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Pensacola, Estados Unidos

Choral Society of Pensacola

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2022

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Pianista

Instrumentalist

Violinista

Violonchelista

Violista

Clarinetista

Flautista

Solo Horn

Contrabajista

Oboista

Organista

Bassoonist

Trompetista

Percusionista

Guitarrista

Arpista

Trombonist

Saxophonist

Clavecinista

Accordionist

Tuba Player

Bassist

Flauta dulce

Timpani

Laudista

Bandoneon Player

Armonioso

Mandolinista

Theorbist

Baroque Flutist

Vibraphonist

Ondes Martenot Player

Cornettist

Tenor Violinist

Tabla Player

Oud player

Baroque Oboist

Concertino

Pipa Player

Sitar Player

Baroque Trumpetist

Archilutenista

Violino Piccolo Player

Chalumeau Player

Guitarrista bajo eléctrico

Bayan Player

Pan Flute Player

Cuatro Player

Guzheng Player

Euphonium Player

Clarinetista bajo

Musette de cour Player

Viola Pomposa Player

Mridangam Player

Bagpipe Player

Whistle Player

Kamancha Player

Lyre Player

Violonchelista barroco

Basso Continuo

Sheng Player

Viola d’amore Player

Hurdy-gurdy Player

Dulcian Player

Carillonista

Claves Player

Handpan Player

Tar Player

Birbynė Player

Bombard Player

Didgeridoo Player

Dizi Player

Helicon Player

Ney Player

Shofar Player

Sousaphone Player

Tárogató Player

Bağlama Player

Citole Player

Haegeum Player

Kantele Player

Kora Player

Morin Khuur Player

Qanun Player

Santoor Player

Sarangi Player

Tanpura Player

Acompañante

Synthesizer Player

Hornista basset

Gayageum Player

Suona Player

Composición

Dirección orquestal

Dirección de escena

Libreto

Escenografía

Diseño de vestuario

Baile

Coreografía

Actuación

Iluminación

Dirección coral

Arreglista

Video

Dramaturgia

Sonido

Traducción

Repetidor(a)

Maquillaje

Producción Ejecutiva

Artista de teatro musical

Director de escena

Maestro(a) de combate escénico

Peinado

Narrador

Otro

Maestro de pelucas

Titiritero

Director de musica

Técnico de escena

Writer

Entrenador vocal

Photographer

Illustraciones

Profesor

Maestro de ballet

Operador de sobretítulos

Orquesta

Director de cine

Playwright

Electronics

Radiodifusión

Letrista

Chorus Director

Executive Production

Agent

Orchestra Operations

Stagehand de teatro

Properties and Scenic Design Director

Stage & Production Manager

Extra

Director musical escénico

Artistic Planning & Administration

Contralto

Singer

Soprano

Tenor

Mezzosoprano

Contratenor

Bajo

Barítono

Bajobarítono

Vocalista infantil

Hablado

Silencio

Alto

Poet

Christmas Messiah

Christmas Messiah: Concert Various

Long a tradition in Europe, many large American cities formed choral societies. In the late nineteenth century, Pensacola residents organized to express their appreciation of music through study and performance, often under compromising conditions. The movement not only persevered for 80 years; it flourished. The persistent pursuit of quality musicianship in a small southern coastal town with an economy focused on lumber and fishing might seem unusual, particularly choral music, normally appreciated by a small but discriminating audience

The Choral Society of Pensacola, a staple in the arts community, exemplifies the city’s history of support for the fine arts. The story of the people who created and sustained the Choral Society of Pensacola enlightens our view of how and why this expression of music, passionately supported then, continues today. Their story also adds to our understanding of how the Pensacola community changed over time as women found increased status and power through social organizations. Community organizations revealed how a society reacted to the repercussions of world events, such as war and natural disaster.

An interesting side note to the early pursuits to organize a community chorus was found in an 1896 edition of the Pensacola Daily News. Although 1935 is the recognized and celebrated date of the inception of the current Choral Society of Pensacola, an article buried in the Daily News, the Pensacola afternoon paper, tells of an earlier attempt to form a local civic singing organization. A long and flowery newspaper account of an 1896 Pensacola Choral Society performance revealed one of many existing social organizations formed either for entertainment or to benefit a community social project.

The April 1896 Choral Society performance differed in some aspects from other social or arts events; it was ecumenical. Presented by elite women of the community, the program benefited “Local Charities Irrespective of Creed.” Women managed most aspects of the performance. Tickets sold for fifty cents and could be purchased at “the First National and Citizens National Banks and at various stores. Ladies interested in the different charities, of all creeds, are requested to call at the banks for tickets to assist in their distribution.” The news article written after the performance noted “the performance was for charitable purposes, the proceeds to be dispensed indiscriminately with respect to creed, and the returns were doubtless of handsome proportions.” Further reading of the Daily News clarified why today’s Choral Society of Pensacola claims its inception in 1935, and not 1896.

The first week of July 1896, the Daily News contained daily announcements of the upcoming July 7th performance of the Pensacola Choral Society. The community clamored for a repeat of the successful Easter performance, and the Pensacola Choral Society prepared to comply: “The managers of the Pensacola Choral Society are receiving numerous letters from competent musical critics congratulating them upon having secured Mr. Burbank to sing the baritone music of Haydn’s Creation, at their concert, July 7th, as it is said his voice is grand in the rendition of those beautiful portions of the music.”
However, the Daily News on July 7, 1896, reported the “Cedar Key Hurricane” caused severe weather damage in Pensacola. For several days, the paper described swamped and demolished ships, electrical, telegraph, and telephone service interrupted, and homes without roofs and chimneys. The African-American community lost their church and blocks of “shanties” simply disappeared. Streetcar traffic was suspended, bridges collapsed, and transportation was at a standstill, including special trains procured from the Terminal Company to deliver patrons to the concert.

The evidence that the show did not go on appeared in the July 9, 1896, Daily News: “Mr. S. M. Burbank and Miss Lucia Nola left on the noon train yesterday, the former for his home in Atlanta and the latter to her home in Mobile. The public regrets that it was deprived of hearing these two distinguished singers in the Choral Society’s concert.”

Did the society attempt to reorganize again before 1935? A photo caption beneath a group of thirteen women in formal white dresses and seven men in black suits and ties reads “Pensacola Vocal Society 1915.” Pensacola valued the addition of an organized civic choral organization to their community and continued attempts to form one. A series of fortuitous events over time finally provided the elements that produced an enduring community chorus. Mrs. John Boschen (1901-1994), a member of the Pensacola Music Study Club, founded in 1911, wanted to provide a portion of Handel’s Messiah for the club’s 1935 Christmas program. Mr. Edwin Northup (1883-1940), choir director of Christ Episcopal Church, agreed to serve as director for the performance. Singers, recruited from church choirs and members of the Music Study Club, included Mr. and Mrs. Boschen, who were soloists for the first Messiah performance. This same untitled group of singers would be later recognized as the Pensacola Choral Society (1940-1945), the Pensacola Oratorio Society (1946-1983), and, ultimately, the Choral Society of Pensacola (since 1983).

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