Voices of Saguaro students to perform at Carnegie Hall June 12

Eighty-five Saguaro High School students will have the prestigious honor of performing at Carnegie Hall on June 12. Voices of Saguaro is the only high school choir invited to participate in this performance, said GayLin Tutnick, director of Vocal Music at Saguaro High School.

Other choirs from Arizona that will perform include Arizona Masterworks Chorale, the Arizona Opera Chorus and Pima Community College Singers, as well as choirs from New York.

Voices of Saguaro is an award winning concert choir that has won seven consecutive first place finishes in national music competitions. The students will be performing “The Mozart Requiem,” the composer’s final piece, and have been diligently working on the piece with the assistance of teacher Brian Hall.

“Voices of Saguaro was invited to perform at Carnegie Hall by Maestro John Massaro, who has conducted for the Arizona Opera and the Phoenix Symphony among others. Midland America Productions hires conductors from all over the country to conduct major choral and instrumental works at Carnegie Hall,” said Tutnick.

The students will be accompanied by The New England Symphonic Ensemble. In addition to performing “The Mozart Requiem,” there will be two other large choral works presented by choruses from all over the country – “An American Journey” by Jackson Berkey and “Requiem of Palms” by Robert Paul Baker.

Voices of Saguaro will perform on CBS’ The Early Show from 8-8:30 a.m. on Friday, June 10.

Editor’s note: Voices of Saguaro will have their final rehearsal from 10 a.m.-12 p.m., on Wednesday, June 8, in Room 702 at Saguaro High School, 6250 N. 82nd St., Scottsdale. Please check-in at the main office.

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