The Composer at 70: A Special Concert
Schedule
Fri Sep 24 2021 at 07:30 pm to 08:45 pm
Location
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church - Evanston, IL | Evanston, IL
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ONE NIGHT ONLY! (This is a ticketed event. Tickets go on sale August 6th. Stay tuned!)Join the Evanston Chamber Opera Company (EChO) for a very special event of music by our resident composer, Francis Lynch, in honor of his 70th birthday. Andrea Baker, Marnie Baylouny, and Hillary Esqueda (sopranos); Shannon Keegan, Marissa Simmons, and Josephine Stracek (mezzo-sopranos); Scott Bass (countertenor); Karlos Piñero-Mercado and Jonathan Weyant (tenors); and Austin Sanders and Jeremiah Strickler (baritones) will be joined by EChO’s phenomenal instrumentalists for this single performance of comedic and dramatic vocal chamber works and instrumental pieces by Lynch, featuring his “Voices at Domrémy,” a setting for soprano, mezzo-soprano, flute, clarinet, and string quartet of the one-act play, "Voices," written in 1916 by American poet and playwright Hortense Flexner (1885-1973).
Tickets will go on sale August 6th for the in-person, socially distanced event as well as for virtual attendance via the livestream. Stay tuned!
James Janssen, Music Director/Conductor
Sally Craige Christensen, Stage Director
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Where is it happening?
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church - Evanston, IL, 2120 Lincoln St, Evanston, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
