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The Riverside Church Christ Chapel Chamber Series
The Phoenix Quartet is dedicated to
...performing music composed or arranged for vocal quartet
...commissioning new music for vocal quartet
...conducting educational outreach.
For repertoire and booking information, please contact Debra Poulter, Artistic Director
Phoenix Quartet
(212) 222-2064 or click here
Vocal music is an especially powerful form of communication that can encourage a better understanding of the struggles and achievements that define people and can develop values that sustain people in life’s experiences. It has a unique power to create community. Throughout its rich cultural history and directly because of its melding of poetry and music, vocal music has had a place in all celebrations of life - to herald new life, mourn the passing of life, mark holidays, and to explore the human condition.
The Phoenix Quartet is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit corporation and donations are tax-deductible as determined by law.
The Phoenix Quartet is proud to be a member of
Chamber Music America
The Phoenix Quartet performed an afternoon of moving and powerful music drawn from America's periods of major strife this past Sunday, June 11. Before a large and responsive audience, the ensemble performed groups of songs reflecting the wide range of emotions that stem from turmoil and peace, both inner and outer.
All of the music on the concert was composed or arranged by American composers, including several good friends of the Phoenix Quartet: Theodore Wiprud, Scott Warren, David Root, and Richard Pearson Thomas. Continuing its mission of introducing new music for vocal quartet, the quartet presented the world premiere of a set of songs composed especially for it by Paul Stephan.
And, the Phoenix Quartet is happy to announce that it is already booked on the Christ Chapel Chamber Series next season: June 3, 2007. Mark your calendars now!
Songs of War and Peace
The Open Door (Rumi)
Four Spirituals
Motherless ChildDown by the RiversideSteal AwayAin’a That Good NewsFour Songs of War & Peace (World Premiere)
I. Spring in War-time (Sara Teasdale)
II. My Son (Ada Tyrrell)
III. The Messages (Wilfrid Wilson Gibson)
IV. Prayer for Brotherhood [World Peace], (The Book of Common Worship)
A Sentimental Journey.
.In the Still of the NightSentimental JourneyChattanooga Choo ChooEvery Time We Say GoodbyeA Clear Midnight (Walt Whitman)
The Best of All Possible Worlds (“Candide”)
K. Scott Warren, arr.David Root, Richard Pearson Thomas, arr.
Richard Pearson ThomasLeonard Bernstein The Program from June 11, 2006
