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Recording by Arts Laureate
American Masses, An Evening of American Choral Music was conceived and presented by composer Peter Dayton and tenor/conductor Joshua Glassman. Through a kickstarter campaign, Dayton and Glassman were able to raised over $4,500 to pay their local Baltimore ensemble: the Mt. Vernon Consort. The program features a diversity of American spiritual music, ranging from Sacred Harp arrangements and African American Spirituals to Barber's Agnus Dei and the world premiere of a new work by composer Peter Dayton: "Light and Mystery, Suite from An American Mass."

The Mt. Vernon Consort:
Sopranos: Sara Woodward Airth, Abigail Chapman, Katie Chen, Frances Pollock
Altos: Taylor Boykins, Emily Frye, Rebecca Roy, Claire Galloway Weber
Tenors: Tariq Al-Sabir, Drew Belsinger, Peter Dayton, Isaac Greene, Christian Hoff
Basses: David Rocca, Fitzgerald St Louis, Matt Sullivan, Daryl Yoder
Rehearsal Pianists: Peyson Moss & Peter Dayton
Conductor: Joshua Glassman AV: Arts Laureate

June 6, 7:30 PM, 2015, St. John's in the Village, Baltimore, MD