES8 Foundation .

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Utzon Music 2024 VOCES8 with Jack Liebeck

23 june 2024.

In the Concert Hall

Don’t miss world-renowned UK vocal ensemble VOCES8 with special guest violinist Jack Liebeck in a soaring performance inspired by birds and poetry in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.

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VOCES8’s gorgeous sound, impeccable ensemble and intense responsiveness to text, harmony and melodic shape is all of the highest quality. Hearing them sing is a joy. BBC Music Magazine

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Don’t miss vocal music at its finest when VOCES8 return to the Sydney Opera House with special guest violinist Jack Liebeck, this season’s only Utzon Music Series concert in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall. Named for Jake Runestedt’s haunting Let My Love Be Heard , VOCES8’s program explores themes of healing, solace and hope alongside the ensemble’s soaring jazz arrangements. Inspired by birds in music and poetry, the program includes Ralph Vaughan Williams’ famous orchestral work The Lark Ascending in a special arrangement for choir and violin, Caroline Shaw’s and the swallow with a violin part written by VOCES8 baritone Christopher Moore and the world premiere of Effortlessly by American composer Taylor Scott Davis. Following VOCES8’s recent work with Paul Simon on his Grammy-nominated 2023 album Seven Psalms , the program includes two of his classic songs alongside arrangements of music by George Gershwin, Ben Folds and Kate Rusby.

I'm thrilled to be back in Australia, now my second home, performing alongside my great musical friends and collaborators VOCES8. Performing with them in this unique programme on the legendary stage of Sydney Opera House will be something for me to savour for many years to come. Jack Liebeck

Let My Love Be Heard  Orlando Gibbons O Clap your hands  Melissa Dunphy Halcyon Days  Jake Runestad Let My Love Be Heard  Taylor Scott Davis Effortlessly  Caroline Shaw and the swallow  Ralph Vaughan Williams arr. Paul Drayton The Lark Ascending 

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Nat King Cole arr. Jim Clements Straighten Up and Fly Right  Kate Rusby arr. Jim Clements Underneath the Stars  Ben Folds arr. Clements The Luckiest  Thomas Weelkes As Vesta Was from Lathmos Hill Descending  Orlando di Lasso Dessus le Marché d’Arras  Simon and Garfunkel arr. Alexander L’Estrange The Sound of Silence  Paul Simon arr. Emily Dickens 59th Street Bridge Song  Don McLean arr. Jim Clements Vincent  Marvin Hamlisch & Carole Bayer-Sager arr. Jim Clements Nobody Does It Better  George Gershwin arr. Jim Clements Slap That Bass

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MaryRuth Miller First soprano Molly Noon Second soprano Katie Jeffries-Harris First alto Barnaby Smith Second alto Blake Morgan First tenor Euan Williamson  Second tenor Chris Moore Baritone Dominic Carver Bass Jack Liebeck  Guest violinist

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The 2023 Grammy-nominated British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is proud to inspire people through music and share the joy of singing. Touring globally, the group performs an extensive repertory both in its  a cappella  concerts and in collaborations with leading musicians, orchestras, conductors and soloists. Versatility and a celebration of diverse musical expression are central to the ensemble’s performance and education ethos which is shared both online and in person.

VOCES8 has performed at many notable venues since its inception in 2005 including Wigmore Hall, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Cité de la Musique Paris, Vienna Konzerthaus, Tokyo Opera City, NCPA Beijing, Sydney Opera House, Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, Victoria Concert Hall Singapore, Palacio de Bellas Artes Mexico City amongst many others. This season they perform over 100 concerts in the UK and across Europe and visit the USA for 3 major tours.

Alongside this online work on its own platforms VOCES8 is heard regularly on albums, international television and radio. The ensemble is a Decca Classics artist and alongside that releases projects on its own label,   VOCES8 Records . The latest Decca Classics album is the Grammy Nominated “The Lost Birds” featuring music by Christopher Tin. New album projects for 2023 include albums with Eric Whitacre, Paul Simon, and Christmas arrangements for VOCES8 and orchestra by Taylor Scott Davis.

