Mary and Maria

“Mary and Maria”

A choral concert celebrating great Marias Sacred and Secular

Saturday, May 6, 2006 at 8:00 p.m.

Cinnabar Women's Chorus and Chamber Singers team up for a delightful musical feast of songs including hymns to the sacred Mary and show tunes devoted to various secular Maria's. Add a pinch of Brigadoon, a paean to that other Fair Lady, Eliza Doolittle, and a few dessert touches by W.A. Mozart et al, and you’re in for a treat of choral delicacies!

Director: Nina Shuman

Accompanist: Nancy Hyashibara

Venue: United Church of Christ
825 Middlefield Drive, Petaluma

Ticket Prices: $12 General / $10 Seniors & Students / $8 Youth

For Tickets Call: 707.763.8920 (Cinnabar Box Office)

About Nina Shuman (conductor):
Nina Shuman is the resident Music Director and Conductor for Cinnabar Theater. She holds a BA from Bennington College and an MM from Dominican College. She served as Assistant Conductor for Marin Civic Light Opera and was awarded scholarships and a grant from the Marin Educational Foundation to study orchestral conducting with Murray Sidlin at the Aspen Music Festival. She has guest conducted for Boise Opera, Lamplighters, Sonoma City Opera, Berkeley Opera, North Bay Lyric Opera, Sonoma State University, the Marin Chamber Orchestra, the Dominican Orchestra, the Antelope Valley Orchestra, the San Francisco and Winifred Baker Chorales, the St. Francis Yacht Club Men_s Chorus, and the Mayflower Community Chorus, and also served as stage director and conductor for the Dominican College Opera Workshop. Ms. Shuman currently serves as Artistic Director for the Cinnabar Choral Ensembles.