Una Voce: The Florida Men's Chorale with the Pinellas County Center for the Arts (PCCA) presented a benefit concert "A Message of Love" for The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast this past weekend. Performances took place Friday and Saturday nights at the Gibbs High School in St. Petersburg.
Two works were performed. The first was Song of Wisdom from Old Turtle. Douglas Wood, the author, did the narration. "Soon there will be a message of love from God to the earth, and a prayer from the earth back to God."
The second part of the concert, When We No Longer Touch: A Cycle of Songs for Survival was performed. This is based upon the book How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Peter McWilliams. The music is by Kris Anthony. To paraphrase the notes in the program:
When We No Longer Touch is a cycle of songs about the grieving process. Each movement describes the emotions one faces in grief according to Dr. Kubler-Ross: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. Kris Anthony carefully chose the text from How to Survive the Loss of a Love and the Requiem Mass to represent each emotion. The result was a score that not only communicated these texts but also chronicled the deep emotion behind their creation. Kris was writing this piece in the midst of his own death.
It was a very emotional program. The orchestra and both the PCCA Symphonic Chorus and Una Voce were amazing. The PCCA Chorus and Orchestra are made up of primarily high school young adults!
The above photo was taken in February 2006 in Carnegie Hall when Una Voce took part in a performance of When We No Longer Touch.
Lastly, as a fundraiser, Una Voce is sponsoring a benefit raffle to raise money to benefit their general operating fund. The prize is an All Expense Paid Las Vegas Trip which includes:
- Two (2) VIP tickets to the Cher concert on August 23rd at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace - Rear Orchestra Fourth Row Seats
- A Two (2) night Luxury Accommodation at Caesars Palace
- Round Trip Airfare for Two (2) from anywhere in the continental US; maximum value of $500
- And $500 Spending Money
Tickets are $20 each and only 1250 tickets will be sold. The drawing will be held on Monday July 21, 2008.
Tickets can be purchased online line at Una Voce's web site. If you decide to buy a ticket, please indicate that Wayne Cooper sent you there!
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