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Andrea Haines, soprano Molly Noon, soprano Katie Jeffries-Harris, alto Barnaby Smith, alto and artistic director Blake Morgan, tenor Euan Williamson, tenor Christopher Moore, baritone Jonathan Pacey, bass

PROGRAM: AFTER SILENCE

“After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” — Aldous Huxley

In the essay from which the title After Silence is taken, Aldous Huxley offers his thoughts on the essential force of music. The most profoundly significant constituents of our being, he says, include our responses to beauty, pleasure, pain, ecstasy, and death. These can best be ‘experienced, not expressed’ through silence, and after silence, through music. The choral works in this 15th-anniversary programme (to accompany the ensemble’s compendium album release) are exalted, vital, and freed from their original contextual restraints and are distinguishable by their inexhaustible capacity to express the inexpressible.

ORLANDO GIBBONS Drop, Drop, Slow Tears

ARVO PÄRT The Deer’s Cry

THOMAS TALLIS O Nata Lux

WILLIAM BYRD Haec Dies

SERGEI RACHMANINOV Bogoroditse Devo

PAUL SMITH Nunc Dimittis

JAKE RUNESTAD Let My Love Be Heard

J.S. BACH Komm, Jesu, Komm, BWV 229

CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI Book VI: Lagrime D’Amante al Sepolcro Dell’Amata (Sestina Madrigals)

ÞORKELL SIGURBJÖRNSSON Heyr, hymn smi∂ur

MUMFORD & SONS, arr. Jim Clements Timshel

BART HOWARD, JIMMY VAN HEUSEN, & SAMMY CAHN, arr. Alexander L’Estrange Come Fly with Me (To the Moon)

KATE RUSBY, arr. Jim Clements Underneath the Stars

NAT ‘KING’ COLE, arr. Jim Clements Straighten Up and Fly Right

“The singing of VOCES8 is impeccable in its quality of tone and balance. They bring a new dimension to the word ‘ensemble’ with meticulous timing and tuning.”

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It’s an admirable characteristic of the Proms that they’re nearly all approachable, but a few are especially so. Glyndebourne Festival Opera’s production of Carmen (Prom 52, Aug 29), one of several operas in the season, brings listeners one knock-out melody after another, as well as a riveting tale of sex, jealousy and death. Perhaps the perfect beginner’s Prom is the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra’s Prom 43 (Aug 22), which brings together Mozartean grace, enchantment from Ravel, picture-postcard magic from Mussorgsky, and a rapt nocturne by Augusta Holmès.

The blockbusters you need to book

There’s no better venue than the Royal Albert Hall for hearing the great choral-and-orchestral big beasts. There’s Handel’s Messiah, performed here by no fewer than six choirs and the Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields (Prom 65, Sept 7), Bach’s St John Passion (Prom 40, Aug 19) Britten’s War Requiem (Prom 37, Aug 17) and most blazingly dramatic of all, Verdi’s Requiem (Prom 6 July 23). There are plenty of giant-sized orchestral works too, including Mahler’s 5th Symphony (Prom 4, July 21) conducted by Sir Mark Elder in his last Prom as Music Director of the Hallé Orchestra, and most joyous and deafening of all, Messiaen’s Turangalîla Symphony (Prom 15, July 30).

The little gems that might pass you by

The Proms isn’t just about long and loud; there are plenty of finely honed miniatures too. There’s The Evening Watch by Gustav Holst (150 this year) in a choral Prom from Voces8 and the King’s Singers (Prom 3, July 21). There are Duke Ellington hits in Prom 35 (Aug 15), Bartók’s much-loved Romanian Folk Dances in Proms 20 and 22, (Aug 4 and Aug 5), Burt Bacharach’s I Say a Little Prayer in the Fantasia Orchestra’s Prom (Prom 20, Aug 4) and a whole evening of exquisite Italian Baroque songs in Prom 7 (July 23). Beyond London, there’s Tavener’s Song for Athene from the BBC Singers (Bristol Beacon, August 25) and Germaine Tailleferre’s lovely Little Suite for Orchestra at the Glasshouse Centre (July 26).

