75^th Anniversary Concert and Celebration!

Dear Choral Friends,

Please plan on joining us Sunday afternoon, May 21, 2006 as we conclude our 75^th anniversary season. The Choral Society will be performing several larger works that I am sure you will enjoy. The program begins with American composer Randall Thompson’s The Peaceable Kingdom, conducted by the Choral Society's Director Emeritus Guthrie Darr. The work is a sequence of sacred choruses for unaccompanied voices on prophecy texts from the book of Isaiah. This is followed by Symphony of Psalms written by 20^th century Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. This choral/orchestral work based on selections from the Psalms of David was composed for the 50^th anniversary (in 1930) of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Our program concludes with the simple, yet exquisitely moving Requiem by French composer Gabriel Fauré.

The performance will be held at St. Peter’s Catholic Church (on Assembly St. beside the Post Office) at 3:00 pm on Sunday, May 21^st. Please email us or call (803)933-9060 for tickets or additional information. I hope that you will plan to attend and will bring your family and friends. We want to end our celebration in grand style so after the concert we will be hosting a reception for you at the Columbia Museum of Art on Main St. Plan on walking over to the museum with us for a wonderful time of relaxation and refreshment. I want to meet you!

And of course, we could not do any of this without the generous support of our patrons. The Choral Society is proud, and grateful, to have that support, and we thank each person and company who has contributed to our success. Now, let’s celebrate!

Best wishes,

Will Carswell, Music Director