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Come the 10th day of Christmas, celibrate Epiphany with us Jan 4, 2009 7:00 PM at First United Methodist Church Encinitas.
Three Kings - Epiphany Concert
Motets, anthems and carols, with audience pariticipation in old favorites.
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Co-founded in 1996 by Stephen Sturk and Virginia Sublett, Cappella Gloriana performs and records the finest choral music of six centuries, creating concert programs and CDs that combine early choral masterworks with innovative contemporary pieces.
A 2005 Bravo awardee and a recipient of a Performing Ensembles grant from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Cappella Gloriana has toured Germany twice, recorded two commercial CDs and in 2006 hosts its first-ever competition for new choral works for chamber choir by young composers from the Americas. In November Cappella Gloriana performs winning works from that competition.
Named for an allegorical title of Elizabeth I of England, Cappella Gloriana is an Ensemble-in-Residence at St. Paul's Cathedral, San Diego, where Sturk is Composer-in-Residence.
The choir drew praise from newspapers in Thueringia, Germany, for its second concert tour there in August 2005. The newspapers said:
“The chamber chorus . . . impresses with a homogeneous, radiant sound.”
“. . . the choir demonstrated dynamic range . . . and a sense of internal suspense sung with perfect intonation and tight clusters.”
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