CARMINA BURANA THANK YOU!

May 1, 2014 by Jeff S

Carmina Burana was a rousing SUCCESS!   Thanks to and for All!  Below is a copy of the article submitted to the RDN and Kaleidoscope.

 

THANK YOU to all of the musicians who shared in the experience of presenting Carl Orff’s CARMINA BURANA at Leach Theatre on April 26 and 27. It was a wonderful musical experience that would not have been possible without the dedication of all of the singers and instrumentalists involved.

CARMINA BURANA was a collaborative effort of the following organizations:

Missouri S&T Arts Languages and Philosophy Department

Missouri S&T Choirs-Lorie Francis, Director

399^th Army Band-WO1 Richard Chapman, Commander

Rolla High School Choirs

Rolla Choral Arts Society-Rolla Community Choir, Men of Song, and Community Children’s Choir-Jeff Sandquist, Director.

RCAS would like to thank the following businesses and organizations for donating food items for the cast dinner, equipment, or sharing their time and talents to make this event a success:

Subway of Rolla, Wal-Mart, Matt’s Steakhouse, Country Mart, Slice of Pie, Leach Theatre Staff and Crew, KMST – Public Radio, KTTR-KZNN, Rolla Daily News, Kaleidoscope, Christ Episcopal Church,

Greentree Christian Church, First Presbyterian Church, Kent’s Jewelry,

Dr. Robert Cesario – Missouri S&T Bands and Missouri S&T SGA.

RCAS would also like to thank the Corporate Sponsors of the Rolla Choral Arts Society:

Repertoire Level-Investment Realty, Phelps County Bank, Jackson Foundation for the Arts, Paramount Apparel

 Carmina Club-Dairy Queen of Rolla, Integrity Engineering, Englehardt & Zierke, Stahlman Power Sports, Public House Brewing Company, First State Community Bank, and Maid Rite.

 Individual or Personal Donations:

Conductor’s Club-Terry and Paula Brewer, Jeff and Nora Sandquist, Don and Linda Sparlin.

Accompanist Club-John and Cindy Beger, Dr. Mary and Jim Graham, Khamal Khayat and Gina Valente Khayat, Elizabeth Cummins Vonalt.

Full Year Scholarship Level-Denny Labantschnig, Steffan and Agnes Vojta

Library Builder Level-Matt and Sue Banholtzer, Steve and Susan Jackson, Tim and Ginger Philpot, Anne Cottrell, Tim and Susie Rupp.

Semester Scholarship Level-Eleanor Van Horn, Mid-Missouri Credit Union, Kent’s Jewelry, Brewer Science.

Small Ensemble Level –Stuart and Karrie Cunningham, Cynthia Hobart, Sandy King, Rory McCarthy and Amy Beechner McCarthy, and PEO.

Soloist Level-William W. Chapman, Sue Arnold, Neal and Lynn Granneman, Klaus and Madonna Woelk, International Women’s Club.

The Rolla Choirs Spring Concert will be presented on Thursday, May 8, 7:00 p.m. at Leach Theatre, Castleman Hall. Tickets available at Leach Box Office. Catching Music, 2014 Choir Games, Downtown Band Shell and Festival lot on Saturday, May 10, from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.   The Rolla Choral Arts Society, “A Community of Singers.”

Jeff Sandquist,

RCAS Artistic Director

RPS Choir Director