Naughty Monks Provide a Night of Fun at USU
The Utah State University Department of Music presents “The Monastery…After Hours” Tuesday, April 24, at 7:30 p.m., in the Kent Concert Hall, on the university campus. The University Chorale, along with the Caine Percussion Ensembles, will perform Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana among other works.
“Carmina Burana is a dramatic arc of humanity, depicting secular topics familiar to audiences throughout the centuries,” said Michael Huff, director of the University Chorale and Special Operations in the Caine College of the Arts. “The work begins with the bemoaning of fickle fate, explodes into a joyous celebration of drink, love and lust, and ends with the bemoaning of fate once more.”
Carmina Burana is based on a collection of 13th century songs found in a German monastery. The songs were the work of a roving band of monks and clerics called the Goliards, well-known for their drinking and debauchery. They were also known for their attitude of “eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we die.” Carmina Burana is about drinking, sex, love and the overbearing burden of fate, Huff said.
Tickets for “The Monastery…After Hours” are $10 general admission, $8 seniors and youth, $5 USU faculty and staff and free for USU students with ID. For more information and tickets, visit the CCA Box Office located in room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center on USU’s campus, call 435-797-9022 or see the Caine College of the Arts website.
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Writer: Kara Rindlisbacher, 435-797-9203, kara.rindlisbacher@usu.edu
Contact: Denise Albiston, 435-797-1500, denise.albiston@usu.edu
"The Monastery…After Hours" is presented by the USU Music Department April 24. The University Chorale, along with the Caine Percussion Ensembles, will perform Carl Orff's “Carmina Burana” among other works.
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