The Valley Concert Chorale will host a five-day choral festival featuring the music of choral composer Morten Lauridsen. Mr. Lauridsen, named an ‘American Choral Master’ by the National Endowment for the Arts and the 2007 recipient of the National Medal of Arts, will be present for the festival which will include two choral performances, choral workshops for high school and college choirs, and showing of a film documentary about his life.

In addition, singers from the audience who know Dirait-on and Sure on this Shining Night are welcome to bring music and join the choirs in a reprise of these two selections.

The Chorale, in collaboration with the choirs of California State University San Jose, California State University East Bay, Las Positas College and Amador Valley High School, will participate in the workshops and present two performances of all-Lauridsen musical selections.

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