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November 13, 2007 Dale@DCINY.org

University Showcase Singers (HI) To Perform at Carnegie Hall

University Showcase Singers (Hilo, HI) will perform Karl Jenkins' Requiem at Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall on Monday, January 21, 2008, at 8 p.m. Also on the program will be Dr. Jenkins' The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace. Dr. Jonathan Griffith, Co-founder and Artistic Director of Distinguished Concerts International New York, will conduct the Distinguished Concerts Orchestra International and guest soloists.

The program, which takes place on Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, honors the life of the great pacifist and civil rights leader. The composer, Karl Jenkins, will be in residence in New York during the rehearsals and the concert. Dr. Griffith says: "This will be the first time that both the Requiem and The Armed Man have been performed on the same concert in the United States. Since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a man of peace and of international stature, I felt this particular music of Karl Jenkins would be most appropriate for this important holiday."

Members of the ensemble will be rehearsing from now until their arrival in New York. Joint rehearsals with other singers performing on the program will begin three days in advance of the concert for a total of 9-10 hours. The singers from the University Showcase Singers will be joining with other choristers from the United Kingdom, South Africa, Australia, Canada and the United States. Although the performance is the singers' primary purpose for being in New York, there will be time for the performers to partake of the culture of New York. If local community members want to help support the ensemble's trip to New York, they should contact Ken Staton, director, at 808.933.0718 or kstaton@hawaii.edu.

The University of Hawaii Hilo Showcase Singers is an auditioned ensemble consisting of students from all academic majors at UH Hilo. Many are candidates for the unique (combining music, dance and drama) Performing Arts degree offered at UH Hilo. The University of Hawaii at Hilo has one of the most diverse student populations in the United States. Students from the US Mainland, South Korea, China, Japan, the Philippines, Micronesia and Taiwan participate in the performing ensembles at UH Hilo.

Dr. Karl Jenkins, OBE, Composer, was raised in Penclawdd, Gower, in