The Tradition Continues! We Have Music For You.
DATE/TIME: Sunday
December 4, 2011 2:00-3:30 PM
ARTISTS: Jubilate Sacred Singers
PROGRAM: Holiday Music and Then Some
PLACE: Stanley Hotel Concert Hall
CONCERT SPONSORS: Bill & Alta Wachs
"Shout for Joy" for the return concert of the Jubilate! Sacred Singers sharing
their gift of choral music under the directorship of the gifted of Dr. J. Arturo
Gonzalez. Born out of a desire to share the gift of A cappella choral music with
the Boulder community the Jubilate Sacred Singers began in 2002. With an initial
membership of 30, the group pledged their resources and accepted the challenge
of learning an extensive and varied repertoire that could be tailored to a range
of venues.
Sunday's program will be sung in Spanish, Russian and Latin, in addition to
English. The pieces have special meaning for the holiday as well as for every
day. There will also be three piano selections that bring in the spirit of the
season. Among the many pieces are: El Cielo Canta, Silent Night, O Nata Lux, We
Wish you a Merry Christmas and Go Tell It on the Mountain. The audience will be
invited to join in several Christmas carols.
Dr. J. Arturo Gonzalez Rivera (BA Orchestral Conducting, Conservatorio Nacional
de Música; MA Choral Conducting/Sacred Music, Southern Methodist University) was
selected in November, 2009, to be the Artistic Director of Jubilate! Sacred
Singers, and has also studied at Westminster Choir School and the University of
New Mexico under several prominent choral conductors. Arturo was a semi-finalist
in the 2009 American Choral Director Association conducting competition.
Arturo has been a faculty member of El Paso Community College, the University of
Texas in El Paso, East Central College in Saint Louis, Missouri, and the
University of Chihuahua in Mexico. He has directed choirs and orchestras since
age 17 in Mexico, Central America, the US, and Spain. He has been guest
conductor of the symphony orchestra of the National Conservatory of Music in
Mexico City and the State Chamber Orchestra and Choir of the state of Queretaro,
Mexico and music director of El Paso association for the Performing Arts,
Ballet/Theatre of the Border, East Central Summer Productions, Midwest Lyric
Opera, and the Colorado Light Opera. His choral arrangements have been published
by Choristers Guild and Asbury Press.
Gonzalez just received his Doctorate of Music Arts. He is currently Choral
Conductor at the University of Colorado in Boulder. Arturo and his wife,
Priscilla, reside in Boulder with their sons Emmanuel and Benjamin. "To say that Jubilate is a group of talented people that embodies a faithful,
loving and welcoming spirit would be a huge understatement. Their music radiates
this so strongly that experiencing them live is an absolute must." Kip Kuepper,
Recording Engineer, Coupe Studies, Boulder."
December programs: On December 11, have some fun with the entertaining men’s A
cappella group, The New Wizard Oil Combination vocal jazz singers. "The Wizards"
have a unique vocal jazz and rock style that is many things-harmonious,
powerful, funny and emotional—all wrapped up into a diverse, entertaining
program of holiday music. Their spontaneous nature, entertaining personalities,
and evolving musical style makes each performance different, which is why
audiences never tire of them. With songs rooted in the Celtic tradition and for
the folk music lover in search of something truly unique, on December 18
acclaimed Celtic duo Margot Krimmel and Beth Leachman-Gadbaw will perform their
annual holiday concert Songs of Joy and Peace. It promises to be a special
festive season. There will be no concerts on Christmas or New Years.
Thank you to the Stanley Hotel, our weekly sponsors and Winter Season Major
Benefactors: Ron and Sylvia Kuhns, Daniel and Stephanie Rauk and Ron and Vivian
Gordon.
For further information, please contact our business office at 970-586-9519 or
visit our up to date web site: estesparkmusicfestival.org . To receive weekly
updates of our concerts and upcoming events, please send an e mail to
epmfinfo2@yahoo.com. For your convenience, there is additional parking behind
the Stanley. Doors to the concert area open at 1:30 PM.