The ones for pop and jazz lovers

Highlights include a concert version of Florence Welch’s stunning debut Symphony of Lungs (Prom 69, Sept 11), an evening of Nick Drake songs (Prom 8, July 24), and a tribute to the great jazz singer Sarah Vaughan with a host of guest singers (Prom 13, July 28). But the one that really intrigues me is Everybody Dance! The Sound of Disco (Prom 2, July 20).

The (almost) forgotten masterpieces 

Three in particular have caught my eye: the huge, mystically effusive Asrael symphony composed by Josef Suk in memory of his wife and father-in-law Antonin Dvořák (Prom 49, 27 Aug); Arnold Schoenberg’s vast and radiantly beautiful symphonic poem Pelleas und Melisande, which will astonish anyone who thinks Schoenberg only wrote “beastly modern music” (Prom 5, July 22); and most extravagantly wild of all, the piano concerto by one of the great visionaries in all music, Ferruccio Busoni (Prom 23, Aug 5).

The ones for the musically adventurous

Those who think the Proms has lost its mojo when it comes to new music will be heartened by this season. True, the 150th birthday salute to Schoenberg is a bit stingy with only three pieces, but it does include his wonderful Violin Concerto (Prom 67, Sept 9). That ingenious fabricator of multi-media spectaculars Heiner Goebbels is featured in the Proms for the first time with Songs of Wars I Have Seen (Prom 28, Aug 9), as is the saxophonist and composer who’s reconceived the very idea of composing, Anthony Braxton (Prom 35, Aug 15). The tragically short life of gay, black minimalist pioneer Julius Eastman is honoured in Prom 45 (Aug 24). If I had to highlight one of the many Proms commissions, it would be Lara Poe’s Laulut maaseudulta (Songs from the Countryside) inspired by Nordic cow-calling traditions (Prom 46, Aug 25).

If you only go and see one Prom

An impossible choice, but if pushed I would go for the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra’s Prom on August 31 (Prom 55) because Víkingur Ólafsson performance of Schumann’s piano concerto is sure to dance on elfin feet, and the orchestra’s performance of Smetana’s Má vlast (My Homeland) will be sumptuous.

How to book

The Proms take place between Friday July 19 and Saturday Sept 14. From today, you can book by visiting bbc.co.uk/promstickets , filling in your Proms Planner, and submitting it by May 17. From May 18, general booking opens at bbc.co.uk/promstickets , by phone at 020 7070 4441, and in person at the Royal Albert Hall box office, open daily from 9am.

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Duke Arts Presents Announces 2024-25 Season Classical Shows, Fall Highlights & More!

Duke Arts Presents is proud to announce the return of its three classical music series, including the flagship eight-concert Chamber Arts Series from the Chamber Arts Society of Durham, now in its 79th year. Subscriptions are available now for renewing subscribers. In addition, we are thrilled to share fall highlights from our full 2024-25 season. Learn more about each classical series and highlights below.

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Duke Arts Presents Announces

2024-25 classical series, fall season highlights and accessible pricing initiatives, the chamber arts, piano recital and vocal ensemble series return, fall 2024 highlights include:, a 30-year celebration of the music maker foundation featuring taj mahal, dom flemons, jackson browne and more, yaa samar dance theatre, adrianne lenker.

Duke Arts Presents is proud to announce the return of its three classical music series, including the flagship eight-concert Chamber Arts Series from the Chamber Arts Society of Durham, now in its 79th year. The Piano Recital Series and Vocal Ensemble Series return with four concerts each, allowing audiences to select from a variety of classical music experiences throughout the season. Concerts begin with the Tesla Quartet on Saturday, September 7 and run through May of 2025. The full schedule and lineup is included below.

