The University of North Texas Collegium Singers (Richard Sparks, conductor) on June 7 performed Tomas Luis de Victoria’s Officium defunctorum (Requiem) at the Berkeley Early Music Festival, under the auspices of Early Music America.
The performance is now available on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUBIxg6ZpKE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
The Collegium Singers are a part of both the outstanding choral program at UNT, led by Jerry McCoy, and the Early Music Program, one of the largest in the United States. UNT has a superb collection of period instruments and has a full-fledged 18th century Baroque Orchestra (led by Paul Leenhouts), Baroque Trumpet Ensemble, Sackbut Ensemble, and instruction in most period instruments. More information can be found here: http://music.unt.edu/areas-of-study/detail/34
Other videos of the Collegium Singers are also available:
Vivaldi Gloria: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvZYhxT5Mf8&list=UU-QJF0zOBG744tafsutdKdw&index=7&feature=plcp
Bach Jesu, meine Freude (at 1 hour, 4 minutes into the performance): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWRdAc16svs&lr=1
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