Por the inaugural edition of the "Les Matinales de la Madeleine" series, the Bravura Ensemble of the Chicago Spirito Singers will be under the direction of Carling Fitzsimmons.
ABOUT THE BRAVURA ENSEMBLE OF THE SPIRITO SINGERS
Spirito Singers is a young women's choir based in the western suburbs of Chicago, Illinois. With singers aged 10 to 18 from more than 25 communities, Spirito inspires its singers to become leaders through music education, performance excellence and service to others.
The Bravura Ensemble is an elite group of 60 singers aged 14 to 18 who perform a complex repertoire of high-pitched voices in a variety of languages and styles. The ensemble tours annually and has performed at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral, Carnegie Hall and St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, and Chicago's Symphony Center and Civic Opera House. Bravura's most recent collaboration was with Chicago's Joffrey Ballet.
In addition to their own singing, many Bravura members act as mentors to Spirito's young singers, taking on leadership roles as a cappella coaches, conductors and arrangers for their own and other singers' repertoire.
ABOUT CARLING FITZSIMMONS - Artistic Director, Spirito Singers
Carling FitzSimmons is a singer, conductor and arts educator. As a conductor of young singers in Chicago, Illinois, Carling has worked for Pro Musica Youth Chorus, Chicago Public Schools and the Merit School of Music, where she is currently choral director at the prestigious Tuition-free Conservatory. She has also been invited to conduct several professional choirs in Chicago, and has participated in internships at Goshen College, Kenyon College, Loyola University and with the Young Naperville Singers.
As a professional singer, Carling has performed with ensembles throughout the Midwest. In addition, Carling is Artistic Director of La Caccina, a professional women's vocal ensemble she founded in 2011. Under her direction, La Caccina has established itself as Chicago's premier ensemble for treble voices, performing in a diverse range of styles and commissioning new works each year. Through her work with treble voices, Ms. Carling has emerged as a champion of new music and an innovative conductor, earning praise for her "visionary and generous" leadership. She holds a master's degree in choral conducting from Michigan State University.
Suggested repertoire - Friday, March 29, 2024 at 11:00 a.m.
Kyrie, from Missa Brevis in c minor - Imant Raminsh
Selections from Gloria in D - Antonio Vivaldi
Et in terra pax hominibus
Gratias agimus tibi
Propter magnam gloriam tuam
Set Me As a Seal - René Clausen
City Called Heaven - Josephine Poelinitz
Mary Speaks - Daniel E. Gawthrop
Ave Verum Corpus - Paul French
Agnus Dei, from Missa Brevis in c minor - Imant Raminsh
And God Shall Wipe Away All Tears - Eleanor Daley
Where the Light Begins - Susan LaBarr
Cantique de Jean Racine - Gabriel Fauré (arr. John Rutter)
A Grain of Sand - Philip W. Riegle
In Terra Pax - Mary Lynn Lightfoot
Song of Miriam - Elaine Hagenberg
Ain't No Grave Can Hold My Body Down - traditional Spiritual (arr. Caldwell & Ivory)
Dates and Opening Time
On March 29th, 2024
Starts at 11:00 a.m.
Location
Madeleine Church
Place de la Madeleine
75008 Paris 8
Prices
Free
Official website
lamadeleineparis.fr
Instagram page
@lamadeleineparis
