Resounding Harmony moves to Dallas’ Arts District

by PegNews wire

DALLAS — Resounding Harmony, Dallas’ newest community chorus, is moving to new performance spaces for its second season. After three sold-out concerts at SMU’s Caruth Auditorium, the 200-voice chorus, under the direction of Dr. Timothy Seelig, is moving to the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center, Dee and Charles Wyly Theater, and the Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House.

Resounding Harmony has been far more successful than even Seelig, a veteran conductor known world-wide, had envisioned. Selling out all three of the first year’s performances enabled the chorus to present their beneficiaries with over $20,000. Encouraged that the audiences responded so well to the notion of musical philanthropy, Resounding Harmony knows a move to the larger venues will allow them to raise even more money for their beneficiaries.

On November 22, the chorus performs its second annual benefit concert for the North Texas Food Bank at the Meyerson. On June 24, 2010, the group celebrates the 10th anniversary of “Sing for the Cure” benefiting Komen for the Cure. A launch party for the 10th anniversary will be held in February at the Wyly Theater. In addition, the chorus will be performing “Sing for the Cure” at Carnegie Hall on June 6, 2010 as a part of the 10th anniversary celebration.

“The honor of inhabiting these four incredible venues, two of which are in their inaugural season, is humbling and daunting at the same time. We are a young chorus in musical years, but we have an old soul in spirit,” says Seelig.

The exceptional acoustics of Caruth Auditorium were a perfect match for the chorus, but the size of the group and its audience have forced the move so early in its history. Well-known to Dallas’ music-loving audiences, Seelig was more than complimentary of SMU’s generosity and support of the upstart chorus. “We came together to raise money for worthy causes and organizations in the Dallas area. We could not have done it without the help of SMU’s support, which will continue.”

Seelig says the singers in the group are totally engaged in giving back through their music. “They take their musical work very seriously, and it shows. Moving to the Arts District will allow us to make an even greater impact on our community by doubling audience capacity.” Last season, we were able to raise enough for 65,000 meals for the North Texas Food Bank. This year, we plan to double that.”

Source: Resounding Harmony