Camarata Music Company to present 'Wizard of Oz'
By John Redmond
The Camarata Music Company (CMC) will present its summer musical, “The Wizard of Oz," at Haechi Hall for nine performances beginning June 8.
Follow Dorothy on her journey down the yellow brick road, meet some wonderful new friends along the way, battle a witch, meet the munchkins, and help her get back to Kansas.
Music director Ryan Goessl and stage director Susan Morgan bring the
novel to the stage, along with some of your all time favorite songs, including “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” “Follow the Yellow Brick Road,” "If I Only Had a Brain,” "Ding Dong the Witch Is Dead,” "The King of the Forest” and many more.
Haechi Hall is at Seoul Center for Culture and Tourism at Myeong-dong M-plaza on the 5th floor.
The cost is 15,000 won in advance or 25,000 won at the door.
The show is presented in English with Korean subtitles.
Advance tickets for The Wizard of Oz may be purchased from CMC musical members or via bank transfer ― Camarata Music Company at Shinhan Bank, account number: 140-008-898378. Prior to transfer, please email tickets@camaratamusic.com to indicate the show you are interested in for availability.
Please call for confirmation/questions at 010-9806-8655 (English) or 010-9146-0727 (Korean).
The show is appropriate for ages three to adults.
The show contains some small instances of fire and loud noises.
The CMC will also present "And All that Choral Jazz" featuring the Camarata Chamber Singers at Haechi Hall on June 6.
Join the CMC’s Chamber Singers, for a light-hearted springtime concert, featuring "A Little Jazz Mass" by Bob Chilcott. Also on the program is music by Rajaton, Hayes, Hogan, Biebl, Vittoria, Rossini, Lauridsen and Woo among others.
There will also be some choral jazz, classical, pop, spirituals, a cappella and all out fun music
There will be only one concert and just 200 seats are available.
The three ensembles of the CMC (the Camarata Chorale, Camarata Chamber Singers and Camarata Orchestra) along with the Camarata Outreach Program are the heart and soul of the international music scene in South Korea. Led by their conductor and artistic director, Ryan Goessl, the choirs and orchestra often join forces with Korea’s (and foreign) top professional soloists to create aesthetic and emotionally stimulating music. Performances range from the renaissance to current day.
Founded in 2009, the CMC’s Chorale and Chamber Singers perform six major concerts per year, leading up to their annual tradition of Handel’s Messiah, performed with choir, orchestra and soloists, every December, the week before Christmas.
The choirs have been seen in performance at many of the best performing venues in Korea, including, but not limited to the Seoul Arts Center, Hoam Art Hall, Kookmin University, Chungdong First Methodist Church 3-14 Art Hall, the Hyatt
and the Conrad Hotel.