DuPage Chorale Sings with Strings

A concert of choral music with string orchestra
Join the DuPage Chorale for a variety of music from the Classical Period to the present featuring string or string with piano orchestrations. Included are works by W.A. Mozart, José Elizondo, Gwyneth Walker, Paul Barker, and Josef Rheinberger.

Program:

• Misericordias Domini (K. 222) – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
• Die Nacht (Op. 56) – Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
• Angelus Choral Suite – Paul Barker
• A Prayer of St. Anselm – Patrick O’Shea
• La Alborada de la Esperanza – José Elizondo Mira el Sol – José Elizondo
• Dances and Dreams – Gwyneth Walker

DuPage Chorale is a large community chorus based at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn. There is no audition for DuPage Chorale membership. Adult singers of all voice types and ages are welcome.  Members come from all western suburban locations. For more information, contact Director Patrick O’Shea at osheap709@cod.edu or 630-942-2552.

About the Director:  Patrick O’Shea holds the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Music from Arizona State University, Master of Music degree in Choral Music from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Bachelor of Music degree, summa cum laude, in Vocal Performance from Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, Va. His composition teachers have included the late Russell Woollen, as well as Thomas Fredrickson and Randall Shinn. He has served frequently as a clinician and adjudicator, and has been commissioned to write new works, particularly for choral and chamber music ensembles. Dr. O’Shea is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, the American Society of Composers Authors and Publishers, American Composers Forum, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity.