Mozart Requiem Highlights • Directed by Carol Negro in Fairfield, Iowa

Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts in Fairfield, Iowa
November 4, 2018:

Highlights from Requiem in D minor by W. A. Mozart

Directed by Carol Negro, the ‘Everybody Sings’ choir together with local musicians and solo vocalists from Fairfield, Mt. Pleasant, and Iowa City presented an evening celebrating the music of Mozart.

Performers included the Everybody Sings chorus directed by Carol Negro, along with students, amateurs, and professional musicians from southeast Iowa. Oboist Jason Edwards, soprano Donna DeBose and base Blair Buffington, all of whom are Professors of Music at Iowa Wesleyan University, were among the distinguished soloists. In addition, Emily Wheeler and Dennis Wilhoit will be singing the alto and tenor solos in the Requiem. Local instrumentalists included Ann Bosold, Nathan Zumstein, Albert Stimson, Donna Nelson, Paul Squillo, and Francis Thicke.

Everybody Sings community chorus, directed by Carol Negro, was founded three years ago in the belief that the voice is the sound of the soul, and that all voices deserve to be heard. The chorus is non-auditioned, and all are welcomed. Our mission is to expand the joy of life through singing; and to build and strengthen our community through cultural events.

The Requiem in D minor, K. 626, is a requiem mass by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791). Mozart composed part of the Requiem in Vienna in late 1791, but it was unfinished at his death the same year. A completed version dated 1792 by Franz Xaver Süssmayr was delivered to Count Franz von Walsegg, who commissioned the piece for a Requiem service to commemorate the anniversary of his wife's death.

Videography: Steve Thulander and Werner Elmker

[davidherbst]

Brava, Carol and kudos to your wonderful ensemble of musicians and singers! Greetings from West Marin--we greatly miss the joy and excitement you gave us with the WM Music Festival. Just discovered Durwynne Hsieh. Went looking for a composition for marimba, cello and violin and Voila! found the Marimba Trio 2 that you commissioned for the festival. At our Inverness B&B (Osprey Peak) we have hosted a number of musicians, including a married couple--Kathy Marshall and Allen Biggs--she is a violinist with the Marin Symphony, he is principal percussionist for the Santa Rosa Symphony. We have another musician coming here later this summer who is a cellist and we wanted to bring them together. The Hsieh composition is a really intriguing piece. Come back for a visit and bring some rain!

[terrycloth]

So nice to know, and hear, that classical music is taking place in local communities throughout the US. 😊 you go!!
I’m originally from Centerville, IA.