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Conspirare plans New York City gigs
Five-time Grammy-nominated Austin professional choir Conspirare is heading to the Big Apple.
In February, an ensemble of 32 Conspirare singers, conducted by artistic director Craig Hella Johnson, will be presented by the Weill Music Institute of Carnegie Hall to perform three concerts as part of the Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert series.
Conspirare will headline two “Community Sings” — during which the audience is invited to sing along with the choir — on February 22 and 23 in Queens at the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts and in Harlem at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.
The choir will give a formal concert in the Bronx Jacobi Medical Center on February 24. The program will include a selection of African American spirituals featured on Conspirare’s forthcoming new CD on the Harmonia Mundi label.
It’s the second time Conspirare has sung in New York. In 2003, under the auspices of the American Choral Directors Association, the choir performed at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage.
The trip to New York augers more travel for the celebrated choir. “National touring is a strategic goal for us,” said Ann Wilson, Conspirare executive directo. “Our CDs, Grammy noms and the PBS telecast last year have put us on a new trajectory and we are beginning to receive more invitations to perform around the country. We are also working on a possible swing through the Midwest in 2012 and I’ve been really pleased at the number of concert series that are interested in hosting us.”
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