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Lafayette Chamber Singers 11/19 Preview

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The next concert from the Lafayette Chamber Singers is Sunday afternoon, November 19th, and features America’s vocal and choral traditions from colonial times to the present. On the program is music by Amy Beach, Aaron Copland, George Gershwin, Samuel Barber, and Libby Larsen. Artistic Director Clayton Lein says it was a long time coming, to include three "Fathers' of American Music: William Billings, Edward McDowell, and Charles Ives". WBAA’s John Clare spoke to Lein about “In the American Grain” at the WBAA studios.

There's more about the program here.

John Nasukaluk Clare is comfortable behind a microphone, streaming video or playing violin. A former broadcaster for NPR, John has previously worked with Voice of America, the Canadian Broadcast Corporation and stations in Texas, Kansas, Nevada, California, and Pennsylvania. In 2005, Clare earned the Deems Taylor Award from ASCAP for radio broadcasting, citing his work on 20/20 Hearing. Having performed with famed tenors Luciano Pavarotti and Andrea Bocelli, John has worked with the Mozart Festival Texas, Mid Texas Symphony, Nevada Chamber Symphony, Shreveport Symphony, Abilene Philharmonic and Wichita Symphony Orchestra.
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