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Award-winning ‘Cantus’ opens SEAcoast season
FLORENCE — From it’s beginning 36
years ago, SEAcoast Entertainment
Association has been brininging top qual-
ity performers to audiences in Florence
— and this season is no different.
“This upcoming season continues that
tradition,” said Linda Gargis, SEA board
vice-president. “We have seven fantastic
shows, including midweek concerts, plus
a new ‘Dinner and a Show’ package
available for season ticket holders.”
The season opens Wednesday, Oct. 5,
at 7 p.m., with “Cantus,” one of the pre-
mier vocal groups in the United States.
This all-male ensemble will highlight the
camaraderie, bonding and honor of the
Armed Forces.
SEA will partner with local veterans
groups to help set the tone for Veterans
Day.
Cantus is a full-time, professional
vocal chamber ensemble, made up of nine
men singing in a tenor, tenor, baritone,
bass (TTBB), changed male voice
arrangement.
The artists are self-led, with program-
ming and musical direction coming from
within the group itself, making each
peformance unique and exciting for audi-
ences.
The ensemble is known for innovative
concert programming, often tying togeth-
er works of numerous genres to explore a
selected theme, including classical music,
orchestral-vocal repertoire, folk music,
art song, popular songs, spirituals and
newly commissioned works.
The vocal group maintains a schedule
of around 70 live concert performances
All-male ensemble “Cantus” will open the SEAcoast 2016-17 season Oct. 5.
and 30-40 education/outreach activities in
a given season, both in the United States
and abroad.
The ensemble began as a student-run
organization at St. Olaf College in 1995.
After a successful northeast tour in the
summer of 1998, Cantus transitioned into
a professional ensemble and non-profit
organization by 1999, based out of
Minneapolis, Minn.
The ensemble received the 2009
Chorus America Margaret Hillis Award,
the first collaborative ensemble to do so.
The ensemble’s regular work with stu-
dents nationwide also garnered Chorus
America’s Education Outreach Award in
2011.
Cantus was selected by Minnesota
Public Radio to be Artists in Residence
for the 2010–11 season. The residency
included supported touring, radio co-
hosting, and international broadcasts via
Performance Today.
In recent seasons, Cantus has been fea-
tured with the Saint Paul Chamber
Orchestra, Boston Pops, and on “A
Prairie Home Companion” with Garrison
Keillor.
2014 marked the final year of the
group’s critically acclaimed collaboration
with Theater Latte Da, All Is Calm: The
Christmas Truce of 1914, which tells the
true story of the Christmas Truce of 1914,
when World War I soldiers set down their
arms to celebrate the holidays with the
enemy.
Tickets can be purchased at the
Florence Events Center box office, 715
Quince St., or by phone at 541-997-1994
from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Artist profiles, show times, links to
video clips, and more are available at
www.SEAcoastEA.org.
210 2nd Street Southeast, Bandon, OR 97411
(541) 347-4133
Open Daily 11AM – Close
Books & Cards
Photographic Art
Wood
Paintings
Metal
Pottery
Educational Fun
Art Prints
Glass
Jewelry
Home & Garden
& More
Landscape photography on display
at PeaceHealth Medical Center
FLORENCE — The PeaceHealth
Peace Harbor Medical Center Gallery
Hall is currently showing the original
landscape photography of Dayna Law.
The public is welcome to view can-
vases during the month of October.
Purchases may be made by visiting the
Hospital Gift Shop during their regular
business hours, Monday through
Friday.
A portion of all proceeds will be
donated to Peace Harbor Volunteers to
help maintain the hospital’s theme of a
caring and healing atmosphere.
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