Gershwin, Bernstein, and Sondheim shaped the sound of American song for a century with melodic ingenuity, rhythmic verve, and matchless wit. Tanglewood’s historic Ozawa Hall is a fitting venue to celebrate a long weekend singing their greatest hits including highlights from Candide and their best Broadway shows. Andrew Clark, Director of Choral Activities at Harvard University (including the famed Harvard Glee Club), conducts the spirted program, featuring choral arrangements by iconic conductor Robert Page and performed in commemoration of his 100th birthday.
Robert Page arrangements of Gershwin, Bernstein, and Sondheim works to include highlights from Candide and songs including Our Time, Being Alive, S’Wonderful, and Our Love is Here to Stay, among others.
Andrew Clark is the Director of Choral Activities and Senior Lecturer on Music at Harvard University. He serves as the Music Director and Conductor of the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum, the Harvard Glee Club, the Radcliffe Choral Society, the Harvard Summer Chorus, Cambridge Common Voices, and teaches courses in conducting, choral literature, and music and disability studies in the Department of Music.
Clark’s work with the Harvard Choral Program empowers individuals and communities through active engagement with choral music: fostering compassion, community-building,...
Read Full BioYour tuition includes a welcome reception, catered lunch each day, practice audio files (sent in March), rehearsals and sectionals with professional faculty, and a fully produced concert in an excellent venue.
Housing for this event is on your own. BCI will provide access to reserved room blocks at several local hotels and motels linked here, or you may choose your own lodging option.
Morning coffee and a catered lunch on campus is included with your tuition each day along with a festive welcoming reception. Evenings will be on your own with optional opportunities to dine and socialize together and explore Berkshire County. For lunches, vegetarian, gluten-free, and vegan options are available by request.
This venue requires a light amount of walking. Walking distances between parking and venues are approximately. 0.2 mile on paved pathways, one with a gentle incline. Buildings meet ADA accessibility standards.
Travel to Lenox is not included. The Berkshires can be reached by both Albany International Airport or Hartford’s Bradley International. A car or arrangements to carpool with other singers is strongly suggested for this program as taxis and rideshares are mostly unavailable in The Berkshires. Tanglewood parking is free.
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We will rehearse at Tanglewood’s Linde Center for Music and Learning, with our final concert at Ozawa Hall.
