Thank you for attending To Protect the Earth!
Southwest Premier
Saturday, June 17, 2023, at 7:30 PM
Popejoy Hall in Albuquerque, NM
New Mexico Matinee Performance
Sunday, June 18, 2023, at 3:00 PM
Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe, NM
The Zia Singers will join the New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus and Rio Rancho Youth Chorus in presenting the Southwest premiere of To Shiver the Sky by Grammy-award-winning composer Christopher Tin!
His latest oratorio delves into the history of flight and mankind’s desire to conquer the heavens. Featuring texts by 11 of the world’s greatest astronomers, inventors, visionaries, and aeronauts, To Shiver the Sky charts man’s relentless need to explore the sky, defy earthly bonds, and ultimately claim our place among the stars. Orchestration is a unique feature of this work. To parallel the march of aviation progress across the centuries, the musical language ranges from medieval to classical and from impressionism to romantic, and, ultimately, post-classical to modern. Song lyrics are performed in a panoply of world languages, including English, Latin, Italian, German, French, Polish, Russian, and Sanskrit.
The Zia Singers is a modern Santa Fe women’s chorus that produces powerful and memorable concerts featuring diverse choral works and contemporary composers.
The Zia Singers became a 501©3 non-profit in 2016 and look forward to a future of expanded outreach and presence in the Santa Fe, New Mexico community they call home.
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