On April 27th at 4 pm, the Taylor Festival Choir (TFC) kicks off its new, intimate, 50-minute concert series Music for a While with “TFC Soloists” - a concert showcasing the solo talents of the professional ensemble the TFC. Something for all tastes will be found as various members will present art songs, arias, duets, music theater numbers, and folk songs. The concert will be held at the beautiful Unitarian Universalist Church of Charleston. Tickets for this event are $20 for adults, $5 for students.
On April 28th at 3 pm at Grace Church Cathedral the full TFC performs a concert featuring Leonard Bernstein’s iconic Chichester Psalms, as well as repertoire from their upcoming "Pathways to Healing” album. Featured Guest Star will be internationally renowned cellist Natalia Khoma, Professor of Cello at the College of Charleston. Rob Taylor states “I have been planning to revisit Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms for years now. With its pulsating, ebullient opening section (which reminds one of West Side Story) as well as its lyrical and dramatic second and third sections – this is “modern masterpiece” of the highest order. We are in the process of auditioning a boy soprano to sing the middle solo, which Bernstein expressly wrote for an unchanged male voice.I must also add how rewarding it always is to work with the great Natalia Khoma. Charleston is so fortunate to have one of the truly great cellists of the world as one of our own. The repertoire we are performing with her – Reena Esmail’s When the Violin and Gabriel Jackson’s To the Field of Stars—are jaw-dropping works in their own right, and feature both Natalia’s and the TFC’s artistry perfectly.”
Choir member Kiri Taylor expresses that “Chichester Psalms has been one of my favorite choral pieces since childhood. I’ve been lucky enough to perform it in high school and with the CSO Chorus, but there’s something special about the Taylor Festival Choir–and I’m so honored I am able to perform it with this world-class choir whose members I am lucky enough to call my friends”
Tickets for the April 28th concert are $35 preferred seating, $25 general seating, and $10 students. Tickets can be purchased at www.taylorfestivalchoir.org
Both concerts are part of the Taylor Music Group initiative “Pathways to Healing: Musical Medicine for Mind, Body and Spirit.” The Pathways to Healing Initiative harnesses the transformative power of music to foster healing and well-being in individuals facing physical or emotional challenges. For more infor
