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Sounds Choral Takes Flight with Bird-inspired Works

Enjoy a 'musical aviary' on Sounds Choral this Sunday (2/9 at 2 pm)

Host Steven Sametz presents music by Monteverdi, Vaughn Williams, Maurice Ravel and Eric Whitaker, as well as his own works, on this week's episode, entitled "In Flight." (There will be an encore broadcast Tuesday 2/11 at 3 pm).

Composer and conductor Steven Sametz serves as the Artistic Director of the professional chamber choir The Princeton Singers and is Director of Choral Activities at Lehigh University. He has appeared as guest conductor with the New York Chamber Symphony, the Taipei Philharmonic Foundation, the Berkshire Music Festival and the Netherlands Radio Choir appearing in such venues as Avery Fisher Hall, the Schubertsaal at the Vienna State Opera House, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Hall (Russia), Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall (Taipei) and Berlin Philharmonic Hall.