(OCEAN GROVE, NJ) -- The Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association (OGCMA) presents “Music Eclectica: Sacred Music Through the Ages,” on Sunday August 28, 2022 at 7:30pm at the Great Auditorium. This is a non-ticketed, free admission concert and a free will offering will be accepted.
According to Jason C. Tramm (Conductor and OGCMA’s Director of Music Ministries) the eclectic program “will feature a variety of sacred music styles from the classical majesty of Beethoven’s Kyrie to the mystic minimalism of Ola Gjeilo’s Sunrise Mass; from the romantic splendor of Gounod’s Saint Cecelia Mass; to the spectacular finale of Handel’s Messiah.”
Another highlight of the program will be two movements conducted by contemporary composer Tim Sharp from his choral work “Come Away to the Skies: A High, Lonesome Mass,” which draws upon the rich heritage of the American frontier and Bluegrass. With violins, guitar, banjos and drums, the music will “surely get the audience’s feet tapping in authentic Bluegrass fashion.”
Soloists are Monica Ziglar (Soprano), Laura Zahn (Mezzo), Ronald Naldi (Tenor), Justin Gonzalez, (Tenor) and Justin Beck (Bass). Organ accompaniment is by OGCMA’s Gordon Turk.
The Great Auditorium is located at Pilgrim and Ocean Pathways in Ocean Grove, New Jersey. All Facilities are handicapped-accessible.
Order of Program
Beethoven: Kyrie from Mass in C
Gjeilo: Gloria from Sunrise Mass (Strings only)
Sharp: Credo from A High, Lonesome Mass (Guitar and Banjo only)
Gounod: Sanctus/Benedictus from St. Cecelia Mass
Verdi: Offertorio from the Requiem
Sharp: Angus Dei from A High, Lonesome Mass
Handel: Worthy is the Lamb/Amen from The Messiah
