In Need of Music

Songs of Renewal & Celebration
Saturday, May 7 at 7:30 PM

With guest performers: Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Youth Choir under the direction of Mrs. Joani Slawson

&
Members of the Brevard Symphony Youth Orchestra

Accompanied by: Lori Jahn and Melanie Marteney

Adult - $25
Military / Senior - $20
Student ID: FREE With ID at Ticket Office
**Additional Non-Refundable Per-Order Fee of $3.00 Applies**

Lorie Wacaster will conduct the Brevard Community Chorus in their annual spring concert, with a program designed to refresh and renew the human spirit. Accompanied by talented pianists and select players from the Brevard Symphony Youth Orchestra, In Need of Music will feature the chorus in a diverse musical presentation. Lending their considerable talent, will be the voices of the Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Youth Choir, under the direction of Mrs. Joani Slawson. The youth singers will join their adult counterparts in several pieces and perform one separate selection. In addition, Ben Walden and Lauren Juntunen of the Brevard Symphony Youth Orchestra will perform musical passages integral to the program's musical accompaniment.

As suggested by the concert title, In Need of Music is a testament to the healing nature of song. The audience will be treated to selections on this theme with works by University of Central Florida Professor Emeritus, David Brunner, including the title song, "I am in Need of Music," with lyrics by American poet, Elizabeth Bishop. Continuing the celebration of love and music is Neue Liebeslieder (New Love Songs) Waltzes by Johannes Brahms, an enjoyable work, extolling romantic love. The program continues with favorite opera choruses, by composers Copland, Verdi and Bizet. Several songs by Gwyneth Walker comprise the final portion of the program, which aptly concludes with "The Day is Done." Three works for four-hand piano will demonstrate the proficiency of the accompanying musicians.

During the sabbatical of Eastern Florida State College music professor, Dr. Robert E. Lamb, the chorus will perform under the baton of Lorie Wacaster.

Lorie Wacaster hails from Mobile, Alabama, where she grew up with a passion for music. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music degree from Christopher Newport University in Virginia and is a member of the VoiceCare Network, a graduate level program for vocal music teaching-learning methods. Ms. Wacaster has been a member of the music faculty at Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy in Melbourne, Florida for 17 years, where she teaches Strings, Chorus and Music Theater classes. A lifelong singer and musician, Wacaster has sung with The Mobile Opera and Kentucky Opera and has conducted choirs in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Virginia, as well as groups in Neu Ulm and Hohenfels, Germany.

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1987

Magnificat | J.S. Bach
Christmas Oratorio | Saint-Saëns

1988

1989

Hymn of Praise | Mendelssohn
The Creation | Haydn
The Many Moods of Christmas | Shaw/Bennett
Gloria | Poulenc

1990

1991

1992

German Requiem | Brahms
Scenes of Americana | Various
Choral Masterworks Favorites | Various
Messiah | Handel

1993

1994

1995

Carmina Burana |  Orff
The Many Moods of Christmas |  Shaw/Bennett
Christmas at the King Center |  Various

1996

1997

Music for Lovers | Various
A Night at the Opera | Various
British Isles Farewell | Various

Choral Tour: England, Scotland, Wales

1998

Vespers | Rachmaninoff
Messiah | Handel

1999

Requiem |  Mozart
Music for the Stage |  Various
Gloria |  Poulenc
The Many Moods of Christmas |  Shaw/Bennett

2000

2001

2002

Elijah | Mendelssohn
Messiah | Handel

2003

The Seasons | Haydn
Choral Tour: Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary
Christmas Day | Holst
Magnificat | J.S. Bach
Various Carols | Rutter

2004

2005

Carmina Burana | Orff
Choral Tour: Ireland, England, Scotland, Wales
The Nutcracker | Tchaikovsky
Gloria | Poulenc
The Many Moods of Christmas | Shaw/Bennett

2006

2007

German Requiem | Brahms
Choral Tour: Norway, Denmark, Sweden
Christmas at the King Center | Various

2008

Requiem |  Fauré
Holiday Gift Concert |  Various
A Carol Festival |  Ades
Hodie |  Vaughan Williams

2009

2010

Grand Mass in C Minor |  Mozart
Christmas in the Southwest |  Susa
Gloria |  Bass

2011

2012

Mass in Eb |  Schubert
Feel the Spirit |  Rutter
Messiah |  Handel

2013

Elijah | Mendelssohn
Christmas Oratorio | J. S. Bach

2014

Carmina Burana | Orff
Requiem | Faure
The Singing Rooms | Higdon
Paris Choral Festival, Paris
Hodie | Vaughan Williams

2015

2016

Requiem |  Verdi
Magnificat |  J.S. Bach
Messiah |  Handel

2017

Requiem | Mozart
Luther Choral Festival - Berlin
Messe de Minuit pour Noël | Charpentier
Gloria | Vivaldi

2018

Mass in Time of War |  Haydn
Lux: the Dawn from on High |  Forrest
The Many Moods of Christmas |  Shaw/Bennett

2019

Mass in B Minor |  Bach
The Planets |  Holst
Messiah |  Handel

2022

I am in Need of Music | Various

Beethoven Choral Festival - Vienna

In Need of Music

Songs of Renewal & Celebration Saturday, May 7 at 7:30 PM

With guest performers: Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy Youth Choir under the direction of Mrs. Joani Slawson

& Members of the Brevard Symphony Youth Orchestra

Songs of Renewal & Celebration
Saturday, May 7 at 7:30 PM

&
Members of the Brevard Symphony Youth Orchestra