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The Collegiate Chorale Presents George F. Handel's 'Susanna,' Stars Isabel Leonard and Daniela Mack

The Collegiate Chorale will present George F. Handel’s 1749 oratorio "Susanna" Feb. 3 in New York.Handel’s beautiful work "Susanna" bridges the genres of oratorio and ballad opera. "Susanna" is based on an apocryphal chapter, the 13th chapter of the biblical "Book of Daniel." It tells the story of a virtuous young women who is falsely accused of sexual promiscuity by two elders who were lusting after her. The prophet Daniel exposes the two elders as liars and vindicates Susanna.The concert will feature Isabel Leonard as Susanna, Daniela Mack as Susanna's husband Joachim, Javier Abreu and Zachary James as the Elders and Benjamin P. Wenzelberg as the boy-prophet Daniel, with conductor James Bagwell, director Ted Sperling, the Orchestra of St. Luke's and lighting design by Frances Aronson.The Collegiate Chorale is a group of 150 to 175 singers who comes from all parts of the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut region. Members are from all walks of life and include teenagers, college graduates, lawyers and musicians.
By Jaime Prisco

  • Violinist Sarah Chang Takes Up Residency With New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Performs Bernstein’s West Side Story Suite, Jaques Lacombe to Conduct

    Renowned violinist Sarah Chang has taken up a two-week residency with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra from January 16- 25. Chang will perform Leonard Bernstein’s West Side Story Suite in all six of the NJSO venues statewide.
    By Jaime Prisco

  • Composer John Luther Adams Wins Columbia's Lifetime Achievement William Schuman Award, Known for Pulitzer Prize-Winning 'Become Ocean' and 2015 Grammy Award Nom

    Visionary American composer John Luther Adams has been awarded the coveted Columbia University School of the Arts William Schuman Award.The William Schuman Award is a recognition which has been given over the past three decades. The award is named for the first recipient of the prize and offers a $50,000 unrestricted grant to its recipients. According to Columbia, the goal of the award is to recognize lifetime achievements of an American composer whose works have been widely performed and generally acknowledged to be of lasting significance.“John Luther Adams's work anticipates a complex yet poetic intertwining of music and space. Whether he is writing for nontraditional sites or evoking the expansiveness of outdoor landscapes inside the concert hall, his writing radically redefines the relationship between sound and locality. We are thrilled to honor him with the Schuman Award,” says Carol Becker, dean of the Columbia School of the Arts.Adams is a composer who uses the natural world as inspiration for his life and work. He has won the Heinz Award for his contributions to raising environmental awareness. He also received the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for "Become Ocean," an orchestral work that evokes thoughts of melting polar ice and rising sea levels. The piece was performed at Carnegie Hall and recorded by the Seattle Symphony and has been nominated for a 2015 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition.
    By Jaime Prisco
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