This season's concert featured the state songs of 8 different states, including Oklahoma, Kansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Connecticut, and of course, Georgia. As an added bonus, some of our singers presented a little bit of trivia or personal thoughts about each of these states.
After many months of lockdowns, supply shortages, and all of the stresses of the Covid-19 pandemic, KSUCAC welcomed the opportunity to join together and sing again. Our first concert was filled with a lot of familiar holiday carols, but not the way you know them. We were delighted to prove that we still love to Sing Our Hearts Out!
Love Came Down At Christmas welcomed Dr. Reid Masters as the new artistic director of the KSUCAC. The concert featured guest baritone Michael Dauterman, along with The Vega Quartet, the Quartet-in-Residence at Emory University in Atlanta, GA.
The feature piece of this performance was Michael John Trotta’s For a Breath of Ecstasy, based on poems by Sara Teasdale. An American poet, Teasdale won the first Pulitzer Prize in Poetry in 1918.
International Carol Suites was a holiday celebration that featured well-loved carols from fifteen countries, many of which were sung in their original language.
On this Cince de Mayo performance, we sang a collection of songs from throughout North and South America. Among distinction was the Misa Criolla, composed by Ariel Ramírez. This performance included a variety of percussion and guitars commonly heard throughout South American music.
In a performance that almost didn’t happen thanks to a record breaking snowfall in the area, the KSUCAC performed on Monday, December 11 a variety of holiday tunes and even included the audience in part of the performance.
Celebrating 10 years of music and singing, this performance featured Requiem For the Living by Dan Forrest (yes, that’s right, a Requiem!), along with a selection of favorites from the past 10 years.
"Christmas Story Conveyed Through Song" told a heartwarming story of the memories of Christmas time, the time spent with loved ones, and the reason for the season.
“Illumination” was a collaborative concert that brought together the voices of the KSUCAC, the KSU Men’s Ensemble, and the KSU Chamber Singers, filling the stage with over 150 voices, and for the first time, graced the Morgan Concert Hall with the sound and beauty of an organ.
>The highlight of the Fall 2014 performance was the full performance of Messiah by George Frideric Handel, written in 1741. This performance has featured several renowned performers on the Kennesaw State University campus, including Jana Young (soprano), Jennifer Olenic (mezzo-soprano), Richard Kosowski (tenor), and KSU Professor Oral Moses (bass-baritone).