“Sacred Bodies” – Collegium Musicum
Ensemble
April 5, Sunday, 7:00 p.m.
Holsclaw Hall, $5
Fine Arts Box Office 520-621-1162, tickets.arizona.edu
The University of Arizona’s early music ensemble, Collegium Musicum, presents its spring concert on Sunday, April 5, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. The program, titled “Sacred Bodies,” explores mystical devotion to the human figure across confessional boundaries, featuring works by 17th-century convent composers and selections from Dietrich Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri (1680).
Collegium Musicum includes singers from the Fred Fox School of Music, the university at large, and the Tucson community. This year the ensemble performs under the direction of doctoral choral conducting student Erik Peregrine. Those interested in joining the ensemble should contact peregrine@email.arizona.edu.
About the Conductor
Erik Peregrine enjoys an active career as a conductor and educator, currently serving as the artistic director for the University of Arizona’s Collegium Musicum as well as the artistic director of Ensemble Companio, an award-winning Northeastern chamber choir. Peregrine has previously held a wide variety of conducting and teaching positions across North America, including with the Tucson Masterworks Chorale, University of Arizona Choirs, Woodbury Chorus & Orchestra, One Voice Mixed Chorus (Minnesota), Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists and the University of British Columbia Choirs, among others.
Deeply passionate about the performance, pedagogy, and scholarship of early repertories, Peregrine is currently pursuing a doctorate in choral conducting with a minor in historical musicology at the University of Arizona. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, Peregrine holds a Master of Music in choral conducting from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver, BC) and a Bachelor of Arts in Music magna cum laude with honors from Lewis & Clark College (Portland, Oregon).
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