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Brahms Requiem

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We are thrilled to be able to present one of the greatest choral orchestral masterworks of all time, the Brahms Requiem.  Out of his own sorrows Brahms created this remarkable expression of both the pain of loss and the comfort which can be found.  He chose his own texts rather than using the traditional church movements.  It is a sacred, if non-liturgical, expression of the profound emotions experienced by those who mourn in any language.

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It will be accompanied by Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music, also an ageless masterpiece, a tender and much loved work.

PRE-CONCERT LECTURE
Presented by John Hale:

GUEST CONDUCTOR:  JOHN H. DICKSON 

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John Dickson is Professor Emeritus and former Director of Choral Studies at Louisiana State University.  Recently retired after forty-four years of collegiate teaching, he continues his conducting through workshops, festivals, and as the founding artistic director of Coro Vocati, one of Atlanta’s most accomplished professional chamber choirs. 

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As a conducting pedagogue, he has presented masterclasses before the Association of British Choral Directors, the American Choral Directors Association, the Royal Northern Music Conservatory (Manchester), and the Russian State Music Conservatories of St. Petersburg and Moscow.  He has conducted festivals and workshops in England, Wales, Scotland, Finland, France, Italy, Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic, Mexico, Canada, and throughout the U. S.  For three decades his choirs have been featured at conventions of the ACDA, ABCD, Texas Music Educators Association, and the National Collegiate Choral Organization.

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Visiting Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge University, Dr. Dickson sang with Sir David Willcocks and The Bach Choir; a second post-doctoral fellowship allowed him to serve as David Hill’s assistant conductor.  He is the Founding Director of the Oxbridge C. S. Lewis Choral Institute. 

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