Luncheon – April 17th – Steve Lanham brings us Lubbock Chorale

Mr. Steve Lanham Brings us The Lubbock Chorale

The Lubbock Chorale – Four Decades of Choral Excellence

Masterworks Finale – Mozart’s Requiem
April 21, 2024 | 6:00PM | St. John’s United Methodist Church

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Mozart’s Requiem is a choral masterpiece that he composed in 1791, just a few months before his untimely death at the age of 35. The work was commissioned by a mysterious stranger who wished to remain anonymous and claimed that the Requiem was intended for his own funeral. Mozart, who was in poor health and struggling financially, accepted the commission and set to work on the piece.

Unfortunately, Mozart was not able to complete the Requiem before his death, leaving behind only sketches and notes for several of the movements. The work was completed by Franz Xaver Süssmayr, one of Mozart’s pupils, who used Mozart’s sketches to finish the piece. Despite its incomplete nature, the Requiem remains one of Mozart’s most celebrated and beloved works, known for its dramatic intensity, intricate choral writing, and haunting beauty.

This is the last concert of the season for The Lubbock Chorale is scheduled for April 21st.

The Lubbock Civic Chorale began in September 1976, following numerous enthusiastic performances by a “sing-along” group during the city’s Bicentennial celebration. That first group was only a handful of singers who had a dream of creating choral excellence on the South Plains. Over the years, the group grew to a viable force in Lubbock. In 1985, the Chorale was asked to perform with the Texas Tech University choirs and the University Symphony Orchestra in the annual Scholarship Concerts. The ensemble changed its name to The Lubbock Chorale in October 1992 and has steadily and consistently grown in stature and reputation to become a viable artistic force in the South Plains. Concert seasons now regularly include the presentation of choral masterworks with full symphony orchestras.

The Lubbock Chorale will be a positive force in the advocacy and evolution of the choral art through cultivating educational opportunities, nurturing intergenerational experiences, and creating musical excellence on the Texas High Plains. The Lubbock Chorale prepares and performs choral music to the highest artistic standards for the West Texas community. The Lubbock Chorale’s goals are to create the finest possible artistic product; to cultivate a sense of community and camaraderie among people of all ages, both students and community members, who appreciate the choral art; to support the academic and artistic growth and development of students in the Texas Tech University School of Music; to perform art music of various styles and genres in a variety of performance venues; to strive for excellence and to share the aesthetic beauty of choral music through performances that meet the highest artistic standards.

Soprano
Jeannie Barrick – Betsy Bass – Elizabeth Campbell – Yiru Chen* – Addy Davis – Miranda Dawson – Susan Draper – Alisha Donet – Ashleah Edwards – Kristi Edwards – Chloe Ellis – Wren Flake – Jennifer Furey – Hannah Gossett – Madison Hanson – Janie Harms – Karen Hybner – Karina Lago – Erin Miller* – Katie Nielsen – Mimi Pappas – Kensly Peck – Claire Randolph – Julie Ray – Christina Rielo – Glenda Reynolds – Jessica Sanchez – Lindsey Sumner

Alto
Emily Alongi* – Sofia Altamirano – Isabella Anderson – Gwendolyn Bain – Nancy Beckerink – Alicia Caicedo-Cavazos – Robbi Crumpler – Kylie Davis – Carolyn Eaks – Aften Flake – Amberlynn Gonzales – Aveline – Hewetson – Dana Hinds – Abigale Hobbs* – Patsy Jackson – Ella Lacombe – Faith LaLande – Kim Lytton – Nicole Martens – Amelia McCoun – Rachael McCutcheon – Lexi Moscariello – Erin Pearce – Samantha Pearce – Kelsey Peck – Celestina Perez – Kambria Perez – Liesl Rodriguez – Susan Smith – Lori Summers – Linda Tyler – Juliana Upchurch – Kate Vasquez – Carol Ward – Cynthia West-Ward – Olivia White* – Saundra Wimberley – Karen Wood

Tenor
Jacob Briggs – Charlie Correa – Jack Cozad* – Randall Hinds – Michael Mills** – Nathaniel Orta* – Samuel Orta – Rolla Randel – Rob Scoggins – Ken Smith – Josh Tolosa – César Vélez Gámez* – Patrick Vu* –

Bass
Rami Bakr – David Bender – Trayce Boudreaux* – Alex Cartwright – Chris Dobson* – Alex Driggars – Ethan Fasnacht* – Terry Forbes – Sterling French – James Gauna – Patrick Karis – Jake Hemmle* – Steve Lanham
Melvin Laski – Mark Light – Don Lytton – Christopher Markgraf* – Clyde Neff – Kasen Scott – Collins Smith – Simon Welch – Skipper Wood – Kerry Wright

*Denotes TTU Scholarship Singers
**2023-2024 Recipient of the Lottie Hilton and Judge Pat Moore Altrusa Club Music Scholarship