Sacramento Opera presents “Celebrate Our Chorus,” a special event for Sacramento Opera donors at the $250 and up level on Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 7 pm, Trinity Lutheran Church, 1500 27th Street, Sacramento.
Chorus Master Ming Luke (pictured above) will speak about the Sacramento Opera’s upcoming production of
La Traviata, the play and book upon which the opera was based, and the role of the chorus in the production. Donors will sit in on a live chorus rehearsal with Mr. Luke providing explanations of the rehearsal process. Program is approximately one hour.
Light refreshments will be served. RSVP to Melissa Cirone at
mcirone@sacopera.org or 916-737-1000.
Note: this event is only open to Sacramento Opera donors at the $250 donation level and up. For more information about becoming a donor, visit sacopera.org or call 916-737-1000.
Ming Luke is the Chorus Master for the Sacramento Opera, Director and Conductor for the Berkeley Symphony's education programs, Music Director of the Modesto Symphony Youth Orchestra, Associate Conductor of the Modesto Symphony, and the General Director of the Napa Valley Youth Symphony. Prior to his appointments in Northern California, he was a staff conductor for the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh and helped prepare the choir for such conductors as Charles Dutoit, André Previn, Mariss Jansons, Michael Stern, and Lucas Richman. Ming Luke holds a Master of Fine Arts in Conducting from Carnegie Mellon University and a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Piano Pedagogy from Westminster Choir College of Rider University.
The Sacramento Opera’s 2009-2010 Season is sponsored by the generosity of the James Irvine Foundation, Raley’s Family of Fine Stores, and the County and City of Sacramento’s Cultural Arts Award administered by the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission. La Traviata Production Sponsors are Ted DeYoung and Les & Janice Lederer. The mission of the Sacramento Opera is to produce outstanding opera, to develop and cultivate a wider public interest in opera and its allied arts, and to further music education in the region. Programs and artists are subject to change.
Blog Post and photo courtesy of Sacramento Opera.
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