Concert Features Music and Verse from the Middle Ages to Today

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Dec. 23, 2014 - PRLog -- Award-winning poet Maureen Ryan Griffin joins the Carolina Catholic Chorale and CPCC’s Early Music Consort for a unique concert event on Friday, January 23, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in St. Ann Catholic Church, 3635 Park Road, Charlotte, NC 28209. “Winter Songs and Spring Trifles” features music and verse from the Middle Ages to today about the New Year and the anticipation of a new season.

The chorale, conducted by founder and artistic director Thomas Savoy, will feature guest soprano Diana Yodzis of Charlotte, following her debut in solo recital at Carnegie Hall on January 15th. Works include Hassler, Monteverdi, Vaughan-Williams, Weelkes and Willan. The consort, playing on Renaissance period instruments and directed by Holly Mauer, will offer works by Anthony Holborne and Robert Johnson. Program narration by Griffin will include poetry from the ages. The audience will have the opportunity to meet the artists after the hour-long concert during a Wassailing Party included in the admission price.

Additional concerts will be held on Sunday, March 22, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. with chamber music by Catawba River Baroque, and conclude on Sunday, April 26, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. with the Winthrop University World Percussion Ensemble.

The Gaudium Musicae series is designed to support exceptional, primarily local musicians by providing an acoustically excellent, intimate venue for performance and to present diverse programming.

Single concert tickets are $30 for families, $12 for adults, $8 for students and children 12 years old or under are free. Tickets can be purchased online at www.StAnnCharlotte.org, at the St. Ann’s parish office. Sponsorships are available for each of the concerts. Contact the parish office at 704-523-4641 ext. 221 for information on tax-deductible contributions and sponsorships

For more than 50 years St. Ann Catholic Church has been a beacon of faith in the Charlotte community. Parishioners endeavor to support one another as we grow together in faith and holiness. We offer the ordinary and extraordinary (Latin) forms of Mass and strive to reconnect with the rich heritage of the Catholic Church by regularly using Gregorian chant, polyphony and other historically significant music.