Free: Horizon Chamber Choir Christmas concert in Long Beach

<UPDATED DEC. 14, 2011	FREE HORIZON CHAMBER CHOIR CONCERT IN BELMONT SHORE.

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Free Choral Concert in Long Beach THIS Sat., Dec. 17, 7:30 p.m. Justin Rudd! & his nonprofit Community Action Team present the LA-based Horizon Chamber Choir. RSVP | LISTEN

THANK YOU
This event is hosted by Justin Rudd and his nonprofit 501c3 Community Action Team (CAT). CAT is supported, in whole, by funds raised at the Long Beach Turkey Trot 5K/10K and Haute Dog Parades. WEB SITE

"Sweet Rejoicing"
Horizon Chamber Choir - free concert and Christmas cookie reception
Sat., Dec. 17, 2011
7:30 p.m.
Bay Shore Church
5100 E. The Toledo
Long Beach, 90803. MAP

RSVP HERE FOR FREE TICKETS

PARKING
Free lot on the corner of The Toledo & Livingston Drive. MAP
We also encourage carpooling, public transit, biking and walking.

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The Program

Horizon Chamber Choir's Christmas Concert Handel, Messiah (Part the First and Hallelujah Chorus)

People’s Choice
Darke, In the bleak mid-winter (as voted on Facebook)

The Spotless Rose
Tavener, The Lamb
Howells, A Spotless Rose
harm. Praetorius, Lo, how a rose e’er blooming

Heavenly Mother
Anonymous, Edi beo thu hevene quene
Britten, A Hymn to the Virgin
Hassler, Dixit Maria

Sweet Rejoicing
Poulenc, Videntes stellam
arr. Pearsall, In dulci jubilo

Lighter Fare
Styne, arr. Weir, Let it Snow
arr. Hummel & Brown, White Christmas
Gannon / Kent / Ram, arr. Brown & Weir, I’ll be home for Christmas

Reserve Free Seats Now

RSVP NOW. Visiting choral groups and other clubs and organizations are welcome. Doors open at 7 p.m. Concert begins at 7:30 p.m. All tickets will be held at will call. Seats are general admission and are FREE. A free-will offering will be taken. All ages welcome.

Free Reception Featuring the "Long Beach Christmas Cookie Contest" Winners

Ticket holders are also invited to a FREE post-performance reception in the church's fellowship hall to meet the performers. Complimentary refreshments will be served by the Community Action Team and Teen/Miss/Mrs. Long Beach and Southern California Cities. www.JustinRudd.com/cookies.html

We are looking for add'l person(s) or organizations to bring plates of cookies, brownies, and cans of cold sodas for the reception. Please contact Justin@JustinRudd.com and leave your goodies at the reception hall at the church just before the concert.

Horizon Chamber Choir

Based in Los Angeles County, the Horizon Music Group is dedicated to serving the community, its musicians, and its students by offering outstanding live performances of the classical repertoire in an intimate and accessible setting; providing a musical voice for young emerging artists; and enriching students, teachers, and educational institutions’ curricula with a classical music resource.

Founded in 2010, the Horizon Music Group has two resident ensembles: the Horizon Chamber Choir and the Horizon Chamber Orchestra Christian Campos serves as the HMG's music director. Members of these two flagship ensembles actively perform with the area's finest groups, including the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Musica Angelica, and Pacific Symphony. In addition, Horizon's artists have performed throughout the world with many of the world’s finest orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Concertgebouw Orchestra, and Mozarteum Orchestra.

Christian Campos, conductor

Equally at home in front of an orchestra or choir, conductor Christian Campos is founder and music director of the Horizon Music Group. The Los Angeles native has performed with the American Youth Symphony and Los Angeles Philharmonic under the batons of Esa‐Pekka Salonen, Christoph von Dohnányi, Carl St. Clair, and Zubin Mehta; he has also made television appearances on NBC (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno), CNN News, and Nickelodeon (The Adventures of Alex Mack). He began his musical training as a member of the Paulist Boy Choristers under Jon Wattenbarger and Dana Marsh. A graduate of DePauw University, he studied music and economics while participating in management and technology honors programs. In addition, Campos received a grant from the ASIANetwork to study Indian Carnatic Music in Southern India.

A frequent guest conductor of professional and amateur ensembles alike, Mr. Campos appeared with Palo Alto Choirs on their tour of Europe, making stops at Sacre‐Coeur and L’Eglise Madeleine in Paris. He has conducted the Irvine Young Concert Artists Orchestra, Eisenstadt Band, and was conductor for performances featuring members of the Indianapolis Baroque and Chamber Orchestras. In the past two years Campos has conducted major choral-orchestral works by Handel (Messiah) and J.S. Bach (St. John Passion), along with significant orchestral works by Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart and Schubert, including concerti by Mozart, Handel, and Zipp.

Christian recently completed his coursework toward a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the USC Thornton School of Music. He has studied and participated in master classes with Helmuth Rilling, Dale Warland, Paul Salamunovich, William Dehning, Larry Livingston, and Lucinda Carver. He has served on the faculty at Pomona College and the USC Thornton School of Music.

The Singers
Number of performances with this choir are also listed.

Sopranos: Suzanne Anderson (6), Joy Chen (8), Hayden Eberhart (6), Sharon Kunde (2), and Hilary Fraser-Thomson (6)

Altos: Sarah Drabant (8), Gabriel Fanelli, Frances Mansfield (2), and Eleni Pantages (8)

Tenors: Daniel Babcock (3), Andrew Bennett (8), Matthew Brown (6), and Adam Noel (2)

Basses: Ryan Alvarez, Stephen Black (4), Tim Morton (6), Jae Park (4), and Stephen Salts

Keyboards: Aurelien Eulert (2)

General Policies for this Performance

Bay Shore Church interior Bay Shore Church has a traditional sanctuary with stained glass windows, mahogany paneled walls, mahogany pews, and burgundy carpeting and flooring. The main floor has a center aisle and seats 300. The balcony seats an additional 150 persons. The church has a pipe organ and a Steinway grand piano.

Children: Children are welcome at this event, but every patron must have a ticket, regardless of age. As a courtesy to other patrons and the performers, please bear in mind that it is not appropriate for small children to attend this event where silence is a prerequisite for full enjoyment of the artistic experience. Babies in arms are not permitted in all cases.

Latecomers Policy: As a courtesy to other patrons and to the performers, latecomers and those who exit the theater during the performance will not be admitted into the auditorium until an appropriate interval as determined by the performance
management.

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A 501c3 nonprofit. Tax ID# 05-0545777. Contributions are tax deductible.

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