Vox Femina Los Angeles Presents

From Shakespeare to Shamrocks

A Spring Concert Joining the English & Irish in Song
At Zipper Concert Hall in the Colburn School of Music in LA

Saint Patrick’s Day - March 17, 2012

                 

Vox Femina Los Angeles continues its 15th Anniversary Season with From Shakespeare to Shamrocks, a spring concert celebration that brings the English and Irish together in song on Saint Patrick’s Day, March 17, 2012 at the Zipper Concert Hall in the Colburn School of Music. In this bi-cultural evening, Vox Femina will unite classic Shakespeare sonnets with authentic Irish music sung in Gaelic.  From classical works to folk songs, traditions new and old from England, Scotland and Ireland will be celebrated at the event.  The performance starts at 8:00pm. Tickets are $25-30 during presale, $35 at the door. Group rates are also available.  Zipper Concert Hall at The Colburn School is located at 200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012. Public parking is available at lots adjacent to the school and limited street parking is also available within the area.  For tickets and additional information, please see www.voxfeminala.org.

From Shakespeare to Shamrocks –

The tradition of setting Shakespeare’s texts to music has long featured both male and female voices. Vox will be turning this convention upside down with compositions arranged purely for the female voice.

The latter part of the concert comprises Irish and Scottish music including Scottish “waulking” folk songs, traditionally sung by women as they gather to clean clothes. 

 

Singer-Composer Moira Smiley has been engaged by Vox to perform at the event, which will include Smiley singing the solo on the traditional Irish piece “Si do Mhaimeo,” as well as performing a solo set of traditional folk songs.  The last selection of the evening, “The Irish Blessing,” was arranged for Vox, for female voices only, in 2007 by Graeme Langager as a tribute to Lynn Bielefelt, a dear friend and long-time supporter of Vox, who succumbed to breast cancer in 2001.  The original composition of “The Irish Blessing” was dear to her heart. 
 

“Music from the British Isles is diverse and rich in story – particularly from a woman’s perspective,” says Dr. Iris S. Levine, Vox Femina’s Artistic Director, “We're excited to bring the vibrant music of this region to Los Angeles for a special Saint Patrick’s Day celebration.”

 

Tickets can be purchased online at www.voxfeminala.org

Please contact our Office Manger, Nicholas Benko at vfla@voxfeminala.org for more information and to reserve your seats.