2007
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2008
Now in its 16th season, Vanguard Voices continues its mission to expand the boundaries of choral music in the metropolitan Detroit area. The 65-voice mixed choir has carved out a unique niche in the community – it regularly elicits and performs new choral works from established and aspiring composers around the world. In the past four years, the Vanguard Premieres Choral Composition Contest has recognized 20 new compositions by composers from four continents. Vanguard Voices has premiered these new works – as well as three specially commissioned pieces – to an enthusiastic audience. Several of the composers have traveled to Dearborn to assist Vanguard Voices with the preparation of these new additions to the choral repertoire for their public debut. In the spirit of further fostering musical interchange in the area, Vanguard Voices will host the first-ever Vanguard Choral Celebration in March, which will bring together top area choirs for an evening of inspired song. At the conclusion of the regular performance season, Vanguard Voices will travel to Wilmington, North Carolina, for a festival performance of Bach’s Mass in B Minor conducted by Dearborn native Steven Errante.
Orff Carmina Burana
Dearborn Symphony Orchestra - Kypros Markou, Music Director & Conductor
Combined Choruses of Dearborn - G. Kevin Dewey, Director
Saturday, September 29, 2007, 8:00 p.m.
Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, Dearborn
Dearborn Holiday Choral
Festival
Dearborn Community Chorus - Steven H. Olsen, Director
Vanguard Voices - G. Kevin Dewey, Director
Dearborn Youth Symphony - Diane Platte, Director
Saturday, December 15, 2007, 8:00 p.m.
Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, Dearborn
HFCC President’s Collage Concert
Vanguard Voices, Choral and Instrumental Ensembles
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Henry Ford Community College
Saturday, March 1, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, Dearborn
Vanguard Choral Celebration
Vanguard Voices - G. Kevin Dewey, Director
with special guests
Detroit Concert Choir - Gordon Nelson, Director
InVoice, Macomb Community College - Stuart Scott, Director
Langsford Men's Chorus - Steven SeGraves, Director
Monday, March 31, 2008, 8:00 p.m.
Ford Community & Performing Arts Center, Dearborn
Bach Mass in B minor
Vanguard Voices with Dearborn Symphony Chamber Orchestra
Thursday, May 22, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
First United Methodist Church, Dearborn