African Sanctus: A Gift To The Nation

This year The Eastern Performing Arts Fraternity, the parent body of the chorale celebrates this milestone occasion with many activities. The season’s celebrations culminates with EYC’s 10th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service (free for the public) on the 16th and 17th of August featuring The African Sanctus, a mass celebrating the fusion of ethno and western and classical music to be held at The Central Bank Auditorium of Trinidad and Tobago. The Chorale will be joined by their friends:- Soloist Natalia Dopwell Soprano Soloist Tahirah Osborne Soprano Soloist Ayrice Wilson Soprano Chamber Choir:- Nicole Wong Chong Soprano Donna Mae Greaves Mezzo Soprano Dianna Diffentheller Mezzo Soprano Stephan Hernandez, Tenor Christian Roberts Tenor Tevin Gall Baritone Shellon Bruce Bass Live Accompaniment :- Alan Cooper Pianist Astra Noel Pianist Bj Saunders Bass Guitarist Krystle Bascombe Percussionist Peter Telfer Ethno Percussionist Everald Watson (Red Man) Ethno Percussionist Wardrobe / Make Up: Donna Mae Greaves Brendan Prince Turunesh Raymond Caroline Stephie Boisselle Set Design Turunesh Raymond Caroline Boisselle John Thomas Direction Marlon De Bique African Sanctus is a 1972 choral Mass and is the best-known work of British composer and ethnomusicologist David Fanshawe. In African Sanctus the Latin Mass is juxtaposed with live recordings of traditional African music, which the composer had recorded himself between 1969 to 1975 during a journey up the Nile, from the Mediterranean Sea to Lake Victoria. The work consists of 13 movements and follows the journey of the composer through Africa. The recordings are from Egypt, the Sudan, Uganda and Kenya. A key moment in the conception of African Sanctus came at the beginning of Fanshawe's 1969 journey, in Egypt. Sitting in a Christian church he heard the muezzin of a nearby mosque calling the faithful to prayer, and imagined this beautiful sound in counterpoint with Western choral harmony. Dates: 16, 17 Aug Time: Sat 7:30; Sun 6pm Venue: Central Bank Auditorium Admission: Free BE THERE EARLY, SEATING IS LIMITED!