Trinity, Newtown--Benefit Concert for Haiti


Trinity Episcopal Church in Newtown will hold a Benefit Concert for Haiti featuring the CCSU University Singers Sunday, May 2nd at 4 p.m.

The University Singers of Central Connecticut State University, will be in concert at Trinity Church, 36 Main Street, Newtown, CT on Sunday, May 2nd at 4:00 p.m. to raise money for Haiti relief.

The University Singers, an auditioned chamber ensemble, is a healthy mix of music majors and other majors from throughout the university. The repertoire is purposefully varied to include chamber music from all periods of music history, as well as traditional folk music and vocal jazz. The group has given concert tours in Germany, Puerto Rico, Hungary and France, and in March, 2009 they gave a concert tour in China.

The concert repertoire will include madrigals and motets by Weelkes, Schütz, and di Lasso and will sing J.S. Bach’s BWV 229, Motet #5, Komm, Jesu, Komm. In addition, the ensemble will perform works by American composers including Reincarnations by Samuel Barber. On a lighter side, there will be vocal jazz arrangements of music by Gershwin, Lennon and McCartney, and other spirituals and novelty songs.