Conducted by Dr. Brian C. Murray and Dr. Matthew Schlomer, as well as Laramie Children’s Chorus co-conductors Beth Kean and Allison Murray, Carmina Burana is a spectacular fusion of live orchestral and choral music and features well over 100 performers on stage at the same time. Dr. O’Neil Jones serves as chorus master for the piece, with Dr. Theresa Bogard and Allison Garcia as pianists.

Orff's dynamic 1937 score is a favorite musical choice of modern filmmakers, especially the opening “O Fortuna” movement, which has become ubiquitous in commercials, movies, and countless videos on social media. Inspired by a large collection of medieval poems that celebrate life through its four seasons, using 24 of the poems as its text, “Carmina Burana” is structured around the turning of the Fortuna Wheel, or the wheel of fate.

Carmina Burana ft. UW Wind Symphony and Choirs

Saturday, May 3, 7:30 p.m.
BCPA Concert Hall

Conducted by Dr. Brian C. Murray and Dr. Matthew Schlomer, as well as Laramie Children’s Chorus co-conductors Beth Kean and Allison Murray, the concert is a spectacular fusion of live orchestral and choral music and features well over 100 performers on stage at the same time. Dr. O’Neil Jones serves as chorus master for the piece, with Dr. Theresa Bogard and Allison Garcia as pianists.

Orff's dynamic 1937 score is a favorite musical choice of modern filmmakers, especially the opening “O Fortuna” movement, which has become ubiquitous in commercials, movies, and countless videos on social media. Inspired by a large collection of medieval poems that celebrate life through its four seasons, using 24 of the poems as its text, “Carmina Burana” is structured around the turning of the Fortuna Wheel, or the wheel of fate.

UW Choirs will also perform the piece with the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra on May 10 at the Cheynne Civic Center as part of the orchestra’s 70th season finale concert, “Fortune & Glory.”

The University of Wyoming’s performance of “Carmina Burana” features three soloists: Dawna Rae Warren, a Cleveland, Ohio-based coloratura soprano, baritone Andrew Garland, and Puerto Rican tenor Javier Abreu.