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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Singers,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I am passing this article from Cary Citizen to you as an excellent representation of our performances this weekend. For those who are not singing this project, I am hopeful that you will join us. We are asking all of our members to help us promote the event. Rehearsals are going very well and I’m confident that it will be an exciting work to hear with the special bonus being the involvement of Ira David Wood III. Since the King David is a largely unknown work, people may be hesitant about attending. Please forward this email to your contacts and invite them to join us at The Cary Arts Center on Saturday night or The Carolina Theater on Sunday afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Your assistance is deeply appreciated!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Larry<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> noreply+feedproxy@google.com [mailto:noreply+feedproxy@google.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>CaryCitizen<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, March 14, 2014 5:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> larryspeakman@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Concert Singers “King David” with Ira David Wood<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='margin-left:24.0pt;margin-right:24.0pt' id=emailbody><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td width="99%" valign=top style='width:99.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><h1 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><a href="http://carycitizen.com" title="(http://carycitizen.com)"><span style='font-size:16.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888;font-weight:normal;text-decoration:none'>Concert Singers “King David” with Ira David Wood</span></a> <o:p></o:p></h1></td><td width="1%" style='width:1.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://carycitizen.com"><span style='text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id=feedimage src="http://carycitizen.com/_site_images/cc_logo_6_sm.jpg" alt="Link to CaryCitizen"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 id=itemcontentlist><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:16.8pt'><a name=1></a><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Carycitizen/~3/LDS_8_BZwDg/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email"><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1DA000;text-decoration:none'>Concert Singers “King David” with Ira David Wood</span></b></a> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:6.75pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.25pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#555555'>Posted: 13 Mar 2014 02:09 PM PDT<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'><a href="http://carycitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/king-david.jpg"><b><span style='color:#1DA000;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=350 id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://carycitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/king-david.jpg" alt=king-david></span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Cary, NC — The Concert Singers of Cary continue to push the performance envelope in their collaborations with other area artists. This season they feature actor Ira David Wood III in their latest performance, titled <em><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>King David. </span></em> In past seasons, The Concert Singers have mixed movies and light shows, and even dance into their performance pieces. In this latest production, Arthur Honegger’s <em><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>King David</span></em>, the group will feature actor Ira David Wood III as the narrator. ”Think of it as a one man show set to music,” says Lawrence Speakman, Concert Singers Conductor.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>King David<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Arthur Honegger’s epic story of King David, or <em><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif"'>Le Roi David,</span></em> was composed in 1921. The work made the young Honegger famous when it was published. The story starts with David as a lowly shepherd and follows his life as he rises to power through battle and glory, to lusting after another man’s wife, agony over the loss of a son, and finally to his death. All in 27 sections of music.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>David is central to Jewish, Christian and Islamic doctrine and culture. Biblical tradition maintains the Messiah’s direct descent from the line of David. In Islam, he is considered a prophet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>In this work, Honegger depicts the all too human David, stricken by conscience, who is punished by God and tempered into true greatness by repentance and redemption. Honegger was commissioned to to write the music in only 2 months to accompany a written piece by René Morax. The result was a huge success. The combination is often called a symphonic psalm.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>The music combines different styles all in one piece, from Gregorian chants to jazz (it was written in the 1920′s after all).<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Thrilled to Have Wood Involved<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>The story is told in song with special narration by Ira David Wood III with Lawrence Speakman conducting.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="attachment_57063"><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'><a href="http://carycitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Ira-David-Wood-III.jpg"><b><span style='color:#1DA000;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=900 id="_x0000_i1028" src="http://carycitizen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Ira-David-Wood-III.jpg" alt=Ira-David-Wood-III></span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=wp-caption-text style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Ira David Wood, III<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Speakman had this to say of the reasons he chose this piece for the Concert Singers:<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #DADADA 4.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 5.0pt;margin-left:12.0pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>I sang in a performance of Honegger’s King David in Philadelphia a number of years ago that featured Leonard Nimoy as narrator and enjoyed the dramatic content of it immensely.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>What I learned from that performance was how important it is for the narrator to be a fine actor. Ira David Wood III is one of our most celebrated and well known actors so I thought I would start at the top and contact him.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>We are thrilled to be performing with him and delighted that our audience will be able to experience his work with us.”<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>There are two concert dates at two very different locations. See the show March 22 at the Cary Art Center where the group has residency, or travel to the show in Durham and see them at the Carolina Theater on March 23.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Event Info<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='line-height:140%'><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>King David by Arthur Honegger</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'><br>Concert Singers of Cary and the Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle with Ira David Wood<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Saturday March 22, 7:30 PM at Cary Arts Center<br>Tickets: $20 for adults and $18 for seniors. All Students are admitted FREE.<br><a href="http://www.etix.com/ticket/online/homePageSearch.do?method=showPerformanceDetail&performance_id=1746800&search_source=etix" target="_blank"><b><span style='color:#1DA000;text-decoration:none'>Etix</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Sunday March 23, 3:00 PM at Carolina Theater (Durham)<br>Tickets: $20 Adults, All students admitted FREE<br><a href="http://www.carolinatheatre.org/events/touch-neo-classicism" target="_blank"><b><span style='color:#1DA000;text-decoration:none'>http://www.carolinatheatre.org/events/touch-neo-classicism</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>More info: <a href="http://concertsingers.org/" target="_blank"><b><span style='color:#1DA000;text-decoration:none'>http://concertsingers.org/</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>—————————————————————————————-<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:140%'><em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>Detail of painting by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (1591 -1666), King David giving Uriah a letter. Image from <a href="http://www.dorotheum.com/en/dorotheum/press/press-archive/presse-detail/archive/goldener-herbst-12-14-oktober-2010-auktionswoche-mit-alten-meistern-gemaelden-des-19-jahrhu.html" target="_blank"><b><span style='color:#1DA000;text-decoration:none'>Dorotheum</span></b></a>.</span></em><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'>The post <a href="http://carycitizen.com/2014/03/13/concert-singers-king-david/"><b><span style='color:#1DA000;text-decoration:none'>Concert Singers “King David” with Ira David Wood</span></b></a> appeared first on <a href="http://carycitizen.com"><b><span style='color:#1DA000;text-decoration:none'>CaryCitizen</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Carycitizen?a=LDS_8_BZwDg:MOMz7WNHsIE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><b><span style='color:#1DA000;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1029" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Carycitizen?d=yIl2AUoC8zA"></span></b></a><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Carycitizen?a=LDS_8_BZwDg:MOMz7WNHsIE:qj6IDK7rITs"><b><span style='color:#1DA000;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1030" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Carycitizen?d=qj6IDK7rITs"></span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=1 height=1 id="_x0000_i1031" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Carycitizen/~4/LDS_8_BZwDg?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:140%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black;display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border:none;border-top:solid #999999 1.0pt' id=footer><tr><td style='border:none;padding:3.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.2in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>You are subscribed to email updates from <a href="http://carycitizen.com">CaryCitizen</a> <br>To stop receiving these emails, you may <a href="http://feedburner.google.com/fb/a/mailunsubscribe?k=Mrv_oGM1ja47-9cIYnEoGz0gDfs">unsubscribe now</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td valign=top style='border:none;padding:3.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.2in;margin-left:0in;text-align:right'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Email delivery powered by Google<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2 style='border:none;padding:3.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.2in;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>