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Music director Eileen Chang will lead Cantabella Children’s Chorus through an American journey of music from 1850 to the present at its spring concert, “America the Beautiful,” this weekend.
“A lot of the songs will be familiar to you,” Chang said.
The concert will visit locations across the United States, exploring their musical diversity. In the South, the chorus will sing “Summertime” from “Porgy and Bess,” composed by George Gershwin in the style of an African-American spiritual. Another highlight will be Cantabella’s rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”
The journey includes Shaker spirituals, minstrel and gospel songs with a mix of American folk, art and contemporary pop music, covering all genres by American composers.
“With my many years of musical resources, I still learned a lot about American heritage as I prepared this theme,” Chang said. “Many who have lived here all their lives may not know all these genres. This will be educational for both adults and children.”
Performances are at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday (May 26) at St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic Church, 4001 Stoneridge Drive.
Cantabella training choirs, with younger singers from the Tri-Valley, will perform at the 1 p.m. show, with select pieces by the performing choirs. The 4 p.m. show presents the 200 voices of Cantabella’s performing choirs.
Tickets are $22. Children under 18 accompanied by adults are free. For more information, visit www.cantabella.org or call 292-2663.
