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Our 2007-2008 season included performances of Leonard Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms" and Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Song of Thanksgiving" (in collaboration with the Michigan Festival of Sacred Music and the Kalamazoo Children's Chorus Touring Choir (under the direction of Fred Sang)), a concert of music by the well-known composer of popular music Harold Arlen, a "Festival of Music for Voices, Brass and Organ" (featuring the 63-rank Casavant organ in the sanctuary of the Kalamazoo First Presbyterian Church and a new rank of en chamade trumpets installed in honor of Thomas Kasdorf and his many years of service as Director of Music at First Presbyterian), as well as a concert of solos, ensembles, and choruses from musical theater and choral literature (as the kickoff of the 2008 "Concerts In The Park" summer concert series presented by the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo and the City of Kalamazoo, and sponsored by the Irving S. Gilmore Foundation).
Our 2006-2007 season included a performance of Randall Thompson's setting of Michael Drayton's poem "Ode to the Virginian Voyage", a concert of solos, ensembles, and choruses from opera, musical theatre, and choral literature influenced by the writings of William Shakespeare, a collaborative performance of Charles Gounod's magnificent romantic opera "Faust" with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, as well as a concert of solos, ensembles, and choruses from opera, musical theatre, and choral literature (as the kickoff of the 2007 "Concerts In The Park" summer concert series presented by the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo and the City of Kalamazoo, and sponsored by the Irving S. Gilmore Foundation).
Our 2005-2006 season included a "Concert in a Garden of Glass" (in conjunction with the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts "Chihuly in Kalamazoo" exhibit of works by Dale Chihuly), a concert celebrating the 250th anniversary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, an "Operetta Favorites" concert, a concert of season highlights (as the kickoff of the 2006 "Concerts In The Park" summer concert series presented by the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo and the City of Kalamazoo, and sponsored by the Irving S. Gilmore Foundation), as well as a performance of season highlights (as part of the "Taste of Portage", the opening event for the 2006 "Summer Entertainment" concert series presented by the City of Portage and the Portage District Library, and sponsored by the Irving S. Gilmore Foundation, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and the National Endowment for the Arts).
Our 2004-2005 season included a Thanksgiving concert featuring works by Bach, Mozart and Britten, Handel's "Coronation Anthems" with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, the world premiere performance of Gwyneth Walker's "Love Flows From God", a "Salute to Stephen Schwartz" (featuring the Michigan premiere performance of selections from the hit Broadway musical "Wicked"), as well as a concert of favorite songs from the stage and cinema (as the kickoff of the 2005 "Concerts In The Park" summer concert series presented by the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo and the City of Kalamazoo, and sponsored by the Irving S. Gilmore Foundation).
Our 2003-2004 season included "Home for the Holidays" with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, a Valentine concert featuring the P.D.Q. Bach "Liebeslieder Polkas", a concert of French choral music from 1850-1950 (in conjunction with the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts "Millet to Matisse" exhibit of paintings from 1850-1950), as well as a concert of French-influenced music from the stage and cinema (as the kickoff of the 2004 "Concerts In The Park" summer concert series presented by the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo and the City of Kalamazoo, and sponsored by the Irving S. Gilmore Foundation).
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