In addition to the classical series, the full 2024-25 Duke Arts Presents Season will include a diverse array of global artists spanning various disciplines. Fall semester highlights include:

Music Maker Foundation: Celebrating 30 Years

Wednesdays in September at 6:30 p.m. at American Tobacco Campus Thursday, October 10 at 7:30 p.m. in Page Auditorium

This five-concert celebration includes free concerts every Wednesday in September at American Tobacco Campus and will conclude with a concert in Page Auditorium on October 10 headlined by Taj Mahal , Dom Flemons and Jackson Browne .

Last Ward by Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre

Friday, November 15 at 7:30 p.m. in Reynolds Industries Theater Saturday, November 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Reynolds Industries Theater

Hailed as “an uncommonly deft combination of dance and verbal theater” in a New York Times Critics’ Pick review, Last Ward follows one man’s journey towards death in a hospital room. Surrounded by the sterile mechanisms of modern medicine, the patient reflects on his life, relationships and connection to place, as the ritual of doctor visits and family calls transform into a surreal landscape of tragedy and humor. Performed in Arabic with English subtitles, Last Ward was written and directed by Amir Nizar Zuabi with choreography and music by Samar Haddad King.

These two performances follow a week-long residency with the company at Duke University.

Adrianne Lenker with special guest Suzanne Vallie

Friday, November 22 at 8:00 p.m. in Page Auditorium

Adrianne Lenker, known for her work in both the indie-folk band Big Thief and as a solo artist, will perform in support of her latest album, Bright Future . The concert will open with a performance by poet and songwriter Suzanne Vallie.

The full 2024-25 season will be announced on Thursday, June 6.

Pick-4 subscriptions and the artist pre-sale for Adrianne Lenker will be available immediately. Single tickets for all events will be available on Thursday, June 20 at 11 a.m. Read below for more details on ticket sales.

Chamber Arts Series:

Now in its 79th year, this popular series features eight concerts by world-renowned small ensembles selected by the Chamber Arts Society of Durham for the Duke Arts Presents season. The season opens with the acclaimed Tesla Quartet in their Duke debut. The innovative piano-percussion Vesna Duo follows with their “Roots and Rhizomes” program, which ends with their energetic take on Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring.” Paris-based Modigliani Quartet returns to Duke in October with a wide-ranging program of works by Weber, Ravel and Beethoven. The semester ends with a “Beethoven Journey” program by Chamber Arts Series favorites David Finckel and Wu Han , a cello-piano duo who are leading figures in the American classical music scene.

After a brief winter break, concerts resume in March with the acclaimed young Goldmund Quartet making their Duke debut. UK luminaries the Elias String Quartet then performs a program of wrought, emotional string quartets by siblings Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn flanking “Entr’acte,” a 2011 piece by North Carolina-native Caroline Shaw. The trailblazing Zodiac Trio brings an exciting program of works by American composers performed in their unusual instrumentation of clarinet, violin and piano. Finally, the globally acclaimed Jerusalem Quartet returns to Duke Arts to close the season with works by Mozart, Shostakovich and Brahms.

1. Tesla Quartet on Saturday, September 7, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. 2. Vesna Duo on Sunday, October 6, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. 3. Modigliani Quartet on Sunday, October 27, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. 4. David Finckel, cello and Wu Han, piano on Sunday, November 17, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. 5. Goldmund Quartet on Saturday, March 1, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. 6. Elias String Quartet on Saturday, March 15, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. 7. Zodiac Trio on Sunday, April 6, 2025, at 7:00 p.m. 8.  Jerusalem Quartet on Saturday, May 3, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.

Piano Recital Series:

Each year, the piano recital series showcases the talents of four world-leading pianists in Baldwin Auditorium. This year’s series begins with German pianist and famed Bach interpreter Schanghajegh Nosrati in her Duke debut. Next, Korean pianist Joyce Yang returns to Duke for the first time in twelve years; since her last visit, she has blossomed from wünderkind into a mature and sensitive artist at the forefront of her craft. The third concert brings renowned American pianist Michelle Cann with “The Women of Chicago’s Black Renaissance,” a program that pairs Cann’s virtuosic playing with spoken commentary about the fascinating lives of its featured artists. The series closes with the Mexican piano prodigy Daniela Liebman , who at age twenty-one has already performed with over thirty orchestras on four continents.

