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Friday 20 July 2018

Openings Concert Aruba Symphony Festival

2010 and consists of 16 singers. Its repertoire is 8:00 pm at Cas di Cultura. Admission: Afls. 35,00
varied and consists of original works arranged Tickets available at: Cas di Cultura, DeWit &
for 2 or 3 voices. Cantare has participated with VanDorp and at the entrance. q
the Ars Nova choir in all its concerts and social-
educative activities. The inclusion of Cantare in
the association represents a very important step
in the development of choral singing in Aruba,
not only by sharing choral singing as an artistic
expression, but also as e way of socialization,
co-existence and inclusion.

The Program
The program for this night sounds as follows:
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Stabat Mater
(Quando Corpus Morietur – Amen)
Cancion de Cuna Yemayá, Tradicional Yoruba,
arr. Sergio Morales
John Rutter, It was a Lover and his Lass (from
ORANJESTAD — Performing at the opening con- Three Birthday Madrigals)
cert of the Aruba Symphony Festival, this Satur- J.C, Lampe, Ban Bail’e Danza Aki, arr. Johnny
day, Aruba’s own choirs Ars Nova and Cantare Croes
together with international well-known musi- Rufo Wever, Pan Cayente
cians. Female Choir Cantare, Aruba
Mayra Garrido Artistic director
Ars Nova is a mixed chamber choir that was Rob Rijnbout, Piano
formed in 1998 by Mayra Kock-Garrido and Giovanni Ras, Guitar and Cuatro
her husband, Edwin Kock. Their main objective Ryan Maduro, Guitar and Cuatro
is to perform and promote the best of the na- Edwin Kock, Guitar
tional and universal choral art form. Ars Nova's Claudin de Sermisy, Au Joli Bois
repertoire consists of the most classical of cho- Chanson Anon, Tourdion
ral music, including the Caribbean and Latin W.A. Mozart, Ave Verum
American rhythms and autochthonous genre. W.A. Mozart, Kyrie (Misa Brevis in C)
Among its many activities is included participa- Anonimo, E Mariposa, arr. Kock-Garrido
tion in several prominent international festivals Lampe Booi-Wever, Chanita, arr. Sergio Morales
held in Spain, the Netherlands, Colombia, Peru, Ars Nova Choir, Aruba
Cuba, Curacao and Ecuador. The main objec-
tive of the Ars Nova Choral Association is to pro- INTERMISSION
mote and stimulate the development of music Mendelssohn Piano Trio N.1 in D Min. op.49
in order to increase the appreciation and pro- Reveron Piano Trio:
duction of vocal music in Aruba. The Ars Nova Ana Maria Otamendi, Piano
Choral Association has recently expanded its Simon Gollo, Violin
membership to include the choir Cantare. Horacio Contreras, Cello

Cantare is a female choir that was formed in The opening concert is on Saturday, July 21,
Artistic Aruban Gustave Nouel

THE NETHERLANDS — The ognized art painters from to 9:30 pm in his studio at The celebration of 1250 artist to create a special
well-known Aruban artist- the Caribbean, in the Neth- ‘Plataan’, Ramelestraat 6H, years of the city of Deventer birthday calendar.q
painter Gustave Nouel par- erlands. Deventer. in 2018, inspired the Aruban
ticipating this year with the
prestigious Deventer Salon, During the ‘Open Ateliers’,
with 80 professional artists linked to this Salon (https://
participants, in the ‘Berg- kunstenlab.nl/nu-te-zien/
kerk’, from July 21 to Sep- salon-open-ateliers-2018/),
tember 30, 2018. (His entries some of Gustave’s talent-
for the Deventer Salon are ed pupils will be making
inspired by his dreams and street-sketches of the visi-
identity as a Dutch Carib- tors in his atelier. Nouel will
bean artist, in the paintings: also share a performance
' diptych-' Mythical dust of quick-sketching and give
stars? ‘ and ‘Maxima, Uni- a mini-workshop, between
versal violinist? ') 15:00 and 16:00hr, this No-
vember 22 and 23.
Gustave Nouel, with more
than 200 exhibitions at Until September 11, Nouel
home and abroad on his will offer workshops in quick-
name, is a specialist in por- sketching and painting of
trait drawing and portrait portraits for all levels, every
painting. He is one of the Tuesday, Wednesday and
best known and most rec- Friday evening from 7:30