SEASON 2024
ARGENTINA NIGHTS
Shared concert - MSU Chorale and Arturo Beruti Choir
Juan Victoria Auditorium, May 18, 2024
"Argentina Nights", from which the concert takes its name, is a work in three movements by William Averitt with lyrics by Robert Bode, for choir and piano four hands, whose world premiere will be performed in this concert.
The Missouri State University Chorale is led by Cameron LaBarr, conductor and Parker Payne, collaborative pianist. The Chorale performs by special invitation at national and international festivals, conferences, and competitions, including those for the American Choral Directors Association, the National Collegiate Choral Organization (USA), the Tolosa Choral Contest (Basque Region, Spain), the China International Choral Festival, the World Voices Conference of the International Federation for Choral Music (Kaili, China), and the Lanzhou International Choral Festival (China). The MSU Chorale has performed by invitation at presidential and gubernatorial inaugurations in the United States. Within the past decade, the Chorale has toured South Africa (2016 and 2022), and also to Iceland, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden (2018), to China (2018), to South Korea (2024), and will travel to Chile and Argentina in May 2024. The Missouri State University Chorale is recorded commercially on several albums available on iTunes, Spotify, and other music platforms.
Cameron LaBarr is director of choral studies and the Clif and Gail Smart professor in music at Missouri State University, where he is the conductor of the MSU Chorale, Men’s Chorus, Grand Chorus, and Chamber Choir. He earned the M.M. and D.M.A. from the University of North Texas where he studied with Jerry McCoy and Richard Sparks. Dr. LaBarr has an international reputation as conductor, clinician, and choral juror across North America, South America, Europe, Africa and Asia, and serves as board member for the International Federation for Choral Music. Dr. LaBarr’s recent engagements include concerts and events in Indonesia, France, Chile, Argentina, South Korea, South Africa, and Spain. Dr. LaBarr curates two choral series with Santa Barbara Music Publishing and Walton Music, where he champions emerging and established composers, and is additionally published by Colla Voce, Choristers Guild, and GIA Publications.
Parker Payne, from Springfield, Missouri, is an Artist-in-residence at Missouri State University where he is the collaborative pianist for the Choral Studies program. He has performed with MSU choirs across the United States and internationally to Canada, China, Denmark, France, Iceland, Norway, South Africa, Spain, and Sweden. Most recently, Parker performed with the MSU Chorale and Women’s Chorus at the 2023 National American Choral Directors Association conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. He has accompanied many choral festivals around the region, including the MSU Invitational Honor Choir, the Missouri Choral Directors Association All-State Festival Choir, and the South Central All-District Honor Choir. As a recording artist, Parker is a featured pianist on four commercially released albums by the MSU Chorale, including On My Way and The Song We Sing – both produced by the GRAMMY award winning production company, Soundmirror. As a frequent recording session pianist, he has recorded works by choral publishers such as Walton Music and Santa Barbara Publishing, and is featured on commercially released recordings with the Tallgrass Chamber Choir. Parker is also a voicing member for the GRAMMYs Recording Academy. Parker also works with Walton Music as a music copy editor and is a published co-editor of Luca Marenzio’s Jubilate Deo.
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POR QUÉ CANTAMOS (WHY WE SING)SAN JUAN CANTAInternational Choir Competition & FestivalFull playlist:"SHARING HORIZONS"Series of concerts and talks in celebration of the choir's 50th AnniversaryTRIBUTE TO THE ARTURO BERUTI CHOIR ON ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARYAn excellent video from Yamamoto Raffo Productions.. Images that testify to the immense happiness experienced during the celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the Arturo Beruti Choir. Reunions, hugs, kisses, memories, shared emotions, tears, moved souls and an unwavering sense of belonging were the ingredients of a magical night that we will never forget.GUEST CONDUCTOR AND PIANIST:
More about Dr. Francom > - SEASON 2022
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SAN JUAN CANTA 2022 - National Choir FestivalFull playlist:Solidarity concert:25 de junioSinging for the patients, relatives and health personnel of the El Castaño Clinic in San Juan.Cantares de Otoño (Songs of autumn)June 11thConcert at the International Museum WeekMay 20th
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Navidad Nuestra (Our Christmas)Coro Arturo Beruti & FriendsSan Juan Canta 2021 - Virtual editionFull playlist:
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Summary of activitiesConcierto de Esperanza (Hope Concert)
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Golden Tour 2019
We started on November 8 with a choral exchange with the Buenos Aires Choral Studio directed by Carlos López Puccio. Enriching opportunity to attend their dress rehearsal, learn from the truly great and their extraordinary director. Thanks to their generosity, the Beruti Choir was also able to sing for the ECBA and also sing together, taking advantage of a work that both choirs have in our repertoires.
At night we continued with a concert in the Golden Hall of the Municipality of La Plata. Beautiful room where we were able to show the interpretive excellence of the Beruti Choir
November 9: concert in the Salón Dorado of the Teatro Colón: an unforgettable experience. Once again, the Beruti Choir offered an excellent concert performing beautiful and inspired sacred and profane works from the XX and XXI centuries before a full room and an audience that applauded our performance standing up and with encore requests.
November 10: the choir was invited to the performance offered by the ECBA in the main hall of the Teatro Colón. Sublime concert!
Without a doubt, one of the artistic tours that will have a place of honor in the history of the Choir. - SEASON 2018
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Concert tour in China
The tour included participation in four international festivals:
• 2018 China Inner Mongolia International Choral Week Belt and Road en Hohhot, Inner Mongolia
• 14th China International Chorus Festival and IFCM World Choral Education Conference en Beijing
• The International Choral Festival en Shenyang
• The International Folk Song Choral Festival and IFCM Voices Conference en Kaili.
Among the participating choirs it is worth mentioning groups from Canada, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, New Zealand, Russia, Spain. United Kingdom, USA, Thailand and the select World Youth Choir (Session 2018), among others.
Along with these outstanding international groups, local choirs such as the Mongolian Youth Choir and numerous choirs of children, youth, adults and older adults from various regions of the People's Republic of China performed. Without a doubt, a massive international event.
The Arturo Beruti Choir also had the privilege of being chosen for the opening ceremonies of two international festivals: in Hohhot Inner Mongola held at the Wulan Theater and in Beijing at the Wukesong Gymnasium before an audience of 18,000 people.
It is also important to mention the magnificent concert halls and cultural spaces where the choir had the opportunity to perform. Among them China Musical Hall of Inner Mongolia; Concert Hall of National Library in shared concert with Israel's Moran Choir, Beijing Tianqiao Performing Arts Center offering in shared concert with the World Youth Choir (Session 2018), Zeng Xianzi Auditorium of Eastern Campus, China Agricultural University in Beijing; Lang Lang Piano Square, Concert Hall of Shengjang Grand Theater; Concert Hall of Shenyang Conservatory of Music in Shenyang and Kaili Cultural Palace of Nationalities; Zhaoxing Dong Village, Liping; Luanli Tourist Service Center Theatre, Congjiang of the Kaili region.
We returned happy for having spread our music in the East before such a diverse and qualified audience that appreciated our performances with great interest.San Juan Canta 2018International Choir Competition, Grand Prix & FestivalFull playlist: - SEASON 2016
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