Program Notes — Dr. Roger Miller, Professor Emeritus, University of Utah. A Ceremony of Carols Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC BLOSSOMS AMID UNINSPIRING SURROUNDINGS British composer Benjamin Britten was in America when WWII began. Rather than remain safe in the USA, Britten, a pacifist, chose to express his national pride and loyalty by returning to his […]
Edie Roberson is an academically trained artist who has produced fine art for more than seven decades. In addition to her extensive “Post Modern” work, Roberson is also known for her trompe-l’oeil paintings which “fool-the-eye”. That is, it becomes hard to tell where the two dimensional painting ends and the three dimensional real world begins, […]
Why I sing? No, really….WHY DO I SING? My experience with choral music is quite different from most of the singers in the Utah Chamber Artists. I do not have any college degrees in music, nor have I taken instrument lessons since childhood. I was introduced to choral music and singing through attending mass with […]