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BACH MAGNIFICAT | VIVALDI GLORIA | HANDEL ZADOK THE PRIEST
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7:30pm Friday November 17
College Church, Wheaton
Camerata Chicago heralds its new professional Chamber Choir performing Bach’s Magnificat, Vivaldi’s Gloria and Handel’s Zadok the Priest on November 17.
At the heart of the choir are members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Lyric Opera – the top singers in Chicago. College Church Organist H. E. Singley will be joining us for this performance with five wonderful soloists:
Robin Wiper, Soprano
Annie Rosen, Soprano
Denise Gamez, Alto
Timothy Bentch, Tenor
Gerard Sundberg, Bass
We are very grateful to the Tyndale House Foundation
for its generous support of this sacred music concert.
We have a range of ticket types on our ticket system, including ones which allow you to support local schools, select the front rows with a VIP ticket or choose tickets for children. All concertgoers of age 16 and under can go for free with a paying adult!
Enjoy a delicious dinner from 5pm at the Ivy Restaurant, Wheaton, followed by our wonderful Vivaldi Gloria and Bach Magnificat concert at 7:30pm. Only a few steps away, the concert will be at College Church. Call the Ivy Restaurant (Wheaton) to reserve your place at dinner and receive a 50% discount on this concert: 630-665-2489.
PURCHASE TICKETS
NOVEMBER 17 WHEATON
The concert at College Church is presented by Camerata Chicago independently of College Church and its events.
We are grateful to Prime Blend for its support of our concerts.
This concert marks what would have been the 92nd birthday of our
International Advisor for many years, the late Sir Charles Mackerras.
Robin Wiper received her Masters Degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music and has had the blessing to learn from many famous Master Clinicians, Teachers and Coaches during her 25 -plus years of study, performance and teaching. She has studied acting, directing, pedagogy, movement and dance, and has twice been a Certified Actor Combatant in six weapons as a stage combat artist with the Society of American Fight Directors. 
Annie Rosen, a mezzo-soprano of “bright promise” (Chicago Tribune), is a 2017 graduate of the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center Ensemble of the Lyric Opera of Chicago; her performance in the Ensemble’s 2017 showcase was recognized as “the evening’s tour-de-force” by the Chicago Tribune. Rosen began her first season at the Ryan Center jumping in as Mélisande/Pelléas et Melisande in rehearsal with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. 
Mezzo-soprano Denise Gamez regularly sings recital, oratorio and symphonic repertoire with orchestras throughout the United States and abroad. She has appeared as soloist with the Indianapolis, San Francisco Opera, Toledo, South Dakota, Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, Terre Haute, and Wheaton College symphony orchestras, and twice performed with the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica under the baton of John Nelson. 
Tenor Timothy Bentch was raised on a farm in Missouri. His first singing experiences took place in the local Mennonite church and practicing scales on the tractor and in the silo but eventually led him to a master’s degree at the acclaimed Curtis Institute of Music. For twelve years he lived in Hungary where critics referred to him as “a treasure in today’s Hungarian musical life”, naming him the most significant “Hungarian” lyric tenor of this generation. ![5B-g-sundberg-lg[11]-400](http://www.cameratachicago.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/5B-g-sundberg-lg11-400.jpg)
Performances for the 2016-17 season included Handel Messiah with the Atlanta Symphony and Chamber Chorus; Finzi In Terra Pax with Northside United Methodist Church, Atlanta, GA; Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem with the North Carolina Master Chorale, Raleigh, NC; Mendelssohn Elijah with Bel Canto Chorus, Milwaukee; BWV 9, 38, 79, 80, and 192 J.S. Bach cantatas with the Peoria Bach Festival, IL 
