CHAMPLAIN VOICES SING JUNE 9

      The Opera House at Enosburg Falls presents the Champlain Voices in a choral and instrumental concert on Sunday [June 9]. The concert is part of the venue's 2002 Emerging Talents Series.
      The Sunday program features choral and solo works and instrumentals including My Spirit Sang All Day by Finzi, Vita da la Mia Vita by Hawley, Je ne l'Ose Dire by Certon, Wir Eilen mit Schwachen by Bach, Sunny Side of the Street, arranged by Ades, Blue Skies by Irving Berlin, and Turn the World Around, arranged by Robert de Cormier. Meg Willey and Brad Lamoureux will solo.
      "Champlain Voices is a vocal ensemble dedicated to quality choral music," director Donna Costes said. Champlain Chorus spun off the Champlain Voices four years ago as an ensemble for up and coming talent. A group of students and graduates of Franklin County schools, the group has rehearsed and practiced for four years.
      There are seven Champlain Voices in this concert: sopranos Megan Willey, St Albans, Heather Morse, Johnson State; altos Sarah Hayes, Johnson State and Sally Turner, Bakersfield; tenor Samantha Jones, Bakersfield; and basses Riley Kempton, Franklin and Brad Lamoureux, Enosburg. The instrumenatalists are area high school students; Shelley Smith, flute, studies with Wendy Matthews; Sarah Watson, piano, studies with Marcia Perry; and Hillary Britch, clarinet. Meg Willey and Brad Lamoureux will solo.
      Opera House programming now includes three performance series: the Emerging Talents Series for young artists drawn from all parts of Vermont, the Mentors Series for well-established professional artists in all disciplines, and the Community Treasures Series with traditional Opera House events that have been the mainstay of the community.
      The Emerging Talents series is designed to give talented young people an opportunity to perform on-stage and to display their skills before a live audience. The series supports and presents young artists drawn from all parts of Vermont and demonstrates the Opera House's commitment to encourage and develop an understanding and love of the arts in young performers.
      Dr. B. J. Kendall gave the Opera House to the people of Enosburg in 1892. It soon became the cultural and community center for much of Franklin County with over half a century of local and imported drama and musical productions, "medicine shows," town meetings, political rallies, and school and community events.
      In a restoration project completed last year, over $700,000 was raised for structural repairs, electrical and mechanical systems refurbishment, a state-of-the-art fire protection system, an elevator, an art gallery, backstage facilities for performers, and a house able to provide a broad spectrum of first class, year-round arts entertainment and education to all of northern Vermont.
      The Champlain Voices are presented by the Opera House at Enosburg Falls, 123 Depot Street, on Sunday, June 9, at 3 p.m. Admission is $5 for adults, $3.50 for senior and students. Save a buck on advance sale tickets at the Merchant's Bank and Spears Pharmacy in Enosburg Falls, Swanton Rexall, and at the Kept Writer in St Albans. Call 802-933-6171 for more info.

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Opera House at Enosburg Falls

123 Depot Street
Post Office Box 1250
Enosburg Falls, Vermont 05450
802.933.6171
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