Masterworks Concerts to honor Sherwood

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

 

Masterworks Concerts to honor Sherwood

The combined OSU Concert Chorale, University Singers, Women’s Choir, and the Statesmen Men’s Choir will join the OSU Symphony Orchestra to present the beloved “Ein Deutsches Requiem” (A German Requiem) by Johannes Brahms on Saturday, Feb. 26, at 8 p.m. and  Sunday, Feb. 27 at 2:30 p.m. in the Seretean Center Concert Hall in Stillwater. These concerts will be presented in memory and in honor of Gillian Thomson Sherwood, wife of Arts & Sciences Dean Peter Sherwood, who passed away in January. 

Unlike earlier composers, this work is sung in the vernacular German language rather than Latin, and features texts that are more about consolation and uplifting hope. OSU voice professors Anné-Marie Condasce, soprano, and John Seesholtz, baritone, will perform the solos. Prior to Saturday evening’s performance, Dr. Seesholtz will present an introductory lecture on the Requiem at 7 p.m. in room 123 (choral rehearsal room) in the Seretean Center.  
 
A special awards recognition reception for three students will take place in the Gardiner Art Gallery in the Bartlett Center just north, across the street from the Seretean Center, immediately following the Sunday afternoon concert. The three outstanding students, selected by the music faculty, include Anna Menger , recipient of the Dr. Max A. Mitchell Endowed Scholarship for Excellence in Music; John Fifield, the Presser Foundation Scholar, and Boh Makovsky Outstanding Senior; and Sarah Walters, Boh Makovsky Outstanding Freshman. The public is cordially invited to join us in recognizing these outstanding music students, as well as celebrating the twenty-eighth year of Masterworks concerts.

All tickets are for reserved seating, and are available for purchase in the Music Office, 132 Seretean Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets are $10 for non-students and $7 for students with identification. Tickets will also be available for purchase at the box office before each performance.