March 29, 2019 - MO Contemporary Ballet & Choral Arts Alliance, {trés}

Diana Moxon talks to Karen Grundy from Missouri Contemporary Ballet and Emily Ottenson from the Choral Arts Alliance of Missouri about their joint production of Carmina Burana; and in the second half José Antonio Zayas Cabán about his ensemble {trés} and their fundraiser for Puerto Rico.
Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, and especially it's opening number of O Fortuna, is probably one of the best known works of classical music of the 20th century and it's coming back to the Missouri Theatre on April 5th and 6th thanks to the Missouri Contemporary Ballet and the Choral Arts Alliance of Missouri. Diana finds out more about the production and how difficult it is for the singers to keep their eyes on the music and not on the ballet dancers! In the second half of the show Puerto Rican concert saxophonist José Antonio Zayas Cabán talks about his fundraiser for Puerto Rico on April 15th and how his ensemble {trés} and hoping to make a difference to lives around his native island. 
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