Choruses of UC Davis: "Visions of the Soul"

Choir singers in black robes, mouths open mid-song, holding sheet music

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Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts

From J.S. Bach's motets to living composer Ola Gjeilo, choral composers have utilized the first musical instrument humans had — the human voice — to envision our innermost roots, the soul.

Long before music was sung by a choir,
Long before silver was shaped in the fire,
Long before poets inspired the heart,
You were the Spirit of all that is art. 

Text from Gjeilo's "Luminous Night of the Soul"

Program

Nicolás Dosman director and conductor

Chamber Singers
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: "Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied," and "Lobet den Herrn in seinen Taten" from BWV 22

  • Mark Butler: Witness

  • B.E. Boykin: Music of Life

  • José Maurício Nunes Garcia: Alleluia, angelus Domini

  • Z. Randall Stroope: Psalm 23

  • Kurt Bestor: Prayer of the Children

Concert Choir
  • Ola Gjeilo: Dark Night of the Soul and Luminous Night of the Soul

The CWU Chamber Choir performs Gjeilo's "Luminous Night of the Soul," a kind of a sequel to her "Dark Night of the Soul."

Tickets

  • Adult $30
  • Faculty and Staff $27 [ 10% off the top price ]
  • Children 18 and Under / Non-UC Davis Students  $17
  • Students at UC Davis $13

About the Artists

Dr. Nicolás Alberto Dosman is Director of Choirs, Associate Professor of Teaching at the UC Davis, and the Barbara K. Jackson Chair in Choral Conducting. He is the conductor of the Concert Choir and Chamber Singers and mentors graduate conducting students. Dosman is also the Music Director of the Grammy-award nominated Pacific Edge Voices.

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