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Vox Femina has been honored with invitations to perform with the Los Angeles Philharmonic as well as at the American Choral Director's Association conference in Reno, NV.
The Mahler Project: Mahler No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand"
The Shrine Auditorium – with LA Philharmonic and 14 other choirs
Saturday, February 4, 2012 8pm
More information: www.laphil.com/tickets/performance
2012 American Choral Directors Association Western Division
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Vox singers with Gustavo Dudamel and Grant Gershon during rehearsals for the Mahler Project.
Vox Femina’s 15th anniversary season takes off!
In addition to its three performances this season, Vox Femina, under the artistic direction of Dr. Iris S. Levine, has been asked to join the LA Philharmonic, along with 14 other choruses and 2 orchestras, in performing Mahler's 8th Symphony on Saturday, February 4th, 2012. The “Symphony of a Thousand” performance is part of the Philharmonic’s Mahler Project, during which Maestro Gustavo Dudamel will conduct Mahler's nine completed symphonies in honor of the 100th anniversary of the composer’s death.
“I’m awed by the thought of 800 people gathered to sing.” – Lisa Sloan, Vox Femina soprano since 2010, UCLA Ph.D. student in theater and performance studies
The chorus members’ excitement is tempered only by its humbling effect – Vox Femina will sing alongside esteemed professional and community choruses such as the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Pacific Chorale, Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus.
How will a thousand performers stay in sync? Over the past two months, Dr. Levine worked with the women in Vox Femina, to master the score. “The singers must be so adept at singing their own part that they can enjoy how it fits into the [symphony],” says Dr. Levine. Over the last week, Grant Gershon, Music Director of the LA Master Chorale and Maestro Dudamel, accompanied by our very own Lisa Edwards on the piano, have led rehearsals of the combined choruses to integrate them with the orchestra and soloists. In what is sure to be a spectacular performance, Maestro Dudamel will conduct the entire body of musicians and perform the work for the public at the Shrine Auditorium this Saturday, as the Disney Hall’s capacity is not large enough to house so many musicians.
If you missed your chance to obtain tickets to this sold-out show, we will miss you! However, you can hear the women of Vox sing in our spring concert, “From Shakespeare to Shamrocks” on March 17, 2012. Tickets are on sale now! And join us after the concert at Noe, the lounge in the Hotel Omni, just steps away from Zipper Hall. What better way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day than through song and companionship?