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Gospel repertoire:
- Written Down by Randy Vader and Jay Rouse / arr. Jay Rouse
Mark Condon, Marvin Matthews and Mandy Gorman, trio
- Say Amen by Lisa Nelson and Jo Ann Sweeney / arr. Lari Goss
Marvin Matthews, soloist
- God's Sacrifice by Jeff Switzer / arr. Joy and Landy Gardner
Andrea Clemens, soloist
- Obvious by Mark Condon / arr. J. Daniel Smith and Mark Condon
Mark Condon, soloist
- We Declare by Mark Condon / arr. J. Daniel Smith and Mark Condon
Mark Condon, soloist
- By Grace I'm Changed by Jeff Switzer / arr. Lari Goss
Marvin Matthews and Andrea Clemens, soloists
- End of the Beginning by David Phelps / arr. Lari Goss
Marvin Matthews, soloist
- For Every Mountain by Kurt Carr / arr. Carol Cymbala and Oliver Wells
Mandy Gorman, soloist
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Park Avenue Chamber Symphony
Founded in 1999 and now recognized as New York's premier
non-professional orchestra, the critically acclaimed Park Avenue
Chamber Symphony (PACS) has performed frequently in New York City's
major concert halls, including Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, and
Alice Tully Hall. PACS performances have been broadcast on WQXR radio,
and have been covered by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal
and The Daily News.
PACS members, many trained at highly regarded
conservatories, include investment bankers, business executives, music
teachers, architects, freelance journalists, computer consultants,
graphic designers, engineers, college and conservatory professors,
social workers, physicians, lawyers, officials in City and State
government agencies and various non-profit agencies.
The Park Avenue Chamber Symphony has raised over
$300,000 for not-for-profit and music education organizations in the
New York City Area, including the establishment of The Juilliard School
Pre-College Division Parent's Association Endowed Scholarship Fund, the
first of its kind at Juilliard for Pre-College students. Most recently,
PACS raised $13,000 for the Harmony Program through a gala concert
featuring Whoopi Goldberg as narrator in Prokofiev's "Peter and the
Wolf."
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Kentucky Christian University Concert Choir
The Kentucky Christian University Concert Choir is an auditioned mixed
chorus comprised of music majors and students from other disciplines.
The choir has performed six concerts in Carnegie Hall under the baton
of John Rutter, Jonathan Wilcocks, and their conductor, Mark Deakins, Dean of the School of Music.
The choir has thirteen recordings, one of which received a Dove Award
nomination for Best Choral Collection Recording of the Year. The choir
has performed with the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, the Louisville
Orchestra, and the Kiev Symphony Orchestra and Chorus. In April 2004,
the choir performed at the International Choral Festival (Corhabana) in
Havana, Cuba.
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East Carter High School
The East Carter High School Concert Choir is an auditioned mixed chorus, under the direction of Mark Deakins,
Dean of the School of Music at Kentucky Christian University. The choir
received superior ratings at the National Choral Festival in 2006 and
2007 and a superior rating at the National Adjudicators Invitational
(NAI) in 2008. Receiving the highest score of all choirs, bands, and
orchestras at the NAI, the ECHS Concert Choir also received the Board
of Directors award. The choir began with 13 members in 1998 and now is
comprised of 74 members. This is the choir's first appearance in New
York City and their first all-gospel concert.
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What People Said... |
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Mark Deakins, Guest Conductor
After months of rehearsals, arriving in New York, and performing in Lincoln Center, one of the first things that comes to mind is that it went too fast!
From the first meeting with Iris and Jonathan to the incredibly phenomenal meal at Rosie O'Grady's after the concert, everything with DCINY was first class. The staff at DCINY were wonderful -- on the phone and in person! They made the students and I feel at ease in every aspect of the preparation for the concert and the concert itself. Every detail was covered!
The concert was, in a word, exceptional! This is a concert the students will remember for a lifetime. We had waited a long time to perform gospel music in New York and DCINY made it happen! It was a joy working with David Bernard and the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony. Avery Fisher Hall is an absolutely amazing space for performance! It would be a pleasure to work with Iris and the staff at DCINY again!
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