LEXINGTON,
\nKy.\u2014The Grammy Award-winning
\nmale chorus Chanticleer will perform a concert in Transylvania’s
\nHaggin Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 14, as part of the Dorothy J.
\nand Fred K. Smith Endowed Concert series.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\nChanticleer has developed a remarkable reputation over its
\n30-year history for its vivid interpretations of vocal literature, including
\nRenaissance, classical, jazz, gospel, sacred chant, Christmas and venturesome
\nnew music. ![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/news\/images\/illustrations\/smallerchanticleer.jpg\")
With its seamless blend of 12 male voices, ranging from countertenor
\nto bass, Chanticleer has earned international renown as “an orchestra of
\nvoices” and New Yorker magazine called the group “the world’s reigning male
\nchorus.”\n<\/p>\n
\nThe performance at Transylvania,
\nWondrous Free, is an appreciation of the 250th anniversary of the earliest
\nsurviving American secular composition, “My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free,”
\nby Francis Hopkinson, a friend of George Washington and a signer of the
\nDeclaration of Independence. The program demonstrates the diversity of song in America.\n<\/p>\n
\nBased in San
\nFrancisco, Chanticleer was name 2008 Ensemble of the Year
\nby Musical America and was recently inducted into the American Classical Music
\nHall of Fame. The ensemble has 22 recordings to its credit, including Colors of
\nLove, which won the Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance and the
\nContemporary A Capella Recording Award for Best Classical Album.\u00a0 The most recent release, Magnificat, a disc
\nof early music devoted to the Virgin Mary, climbed to the top four on
\nBillboard’s Classical Chart.\u00a0 In 2008-09,
\nthe ensemble will perform over 100 concerts across the U.S and in France,
\nGermany, Poland,
\nLatvia, Tokyo
\nand Paris.\n<\/p>\n
\nFree tickets, while they last, are available to the public
\nat Transylvania’s William
\nT. Young
\nCampus Center
\n(corner of Broadway and Fourth streets) Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 10
\np.m., and Saturday from noon to 7 p.m.\u00a0
\nFor more information, contact the public relations office at (859)
\n233-8120.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014The Grammy Award-winning male chorus Chanticleer will perform a concert in Transylvania’s Haggin Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 14, as part of the Dorothy J. and Fred K. Smith Endowed Concert series.\u00a0 Chanticleer has developed a remarkable reputation over its 30-year history for its vivid interpretations of vocal literature, including Renaissance, classical, jazz, gospel, sacred chant, Christmas and venturesome new music. With its seamless blend of 12 male voices, ranging from countertenor to bass, Chanticleer has earned international renown as “an orchestra of voices” and New Yorker magazine called the group “the world’s reigning male chorus.” The performance at Transylvania, Wondrous Free, is an appreciation of the 250th anniversary of the earliest surviving American secular composition, “My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free,” by Francis Hopkinson, a friend of George Washington and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The program demonstrates the diversity of song in America. Based in San Francisco, Chanticleer was name 2008 Ensemble of the Year by Musical America and was recently inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame. The ensemble has 22 recordings to its credit, including Colors of Love, which won the Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance and the Contemporary A Capella Recording Award for Best Classical Album.\u00a0 The most recent release, Magnificat, a disc of early music devoted to the Virgin Mary, climbed to the top four on Billboard’s Classical Chart.\u00a0 In 2008-09, the ensemble will<\/p>\n