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Take a look back with our pictures from "Down Memory Lane" on our Culture page: Click here
Read about all the events happening around the Tri-States: Click Here
Get a Laugh from our Comics and Games on our Activities Page: Click Here
Experience the Dubuque Chorale’s
50th Anniversary
by Danielle Phillips, Dubuque Chorale
The Dubuque Chorale turned 50 last year and a celebration is overdue! Previous Directors Dr. Bob Demaree (2009-2018), Fran Vogt (2006-2009), and Founding Director Dennis Williams (1971-2006) will join Artistic Director Dr. Amanda Huntleigh (2018-present), Associate Director Than Chesher, and Children’s Choir Director Karmella Sellers to lead the Chorale, Cadenza, and Dubuque Chorale Children’s Choir in their upcoming 50th Anniversary Concert. Each director will conduct music related to their tenure with the Chorale in a program including classics (like the “Hallelujah Chorus”) as well as contemporary pieces.
“My favorite piece…is the second movement of…Amendment: Righting Our Wrongs,” remarked Huntleigh. “It starts with this really driving rhythmic section, and then we have some back-and-forth…it just makes it really fun to rehearse, and really fun to sing.” Amendment: Righting Our Wrongs, a consortium-commissioned piece composed by Melissa Dunphy, sets American political texts to music and will be performed in the concert’s second half.
“My favorite piece…is the second movement of…Amendment: Righting Our Wrongs,” remarked Huntleigh. “It starts with this really driving rhythmic section, and then we have some back-and-forth…it just makes it really fun to rehearse, and really fun to sing.” Amendment: Righting Our Wrongs, a consortium-commissioned piece composed by Melissa Dunphy, sets American political texts to music and will be performed in the concert’s second half.
Dubuque Chorale Children’s Choir
Asked about music the Children’s Choir is performing, Sellers replied, “I think the [piece] that moves me the most...is ‘Inscription of Hope.’ It’s a setting of a poem…found on a wall in Cologne, Germany, during the Holocaust…the setting is just absolutely beautiful and I think the audience will be moved, not only by the words, but by the kids’ rendering of it.”
But wait, there’s more! Performing with orchestra was fundamental to the Chorale’s mission, so an instrumental ensemble will join them for the concert. As Chesher stated, “I think with all the pieces, when you’re singing with an orchestra…having that opportunity to sing with fantastic musicians across all the different musical performance media…is just a really great experience.”
Experience the Dubuque Chorale’s 50th Anniversary Concert Saturday, May 14, at 7:30 pm, or Sunday, May 15th, at 2:00 pm, at the Grand Opera House, 135 W 8th St, Dubuque. For tickets, contact the Grand Opera House Box Office at 563-588-1305 (Monday-Friday 12 pm-4 pm) or thegrandoperahouse.com. Adults $15; students free.
But wait, there’s more! Performing with orchestra was fundamental to the Chorale’s mission, so an instrumental ensemble will join them for the concert. As Chesher stated, “I think with all the pieces, when you’re singing with an orchestra…having that opportunity to sing with fantastic musicians across all the different musical performance media…is just a really great experience.”
Experience the Dubuque Chorale’s 50th Anniversary Concert Saturday, May 14, at 7:30 pm, or Sunday, May 15th, at 2:00 pm, at the Grand Opera House, 135 W 8th St, Dubuque. For tickets, contact the Grand Opera House Box Office at 563-588-1305 (Monday-Friday 12 pm-4 pm) or thegrandoperahouse.com. Adults $15; students free.
Hospice of Dubuque
Tree of Life Memorial Service
by Tiffany Stietz,
Community Relations Coordinator
Hospice of Dubuque invites members of our tri-state community to gather at the annual Tree of Life Memorial Service. This special event will take place on Tuesday, May 24, at 7:30 pm, in Washington Park. That evening, we will come together as a community to remember loved ones, and we will gain strength by recognizing that we are not alone in our experience of being separated from those we love.
The Tree of Life Memorial Service will include a personal story of healing and hope, plus reflection, prayer, and music. At the conclusion of the service, the Tree of Life display will be illuminated. Each light on this special display will represent loved ones who have touched our lives and our hearts. The Tree of Life will remain lit through Memorial Day weekend, serving as a reminder that love endures.
If you would like to remember someone with a light on the Tree of Life display, send a tax-deductible gift of any amount, along with the name of the person who has touched your life, to Hospice of Dubuque, 1670 JFK Road, Dubuque, IA 52002 or donate online at hospiceofdubuque.org. Names received by Friday, May 19, will be included in the printed Tree of Life program. Your gift to the Hospice of Dubuque Tree of Life Memorial Service supports care for patients and families at a vulnerable time in life, while also memorializing your loved ones. All donations enable Hospice of Dubuque to deliver care throughout the tri-states and continue the mission of providing compassionate care for the terminally ill and their loved ones.
In case of rain, the event will move to Joliet Event Center, 781 Locust Street. Rain or shine, bring a lawn chair. A special thank you to Behr’s Funeral Home, this year’s Tree of Life advertising sponsor. For more information, call 563.582.1220 or email cr@hospiceofdubuque.org.
The Tree of Life Memorial Service will include a personal story of healing and hope, plus reflection, prayer, and music. At the conclusion of the service, the Tree of Life display will be illuminated. Each light on this special display will represent loved ones who have touched our lives and our hearts. The Tree of Life will remain lit through Memorial Day weekend, serving as a reminder that love endures.
If you would like to remember someone with a light on the Tree of Life display, send a tax-deductible gift of any amount, along with the name of the person who has touched your life, to Hospice of Dubuque, 1670 JFK Road, Dubuque, IA 52002 or donate online at hospiceofdubuque.org. Names received by Friday, May 19, will be included in the printed Tree of Life program. Your gift to the Hospice of Dubuque Tree of Life Memorial Service supports care for patients and families at a vulnerable time in life, while also memorializing your loved ones. All donations enable Hospice of Dubuque to deliver care throughout the tri-states and continue the mission of providing compassionate care for the terminally ill and their loved ones.
In case of rain, the event will move to Joliet Event Center, 781 Locust Street. Rain or shine, bring a lawn chair. A special thank you to Behr’s Funeral Home, this year’s Tree of Life advertising sponsor. For more information, call 563.582.1220 or email cr@hospiceofdubuque.org.
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