Rosebud School of the Arts sings at spring concert

Times Contributor       

 

Rosebud never disappoints in their performances as was seen and heard again on the evening of April 6as four choirs sang in spring.

The Rosebud Chorale, made up of students from the arts school, began their performance with a Carly Simon song Let the River Run followed by two other numbers Do You Feel the Rhythm? by Greg Gilpin, and Come Away, with words and music by Janis Pierson, all under the direction of Director Bill Hamm.

The Rosebud Younger Company has been performing for a number of years now and they presented Adventures in Camping – The Good, The Bad and The Hilarious under the direction of Anita Winters and David Snider. The “campers” brought the audience back to memories of old camp songs and youth experiences including such rivalries of boys versus girls. Anita Winters has also been working hard at expanding the range of music with some of the younger members. Keziah Berg (descant soloist), Brogan Ohlhauser, Eleanor Ohlhauser and Katie Winters sang Seek Ye First by Karen Lafferty and Alleluia by Mozart.

The Rosebud Chorale came back to sing three more numbers before Rosa Cantorum took the stage. The Cantorum graced the audience with Mass No.6 of the Kyrie and Sanctus by Gyorgi Orban, Psalm 23 by Srul Irving Glick, Gamelan by R. Murray Schafer and Eric Clapton’s Tears in Heaven.

The Rosebud’s Masterworks choir performed If With All Your Hearts (Mendelssohn), Thou Must Leave Thy Holy Dwelling (Berlioz), Bogoroditse Devo (Rachmaninoff), and lastly, one of Brahms How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place from a “German Requiem”.

The combined choirs of the Rosebud Chorale, Rosa Cantorum and Masterworks concluded the evening singing en mass George Frederick Handel’s Hallelujah, Amen from “Judas Maccabeus”.

A time of fellowship and visiting with the performers followed the evening’s performance.