Series: Rising Stars
Date: Friday, October 31
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Jonsson Performance Hall

Ticket Prices: Free admission

Grave Performances is part of the Rising Stars series at UTD that highlights bright new talent. This concert will feature the UTD Chamber Singers, the university’s premiere vocal ensemble and UTD voice students performing spooky selections from classic works such as The Witches’ Scene from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Painted Emblems of a Race" and "When the Night Wind Howls" from Ruddigore, madrigals by Gesualdo and Montiverdi, “Duetto Buffo di Due Gatti” (Comic Duet for Two Cats) by Gioachino Rossini, Nine Epitaphs by Theodore Chanler, “O Black Swan” from The Medium by Giancarlo Menotti and musical theater pieces including “This is Halloween” from The Nightmare before Christmas by Danny Elfman, "A Real Live Girl", "Bewitched", "Witchcraft", "A Ghost of a Chance", and readings from works by Edward Gorey.

About the UTD Chamber Singers…

The UTD Chamber Singers was formed in 1994 as a performing ensemble of 20-24 singers. The repertoire for the ensemble is selected from a broad range of chamber vocal literature, including both sacred and secular music spanning the Renaissance to the contemporary periods of music history and modern jazz arrangements. The ensemble performs regularly on campus, including performances at the Renaissance Faire, the Annual Holiday Sing during the Fall Semester, and in concert as a Jazz Singers Ensemble in the Spring Semester. The UTD Chamber Singers collaborates with many other ensembles on campus, including the Jazz Ensemble, Guitar Ensemble and Dance Ensemble. They also perform on the Winter and Spring Arts Festivals every semester. In the Spring, the Chamber Singers join the UTD Chorale for a choral concert of large works with orchestra.

Past concerts have included “A Tribute to the Manhattan Transfer,” “All Mozart Concert,” “Swing Thing,” “Birds, Beasts and Bugs,” “A Victorian Christmas” and “A Celebration of Monteverdi.”

Students must audition and be accepted in order to enroll in Chamber Singers. Auditions are arranged in the Spring for new students and before every long semester during the registration periods. Click here for additional audition information.