Pro Arte Singers
Announces 2006-2007 Season Concert Details

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The Pro Arte Singers and Music Director Arthur Sjögren will celebrate their 34th season with four concerts of great music.

Highlights of the 2006-2007 season include the premier of a new work by Jaakko Mäntyjärvi commissioned by the Pro Arte Singers, Scandanavian maasters of the 19th and 20th centuries, Heinrich Schütz's Magnificat, Brahms Quartets, Mendelssohn Lieder, Monteverdi's poignant Lagrime d'Amante, and Handel's vibrant Dixit Dominus. 

Artistic Director Sjögren and a small group of professional singers who shared his dream of performing the world’s finest choral music formed the Pro Arte Singers in 1973.  Each year since, they have grown in artistic achievement and critical acclaim through their annual concert series, professional recordings, appearances around the state in classical concert series, and the regular commission of new works by rising American composers.  Today they continue to be distinguished as the only fully professional chorus in the Fairfield/ Westchester area.  

In 1994 the Pro Arte Singers made a major commitment to an ever-expanding repertoire with the formation of the 24-voice Pro Arte Festival Chorus, a group of experienced volunteers who complement the Pro Arte Singers to perform some of the larger choral works. They will appear together in two concerts this season.  

Saturday, October 21, 2006 at the Bedford Presbyterian Church, Village Green, Bedford, NY Sunday, October 22, 2006, at the Presbyterian Church of New Canaan, CT.	This Pro Arte Singers and Festival Chorus program concert will feature Scandanavian Masters of the 19th and 20th Centuries, and will include Trees by Lars Johan Werle, Gustav Mahler's Ich bin der Welt, and Johannes Brahms Quartette opus 64.  We will also be performing Negro Spirituals from A Child of our Time by Michael Tippett.
Sunday, December 10, 2006, At the Presbyterian Church of New Canaan, CT.	Our traditional candlelight Christmas concert will include Heinrich Schütz's Magnificat, Pierre Villette's 20th Century Carols, a World Premiere commissioned by the Pro Arte Singers from Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, Herbert Howells' Magnificat for St. Paul's Cathedral.  We will include our Traditional Candlelight procession and have carols both old and new.
Sunday, February 25, 2007, At the First Presbyterian Church, 1101 Bedford Street in Stamford	The Pro Arte Male Chorus will perform Felix Mendelssohn's Vier Lieder opus 75, Francis Poulenc's Laus Regi, Darius Milhaud's Psalm 121, Franz von Suppe's Missa Dalmatica, and opera choruses for men's voices with a guest Mezzo soloist.
Sunday, April 22, 2007, At the First Presbyterian Church, 1101 Bedford Street in Stamford	The final concert of the season, combining the Pro Arte Singers with our Festival Chorus, will feature Claudio Monteverdi's Lagrime d'Amante, Handel's Dixit Dominus, and choral works by Brahms and Schubert.

Series subscriptions for the four concerts are $90, or $65 for seniors and students; single concert tickets are $25 ($30 for the December concert), or $20 for seniors and students.  Subscriptions include a ticket which is good at either the Bedford or New Caanan venue for the October concert.

On Saturday, January 20, 2007, at 5 p.m. the Board and Friends of the Pro Arte Singers will again stage a Benefit Dinner, Musical Revue and Benefit Auction, at the Carriage Barn & Powerhouse Theater, Waveny Park, New Canaan. The program will be announced at a later date.

The Pro Arte Singers are a non-profit ensemble, supported in part by private contributions and public grants including from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts and the Stamford Cultural Development Corporation.  For series subscriptions or more information call (203) 322-5970, write the Pro Arte Singers, P.O. Box 4251, Stamford, CT 06907-0251, or visit our subscription page.

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