FREE CONCERT! IN HONOR OF MEMORIAL DAY

Choral Director Carmen Flórez-Mansi leads The Santa Fe Symphony Chorus and The Symphony Chamber Ensemble for an afternoon of uplifting music on Sunday, May 21—3:00 PM at the beautiful Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. Join us as we remember those who served and their families with an inspirational program performed by the full Santa Fe Symphony Chorus and The Symphony Chamber Ensemble. Experience Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living with talented soloists Joanna Armstrong, Soprano; Zadrian Wyeth Stout Baker, Boy Soprano; Thomasluke Flórez-Mansi, Tenor; accompanied by Paul Roth, Collaborative Pianist. Be uplifted by Ralph Vaughan Williams’ sublime The Lark Ascending with violin soloist, David Felberg, and The Symphony Chamber Ensemble. Doors Open at 2:15pm.

Carmen Flórez-Mansi, a native of New Mexico, currently serves as the Pastoral Director of Music at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. Since 1989, she has performed as a vocal artist, choral conductor, vocal instructor, and liturgy specialist throughout the Southwest, including appearances with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, The Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, and The Santa Fe Opera. Mrs. Flórez-Mansi is also the Founding Director of the Choral Arts Society at St. Michael’s High School, which she founded in 2014. Under her direction, this advanced 42-member chorus won the New Mexico Music Educators 2017 State 4A Choral Championship and the 2019 3A State Championship which took place at Cleveland High School in Albuquerque. Learn more …

PROGRAM

The Santa Fe Symphony Chamber Ensemble        

The Santa Fe Symphony Chorus

SPECIAL THANKS TO

The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
The Most Reverend Archbishop John C. Wester, Archbishop of Santa Fe
The Very Reverend John D. Cannon, Rector
Carmen Flórez-Mansi, Pastoral Associate of Music
Gabriel Gabaldón, Pastoral Associate of Liturg