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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Carol Guild: InConcert Sierra's ‘Lush, sweeping sounds'


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Copyright 2012 The Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. February, 24 2011 11:22 am

Carol Guild: InConcert Sierra's ‘Lush, sweeping sounds'

Carol Guild
Carol GuildENLARGE
Carol Guild
Photo for The Union by John Hart
The “Bodacious Red Hot Mamas” posed with their decorated server, SMC tenor Christian Kovacs. This table of Red Hat ladies had great fun at the MusicaliTEA!
The “Bodacious Red Hot Mamas” posed with their decorated server, SMC tenor Christian Kovacs. This table of Red Hat ladies had great fun at the MusicaliTEA!ENLARGE
The “Bodacious Red Hot Mamas” posed with their decorated server, SMC tenor Christian Kovacs. This table of Red Hat ladies had great fun at the MusicaliTEA!
Submitted photo

Baritone Charles Atthill and the Sierra Master Chorale (SMC) singers welcomed the first-annual MusicaliTEA audience with “Be Our Guest” (from the musical “Beauty and the Beast”) with SMC's Ken Hardin (the Mad Hatter) accompanying.
Baritone Charles Atthill and the Sierra Master Chorale (SMC) singers welcomed the first-annual MusicaliTEA audience with “Be Our Guest” (from the musical “Beauty and the Beast”) with SMC's Ken Hardin (the Mad Hatter) accompanying.ENLARGE
Baritone Charles Atthill and the Sierra Master Chorale (SMC) singers welcomed the first-annual MusicaliTEA audience with “Be Our Guest” (from the musical “Beauty and the Beast”) with SMC's Ken Hardin (the Mad Hatter) accompanying.
Submitted photo

The Sierra Master Chorale small choir performs “Tea for Two” at the recent sold-out MusicaliTEA.
The Sierra Master Chorale small choir performs “Tea for Two” at the recent sold-out MusicaliTEA.ENLARGE
The Sierra Master Chorale small choir performs “Tea for Two” at the recent sold-out MusicaliTEA.
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SMC Tenor John Bush delights with “Old Mother Hubbard” at the first annual MusicaliTEA. MusicaliTEA was a tea party with a talk from tea expert and author Babette Donaldson, and enchanting songs with tea references by the Sierra Master Chorale.
SMC Tenor John Bush delights with “Old Mother Hubbard” at the first annual MusicaliTEA. MusicaliTEA was a tea party with a talk from tea expert and author Babette Donaldson, and enchanting songs with tea references by the Sierra Master Chorale.ENLARGE
SMC Tenor John Bush delights with “Old Mother Hubbard” at the first annual MusicaliTEA. MusicaliTEA was a tea party with a talk from tea expert and author Babette Donaldson, and enchanting songs with tea references by the Sierra Master Chorale.
Submitted photo

The scene at the recent tea party was full of pastel colors, festive multi-colored hats of all sorts, scones and savories with tea and music!
The scene at the recent tea party was full of pastel colors, festive multi-colored hats of all sorts, scones and savories with tea and music!ENLARGE
The scene at the recent tea party was full of pastel colors, festive multi-colored hats of all sorts, scones and savories with tea and music!

A fabulous fundraiser was held recently at the Miners Foundry for InConcert Sierra's Sierra Master Chorale program.

MusicaliTEA was coordinated by Linda Maloney, Jill Horrigan and Carolyn Balle with author and tea expert Babette Donaldson.

InConcert Sierra Artistic Director Ken Hardin and Roberta Frank arranged the music.

Many choir members performed, volunteered or participated in some way. Most all the servers were singers.

Choir members also donated all the tea cups, saucers and tableware, making it fun with different colors and patterns.

One comment from a participant was “Don't change a thing!”

“We will definitely do this again next year,” said InConcert Sierra Executive Director Julie Hardin.

Funds raised from the event amounted to about $4,000.

Coming events

InConcert Sierra will present two concerts in March. The first is pianist Di Wu on March 20. Wu will perform Claude Debussy's “Préludes” and Ravel's “Miroirs.”

“They are gorgeous, lush, sweeping pieces,” said Hardin.

Also presenting gorgeous, lush pieces, Nikolai Lugansky (one of three of the finest pianists in Russia) will perform Wednesday, March 30, after his March 28 performance with the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco.

He is one of the “top Rachmaninoff interpreters in the world,” said Hardin.

Both performances will be at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church in Grass Valley.

For more about InConcert Sierra and Sierra Master Chorale, visit www.inconcertsierra.org or call (530) 273-3990 .

To contact Prospector Editor Carol Guild, e-mail cguild@theunion.com or call (530) 477-4219.







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