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Rochester Oratorio Society: “Timbuctoo to Today”

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01 Nov, 2024 7:30 PM — 01 Nov, 2024 9:00 PM    50 North Plymouth Avenue Rochester New York United States
Event summary
ROS performs a new work by Glenn McClure and American classics by Randall Thompson and Aaron Copland, just in time for Election Day.
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In the 1850s, land grants in the Adirondack community “Timbuctoo,” given by Abolitionist Gerrit Smith to free Blacks, conferred to them the right to vote in New York. Hear the compelling and beautiful choral suite from Glenn McClure’s new work, Promised Land: An Adirondack Folk Opera, in its first performance, alongside American classics by Randall Thompson and Aaron Copland, just in time for Election Day. The SUNY Geneseo Festival Chorus joins ROS.

Featuring:
Rochester Oratorio Society Chorus and Orchestra, Eric Townell, Artistic Director
SUNY Geneseo Festival Chrous, Gerard Floriano, Director
X’zaya Ivy, soprano
Rocky Eugenio Sellers, bass-baritone

Program:
McClure: Choral Suite from Promised Land: An Adirondack Folk Opera
Thompson: The Testament of Freedom
Copland: “The Promise of Living” from The Tender Land

Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door, general admission. 

For tickets and more information, visit https://rossings.org/allevents/timbuctoo-to-today

Tickets are also available In person at the ROS office, 1050 East Avenue by appointment or by phone at 585.473.2234.

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