'Voices for Love and Unity - A Concert for Peace' in NYC, April 26, 2009

'Voices for Love and Unity - A Concert for Peace' in NYC, April 26, 2009

Co-Sponsored by The New York Virtuoso Singers and the Society for Universal Sacred Music

NEW YORK, April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- With a mission of spreading a message of unity and peace through the beauty and the power of music, the Society for Universal Sacred Music (http://www.universalsacredmusic.org/) and The New York Virtuoso Singers (http://www.nyvirtuoso.org/) will co-sponsor "Voices for Love and Unity - A Concert for Peace," on Sunday, April 26, 2009, at St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church in New York City. Harold Rosenbaum, artistic director for both organizations, will conduct. The Canticum Novum Youth Choir, directed by Edie Rosenbaum, and The Elm City Girls' Choir, directed by Rebecca Rosenbaum, will participate. The concert will commence at 3:00 p.m. A pre-concert talk with composers takes place at 2:00 p.m.

The concert will feature contemporary pieces and will be highlighted by Francis Poulenc's "Figure humaine." This complex tonal choral masterpiece, composed for a cappella double chorus while Nazi forces occupied Paris during World War II, focuses on the horrors of war and on mankind's inherent ability to survive and cope with a greater awareness of the brotherhood of man.

A world-premiere titled "To The Peacemakers," composed by Roger Davidson, Founder and President of the Society for Universal Sacred Music, will be performed, as will "Voices for Today," which was written by Benjamin Britten to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the United Nations. Works by Richard McIntyre, the NYVS 2006 Choral Composition Competition First-Prize Winner, and Richard Rice, a NYVS two-time Composition Competition Honorable Mention, will also be included.

"The mission of the concert -- and of the featured composers and their pieces -- is to share the message of unity through music and to foster a belief that individually and collectively society can strive together to work towards world peace," states Harold Rosenbaum.

For ticket information, contact Ticket Central at 212-279-4200. Tickets are priced at $20; seniors 65 and over and students: $10. Tickets are available at the door one hour and 15 minutes before the concert.

Society for Universal Sacred Music:
http://www.universalsacredmusic.org/

The New York Virtuoso Singers:
http://www.nyvirtuoso.org/

Contact:

Irene Maslowski
973-226-1494 or Irene@imassocpr.com

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Source: Society for Universal Sacred Music and The New York Virtuoso Singers

CONTACT: Irene Maslowski for Society for Universal Sacred Music and The
New York Virtuoso Singers, +1-973-226-1494, Irene@imassocpr.com

Web Site: http://www.universalsacredmusic.org/
http://www.nyvirtuoso.org/

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