The San Gabriel Chorale is honored to participate in Georgetown Festival of the Arts XIV featuring Latin American composers.

When: Sunday, May 27th, 2018 at 4:00 pm
Where: Lois Perkins Chapel at Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
What: Choral Finale featuring a variety of works by Carlos Chavez, Alberto Ginastera, and Heitor Villa-Lobos
Who: The San Gabriel Chorale directed by Dr. Kenny Shepherd. Joined by:

•  David Polley, organ
• Virginia Dupuy, mezzo-soprano
• Dana Zenobi, soprano
• Cellists from CHAMPS (Chamber Music in Public Schools)

Tickets: Tickets available at Georgetown Festival of the Arts

Carlos Chavez

Carlos Chavez (1899-1978) was the most significant Mexican composer of the twentieth century. A prolific composer, he wrote many ballets, symphonies, concertos, and pieces for voice, piano and chamber ensembles. He was also a music writer and educator. His La Paloma Azul(1939) and Tree of Sorrow(1949) are choral works included in this performance.

Alberto Ginastera

Alberto Ginastera (1916-1983) was an Argentine composer of classical music, whose musical talents were noted as a young child. He grouped his music into three periods, with his early works integrating Argentine folk themes and his later works putting these same elements into increasingly abstracted forms. Lamentations of Jeremiah(1946), a choral piece, and Toccata, Villancico y Fugo(1947), an organ work, will be performed at this concert.

Heitor Villa-Lobos

Heitor Villa-Lobos (1877-1959) was a Brazilian composer who has become the best-known South American composer of all time. He enjoyed a stellar international career as a composer, received a large number of commissions for a wide variety of instruments and voices and at his death left over 2000 known works. Ave Maria(1938), Aria from Bachianas Brasileiras No.5 (1938-45) and Magnificat-Alleluia (1958) are included in this program