1. Schaghajegh Nosrati on Sunday, September 29, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. 2. Joyce Yang on Sunday, November 3, 2024, at 7:00 p.m. 3. Michelle Cann on Friday, February 21, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. 4. Daniela Liebman on Sunday, March 30, 2025, at 7:00 p.m.

Vocal Ensemble Series:

The Vocal Ensemble Series from Duke Arts Presents showcases the highest level of vocal talent from across the globe. The distinguished vocal ensembles in this year’s four-concert series illustrate the vast variety and dynamism of the choral artform.

The series begins with two leading British vocal ensembles.  Tenebrae  is scheduled to provide a moment of togetherness in Duke Chapel immediately following the 2024 general election. In December, a cappella octet  VOCES8  will visit Baldwin Auditorium to perform “Winter Tales,” a program of holiday music spanning centuries, from medieval carols to “Let it Snow.” Over MLK weekend, American chamber choir  Tonality  performs “America Will Be,” a dynamic program that conjures a patriotic future of the United States for all people. And finally, German boys’ choir  Thomanerchor Leipzig , founded in 1212, will close the season in Duke Chapel with a wide range of works by more than ten composers, including their most famous cantor, Johann Sebastian Bach.

1. Tenebrae on Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 7:30 p.m. in Duke Chapel 2. VOCES8 on Saturday, December 7, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. in Baldwin Auditorium 3. Tonality: America Will Be on Saturday, January 18, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. in Duke Chapel 4. Thomanerchor Leipzig on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at 7:30 p.m.  in Duke Chapel

Purchase Details:

Classical music series.

Subscription renewals will be available on Friday, April 19 at 11 a.m. for current subscribers to the Chamber Arts, Piano Recital and Vocal Ensemble series. New subscriptions will be available for purchase beginning Tuesday, May 7 at 11 a.m., Pick-4 subscriptions become available on Thursday, June 6 and single tickets will be available starting Thursday, June 20.

The Chamber Arts Series subscription price is $300 for all eight concerts, seven for $262.50 or six for $225. The Piano Recital Series subscription price is $108 for all four concerts. The Vocal Ensemble Series subscription price is $112 for all four concerts.

Classical series subscribers save 20% off single ticket prices while accessing the best seats in the house. They will be able to purchase additional tickets for other season events for 20% off during the Pick-4 subscription window from June 6 – June 20.

Full 2024-25 Season:

The full season 2024-25 Duke Arts Presents season will be announced on Thursday, June 6 , and tickets will be available immediately for Pick-4 subscribers (patrons who purchase tickets to four or more season events).

Single tickets will be available on Thursday, June 20 at 11 a.m.

Subscriptions and Single tickets will be available through dukearts.org and tickets.duke.edu

Accessible Pricing:

Duke Arts is committed to making the arts accessible to all. We are excited to announce that for the 2024-25 season:

• $10 student tickets will be offered to non-Duke students, including both high school and college students with valid IDs. Inventory may be limited for some events.
• The Duke employee discount is now 25%, an increase from 15%.
• $5 add-on children’s tickets will be available for select events.
• Tickets will be 20% off for the first two weeks of single ticket sales (from June 20 – July 3).  (some exceptions may apply)
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VOCES8 - The Singers

“ The singing of VOCES8 is impeccable in its quality of tone and balance. They bring a new dimension to the word ‘ensemble’ with meticulous timing and tuning. ”

The 2023 Grammy-nominated British vocal ensemble VOCES8 is proud to inspire people through music and share the joy of singing.

“ VOCES8’s gorgeous sound, impeccable ensemble and intense responsiveness to text, harmony and melodic shape is all of the highest quality. Hearing them sing is a joy. ”

“ VOCES8 are the Rolls-Royce of British a cappella ensembles ”

Touring globally, the group performs an extensive repertory both in its  a cappella  concerts and in collaborations with leading musicians, orchestras, conductors and soloists. Versatility and a celebration of diverse musical expression are central to the ensemble’s performance and education ethos which is shared both online and in person.

