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Gloria Musicae Presents The Florida Premiere of "Voices of the Holocaust"

On April 28, 2014, the 2014 International Day of
Holocaust Remembrance, Gloria Musicae will present the Florida premiere
performance of “Voices of the Holocaust,” a dramatic cantata based on 22 songs
sung in ghettoes and concentration camps during World War II, composed by
Sheridan Seyfried. The Gloria Musicae Singers will be joined by the Sarasota-Manatee
Dance Alliance (SMDA), the Chroma Quartet, the Sarasota Young Voices, Sarasota
Jewish Chorale, Booker High School Concert Choir, and the Sarasota Choral
Society. This multimedia event, under the direction of Dr. Joseph Holt, Gloria
Musicae’s artistic director, will feature original chorography by Elizabeth
Weil Bergmann, retired Harvard director of dance. Charlayne Hunter-Gault, civil
rights activist and award-winning author, journalist and correspondent for such
media outlets as the New York Times,
PBS, NPR and CNN, will offer opening remarks for the program. The event is sponsored,
in part, by Mr. Clair E. Johnson, the Tourist Development Commission of
Sarasota County, and The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee. The
concert is Monday, April 28, 7:30 p.m., at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall,
777 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Tickets are $25-$70. For tickets, call the Van
Wezel box office at
941-953-3368
or visit www.gloriamusicae.org

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