December 5th, 2008

FARMINGTON, ME (December 5, 2008)--University of Maine at Farmington
Community Chorus will present two performances of their Winter Program at
7:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 13; and at 3 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 14, at the Old
South Church in Farmington.

Celebrating its twenty-sixth year, the UMF Community Chorus brings
University of Maine at Farmington students, faculty and staff together with
community members from throughout Western Maine to present two programs
every year. Directed by Bruce McInnes, this year's December program
includes two works: Vivaldi's "Gloria" and Marc Antoine Charpentier's
"Messe de Minuit pour No?l." Vocal soloists in the Vivaldi work include:
Lisl Fuson, Laura Grams, Sarah Sloane, Elaine Eadler and Jane Parker with
organ accompaniment by Patricia Hayden. In the Charpentier, the soloists
are: Lisl Fuson, Sarah Sloane, Mardie Porter, Dan Woodward, Jeff Fuson, Dan
Woodward and Paul Stancioff. Instrumental accompaniment is provided by John
Sytsma on recorders, Kathryn Sytsma on viola da gamba and Patricia Hayden
on organ solos and interludes.

UMF Community Chorus conductor Bruce McInnes also directs the Mastersingers
USA, a men's chorus of alumni from Amherst College, Yale University,
Pacific University and University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, as well as
from his choirs at Grace Church in New York. McInnes has also conducted
choirs at Harvard University, Sarah Lawrence College, Rutgers University
and Columbia University. He was a Fulbright scholar at the Universit? de
Paris where he studied with Nadia Boulanger, Olivier Messiaen, Pierre
Cochereau and Darius Milhaud. He holds an undergraduate degree from
Dartmouth College and completed his graduate studies at Yale University. He
has been a professor at Amherst College, Pacific University, University of
Wisconsin at Eau Claire and Sarah Lawrence College, and more recently
served as dean of the conservatory at the Cleveland Institute of Music. In
addition to conducting the UMF Community Chorus, McInnes also serves as
choir director at the Old South Church in Farmington.

Both concerts are open to the public and are $6 for adults, $5 for seniors
and free for UMF students with I.D. Tickets will be available at Mickey's
Hallmark in Farmington and at the door at both performances. For more
information, please contact the UMF Department of Visual and Performing
Arts at 207-778-7072, or at robin.palmermosher@maine.edu.

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