On Sunday, May 5 the Mineola Choral Society’s Spring Concert will take place at 3:00 p.m. at Temple Emmanuel in Great Neck, as part of the Stephen C. Widom Cultural Arts Series. The program, entitled “Sing, Sing, Sing!” will first feature contemporary works reflecting the stages of our lives by composers Erik Essenvalds (“Only in Sleep”), Randall Thompson (“Frostiana”), John Corigliano (“Fern Hill”) and Carol Hall (“Jenny Rebecca”), then celebrate Jazz, Broadway and the Big Band era through the music of Stephen Zegree (“God Bless the Child”), Frank Loesser (“Guys and Dolls” medley), and Louis Prima (“Sing, Sing, Sing”).
Accompanied by the Orchestra of the Society and pianist Karen Faust Baer, the chorus will be joined by guest artists soprano Dr.Doreen Fryling.
The Mineola Choral Society, now in its 76th concert season, is an independent non-profit organization dedicated to the performance of choral music, and drawing membership from more than 30 Long Island communities and New York City. Under the direction of Dr. Meg Messina, the MCS presents two concerts a year with a repertoire that spans sacred, operatic, classical and popular choral works, and also appears as guest chorus with the Nassau Pops Symphony Orchestra for that organization’s annual Christmas concert.
Tickets for the May 5 concert are $25. For further information about this concert and the Mineola Choral Society, see the MCS website www.mineolachoralsociety.org or call 516 294-1175.
