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The Bay School Community Arts Center is hosting the appearance of the Hampton University Choir in Mathews on November 22, 2009 at 4:30pm in the Harry Ward Auditorium at Mathews High School . The concert will include 65 members of the University and Concert Choirs. Under the direction of Conductor Royzell Dillard, they will be sharing such music as an excerpt from Messiah, a host of spirituals and gospels, Rutter’s Gloria as well as Christmas music. Tickets are $5 per adult with children under 18 free.
Established in 1870, the Concert Choir has distinguished itself by performing in some of the most honorable concert hall and churches in the United States and abroad. The choir has toured parts of Europe and Canada , performed in Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center , St. Patrick's Cathedral, The Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Constitution Hall and was featured at the Inauguration of President William Jefferson Clinton in 1997.
Conductor Royzell Dillard has several noteworthy performing credits including operatic roles in THE TELEPHONE, LOST IN THE STARS, PORGY AND BESS and in the music drama HIRAM AND NETTIE; A LOVE STORY BETWEEN TWO SLAVES. He has performed baritone/bass solos in MESSIAH, SCENES IN THE LIFE OF A MARTYR, THE SEVEN LAST WORDS, ELIJAH, BALLAD OF THE BROWN KING and REQUIEM. Royzell has also performed musical theater recreating the role of Ken in A'INT MISBEHAVIN', Hiram in BROOMSTICKS AND ORANGE BLOSSOMS, and as Big Moe in FIVE GUYS NAME MOE.
Under his leadership as Director of Choirs at Hampton University , Royzell's conducting credits include performances for Presidents' Bush and Clinton, Yolanda Adams, Mervyn Warren, the United States Marine Band and the Virginia Symphony. The choir's most recent accomplishments were command performances in Ontario , Canada during the fall of 2001 and a performance at the Paris Theater in Las Vegas , Nevada in 2002.
Tickets are available at the Bay School and at the door. Please call 725-1278 for more information.
Kim Moore, Director
The Bay School
P.O. Box 1524
Mathews, VA 23109
804-725-1278
www.bayschool-arts.com
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