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Friday, March 7, 2008 at 8 pm
the Cathedral Church of St. Paul
138 Tremont Street, Boston (opposite the Park St MBTA station).
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Hear the radio spot for the concert (MP3 format).
The New England tradition stretches from William Billings and Charles Ives to a new generation of cosmopolitan New England composers such as Randall Thompson. Thoroughly Yankee yet inherently innovative, Daniel Pinkham was first among the great modern Boston composers, with a legacy of great works, many commissioned or premiered by Chorus pro Musica.
The concert is reserved seating by pew. Tickets are $25, $35 or $45, with discounts available for seniors, students, WGBH members, and parties of 6 or more.
David Hodgkins is well-known to Boston choral audiences as the Artistic Director of Coro Allegro, a 60-voice ensemble that he has led since 1992. With Coro Allegro, Mr. Hodgkins has conducted world-premiere performances of works by Daniel Pinkham, Alan Fletcher, Richard St. Clair, Kenneth Fuchs, Ruth Lomon, and Patricia Van Ness. In addition, he has conducted Boston premieres of works by Marianne Martinez, Rebecca Clarke, Arvo Pärt, and William Grant Still. He has also released two compact discs with Coro Allegro: In the Clearing and somewhere i have never traveled.
Mr. Hodgkins was named Artistic Director of the New England Classical Singers in 1999. In addition, he is on the faculty of the Commonwealth School, a private high school in Boston’s Back Bay, where he has conducts the orchestra and choruses, coaches chamber music and teaches college-level music theory and ear training.
A native of Reading, Massachusetts, David W. Hodgkins studied piano, voice and harpsichord at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst, receiving his Bachelor of Music degree in music education, and earning his Master of Music degree in choral conducting from Temple University in Philadelphia under Alan Harler. In addition, Mr. Hodgkins's mentors in conducting have included Wayne Abercrombie, Fiore Contino, Paul Vermel, and Gunther Schuller.
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