Displaying until May 12, 2022
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The Grammy Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer and two Cal Poly choirs — PolyPhonics and Chamber Choir — will present a concert titled “Beauty of the Day” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12, in the Performing Arts Center. Chanticleer has been hailed as “the world’s reigning male chorus” by The New Yorker, and it is known around the world as an orchestra of voices. Founded in San Francisco in 1978 by singer and musicologist Louis Botto, the group has sold more than 1 million recordings and performed thousands of live concerts to audiences worldwide. The groups will perform their own selections, then will join to perform Nico Muhly’s “Beauty of the Day,” which was commissioned by Chanticleer. The piece will feature university organist Paul Woodring on the Forbes pipe organ. Muhly is well known for his commissions for both classical and popular musicians, and he has written two operas for the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The concert will be dedicated to the memory of Zach Blanchard, a student who had been a member of PolyPhonics. Tickets or the concert are sold at the Cal Poly Ticket Office, 805-756-4849. For more information, visit the Music Department calendar website or call 805-756-2406.

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