Cordus Mundi & Friends Present World Premiere

Cordus Mundi & Friends Present World Premiere

Male a cappella group Cordus Mundi concludes a year-long celebration of their tenth anniversary with the sixth annual Cordus & Friends collaborative concert, featuring guest conductor Dr. David Fryling, leading a full choir made up of Cordus Mundi members and their invited soprano and alto Friends. The concert and post-concert celebration occur on Sunday afternoon, June 12, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 6587 Upper York Rd. in Solebury, beginning with the concert at 4:00 p.m.

Cordus Mundi will lead off the program with a short set of male a cappella pieces, including music by Gjeilo, Mendelssohn, Gibbs, Hopson, Bestor, and Hogan, and will feature the World Premiere of “Love’s History” by young American composer Zachary Wadsworth. The full choir will then sing a collection of a cappella and accompanied music from Finzi, Fissinger, David, Brahms, Childs, Hennagin, Augustinas, Whitacre, and more.

Cordus Mundi’s Friends are selected and invited by the group to join the Cordus & Friends ensemble each year for the performance with Dr. Fryling. They come from a variety of area singing groups, including many Bucks County Choral Society singers. Dr. Fryling (associate professor of music and director of choral studies at Hofstra University and son of Cordus Mundi music director David W. Fryling) is a well-known and highly-respected choral clinician and conductor, who has assisted in Cordus Mundi’s development for several years.

Tickets for “Cordus & Friends” are $20.00, with children under 12 admitted at no charge. The post-concert reception/anniversary celebration will follow at the concert’s conclusion. Tickets can be purchased on the Cordus Mundi website (www.cordusmundi.com) from Cordus Mundi members and/or Cordus Mundi Friends, or at the door. To reserve tickets in advance, telephone Cordus Mundi at 650.219.2748, or make contact online on Facebook.