VOCES8 has performed at many notable venues since its inception in 2005 including Wigmore Hall, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Berlin Philharmonie, Cité de la Musique Paris, Vienna Konzerthaus, Tokyo Opera City, NCPA Beijing, Sydney Opera House, Mariinsky Theatre Concert Hall, Victoria Concert Hall Singapore, Palacio de Bellas Artes Mexico City amongst many others. This season they perform over 100 concerts in the UK, across Europe, the USA, Australia and Asia.

They have collaborated in concert and in the recording studio with musicians including Paul Simon, Jacob Collier, Eric Whitacre, Christopher Tin, Olafur Arnalds, Rachel Podger, Jack Liebeck, Bomsori Kim, Jonathan Dove, the English Chamber Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra and others.

VOCES8 is passionate about music education and is the flagship ensemble of music charity the VOCES8 Foundation which actively promotes ‘Music Education For All’. Engaging in a broad range of in-person outreach work that reaches up to 40,000 people a year, the Foundation runs an annual programme of workshops and masterclasses at the VOCES8 Centre at St Anne & St Agnes Church, London. Dedicated to supporting promising young singers, VOCES8 awards eight annual choral scholarships through the VOCES8 Scholars initiative. These scholarships are linked to the annual Milton Abbey Summer School at which amateur singers of all ages learn and perform with VOCES8. Through the separate VOCES8 USA Foundation there is another set of twelve talented Scholars.

VOCES8’s entrepreneurial and community spirit is fostered by Co-Founders Paul and Barnaby Smith. The Covid-19 pandemic gave the impetus for VOCES8 to transform its already exceptional offerings, nurturing a new online audience community providing a chance to engage with classical music in new ways. Pioneering initiatives include the LIVE From London online festival and the VOCES8 Digital Academy.

LIVE From London was created as a specific response to the pandemic. Winning praise for its collaborative approach with artists, press and audiences around the world the team has delivered ten digital festivals to date, broadcasting over 100 concerts and selling 250,000 tickets around the world. The VOCES8 Digital Academy is an online choral programme for high schools, colleges and individuals featuring live interaction with members of the ensemble, live and recorded lectures, and video resources to learn and perform music from the renaissance to today. Both LIVE From London and the Digital Academy is filmed by VOCES8 Studios, the in-house recording company.

Alongside their online work VOCES8 is heard regularly on albums, international television and radio. The ensemble is a Decca Classics artist, also releasing on its own label, VOCES8 Records. The Decca Classics recording of Christopher Tin’s “The Lost Birds” featuring VOCES8 and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra was nominated for a Grammy-Award in 2023. The newest albums are “Home” conducted by Eric Whitacre, featuring his extraordinary work “The Sacred Veil” which reached the top of the classical charts in both the UK and USA, and “Seven Psalms” by Paul Simon in which VOCES8 was thrilled to participate. In the run-up to Christmas 2023 VOCES8 joins its own Foundation Choir and Orchestra in “A Choral Christmas”, a joyful selection of favourite carols with sparkling new arrangements for choir and featuring the premiere recording of Taylor Scott Davis’s “Magnificat”.

VOCES8 is proud to be working with Ken Burton as the group’s Composer-in-Residence and Jim Clements as Arranger-in-Residence. The ensemble has premiered commissions from Jonathan Dove, Roxanna Panufnik, Roderick Williams, Paul Smith, Jocelyn Hagen, Melissa Dunphy, Ken Williams, Taylor Scott Davis, Alexander Levine, Alexia Sloane, Alec Roth, Ben Parry, Ola Gjeilo, Mårten Jansson, Philip Stopford, Graham Lack, Thomas Hewitt Jones and Owain Park. They publish arrangements of its music, original compositions and educational material with the new digital VOCES8 Publishing house, and with Edition Peters. The VOCES8 Method written by Paul Smith is a renowned and unique teaching tool now available in four languages that adopts music to enhance development in numeracy, literacy and linguistics.

General Management of VOCES8 is provided by Robin Tyson at Podium Music Ltd.

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