MEDIA ADVISORY

Mayor William J. Holtzinger

CONTACT: Susan Harding, Acting Public Information Officer, 301-600-1385

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, January 30, 2007

The Weinberg Center Presents

American Spiritual Ensemble

Frederick, Md. --- The sounds of American Negro spirituals will be ringing out in Frederick MD as the Weinberg Center for the Arts presents the world renowned American Spiritual Ensemble for one performance only on Sunday, February 11, 2007 at 2 PM. Part of the Weinberg Center’s celebration of Black History Month, the mission of the American Spiritual Ensemble is to keep the American Negro spiritual alive. The repertoire ranges from spirituals to classical to Broadway and dance. Due to the support of a donor who wishes to remain anonymous, all reserved seating for this event is available for only ten dollars a ticket. For more information and to reserve your seat, please call 301-228-2828 or visit www.weinbergcenter.org.

The support was presented to the Weinberg Center for the Arts to allow as many people in the community as possible to experience this unique event at one-half of the original ticket price. “The Weinberg Center for the Arts is a very special place to many people in this region.”, stated John Healey, Executive Theater Manager. “This type of generosity serves to underscore that simple fact.

The ensemble is composed of some of the finest singers in the United States, and

the vocalists have thrilled audiences in theaters and opera houses around the world,

including the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and

abroad in Italy, Germany, Britain, Scotland, Spain and Japan.

The Ensemble was founded by Everett McCorvey in 1995 a

native of Montgomery, Alabama. He received his degrees from the University of

Alabama, including a Doctorate of Musical Arts. As a tenor soloist, Dr. McCorvey has

performed in many places including the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the

Metropolitan Opera in New York, Aspen Music Festival in Colorado, Radio City Music

Hall in New York and in England, Germany, Italy, Spain, Japan, Poland and the Czech

and Slovak Republics. During the summers, Dr. McCorvey is on the artist faculty of the

American Institute of Musical Study (AIMS) in Graz, Austria. Dr. McCorvey holds an

Endowed Alumni Professorship in Voice and is Professor of Voice and Director of Opera

at the University of Kentucky in Lexington, KY.

Good seats are still available for an afternoon of uplifting song. To purchase

tickets, call the Weinberg Center for the Arts at 301-600-2828, 301-600-2838 TTY or

stop by the Box Office Tuesday thru Friday 10:00am to 4:00pm and

Saturday 10:00am to 2:00pm. Tickets are available online at www.weinbergcenter.org.

The Weinberg Center for the Arts, a municipal facility of the City of Frederick, is

located at 20 West Patrick Street in downtown Frederick, Maryland. The historic theatre

opened in 1926 as the Tivoli, and it and was donated to the City of Frederick in 1978.

Today as one of the region’s premier presenting facilities, the 1,100 seat Weinberg

Center offers professional LIVE! Series, including dance, music, theatre, family

performances and films, weekday performances for students, and classic movies.

Performance space and professional services are available to a variety of community arts

groups, civic and business organizations, and other arts promoters. Programming at the

Weinberg Center for the Arts is made possible with support from the City of Frederick,

Frederick County Government, Maryland State Arts Council, Frederick Arts Council,

Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, The Frederick News-Post, State Farm Insurance, The

Tivoli Society, other corporate and individual donors.. For more information about

upcoming events at the Weinberg Center, please call the Box Office at 301-228-2828 or

visit www.weinbergcenter.org.

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