CONTACT: Brad White
Marketing and Publicity Manager
Center for the Arts, Pepperdine University
24255 Pacific Coast Hwy, Malibu, CA 90263
(310) 506-4055
brad.white@pepperdine.edu
BOX OFFICE: (310) 506-4522
http://arts.pepperdine.edu/

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PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY
CENTER FOR THE ARTS

presents the

LOS ANGELES MASTER CHORALE

Concert presented as part of Pepperdine's Ascending Voice III symposium celebrating the art of a cappella music in Christian worship.

Thursday, May 9, 2013, 7:30 p.m.
Smothers Theatre, Pepperdine University
24255 Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu, CA

The Los Angeles Master Chorale, under the baton of associate conductor Lesley Leighton, performs at Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre as part of Pepperdine's The Ascending Voice III: An International Symposium of Sacred A Cappella Music at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 9.

Tickets, priced at $45, $35, and $25 for the public and $10 for full-time Pepperdine students, are available now by calling (310) 506-4522. Tickets are also available through Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787. Information online: http://arts.pepperdine.edu/ or http://www.lamc.org/

Giving a voice to Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Grammy-nominated Los Angeles Master Chorale is considered one of the world's leading choirs.

At Pepperdine, the chorale's 32 singers are set to perform Ave Maria (Gregorian chant); Ave Maria Guarani by Morricone; O Magnum Mysterium by Victoria; O Magnum Mysterium by Lauridsen; My Lord, What a Mornin' by Burleigh; The Battle of Jericho by Hogan; Os justi meditabitur sapientiam by Bruckner; The Pilgrim's Hymn by Paulus; hope, faith, life, love by Whitacre; Unclouded Day by Kirchner; I Was Glad by Parry; Always Singing by Warland; Four Motets by Copland; Jubilant Song by Dello Joio; Sure on This Shining Night by Lauridsen; and For My Father by McLaren.

The Ascending Voice III, an international symposium devoted exclusively to a cappella music in Christian worship, will take place from May 9 to 11.

In addition to lectures and workshop presentations by the world's leading authorities on this rich style of worship, the symposium's daily lineup includes performances by top collegiate choral groups and a May 11 concert by Grammy-nominated ensemble Sweet Honey In The Rock.

For more information about the symposium, call (310) 506-4261.

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