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MUSIC
SPECIAL EVENTS
April 26-29 Free concerts in Festival
Park for the Dogwood
Festival
THE CROWN COMPLEX
1960 Coliseum Dr. • 910-438-4100
www.crowncomplexnc.com
June 1 The Charlie Daniels Band
& The Marshall Tucker
Band: Southern Uprising
Tour
THE TAPHOUSE AT HUSKE
411 Hay St. • 910-426-5650
April 27 Frankie Moree
April 28 Karaoke with
Gilbert Baez
PAUL'S PLACE
719 Starling St. • 910-779-2898
www.paulsplacenc.com
April 27 Chris Munson
May 5 Reflections II
LUIGI'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT
528 N McPherson Church Rd. •
910-864-1810• www.luigisnc.com
April 27 HomeWreckers
April 28 Mark McKinney &
Company Trio
THE DRUNK HORSE PUB
106 S Eastern Blvd.•910-835 8347
May 1 Blacktop Mojo
May 2 Fit For An Autopsy
May 4 The Second After
EVENTS
COS to close season April 27
by SHANE WILSON
Jason Britt has been a part of
Cumberland County's music com-
munity since he played cello in the
strings program at Eastover Elemen-
tary School. ese days, he serves as
director of the Cumberland Oratorio
Singers. Britt and the members of
COS are currently preparing for the
final show of their season, "We Sing
to Experience," set for Friday, April
27, at 7:30 p.m.
With "We Sing to Experience,"
Britt, who has a bachelor's degree in
music from Methodist College (now
Methodist University) and a master's
degree in music education from East
Carolina University, will wrap up his
first year as director of the COS. He
was notified in March 2017 that he
would be serving as the new director,
and to hear him talk about his time
with COS is to recognize how much
he loves working with the ensemble.
"My favorite aspect of working
with COS is that I get to work with
people who – down to their core –
really enjoy music and have a deep
interest for singing in a choir," he
said. "I love working with like-mind-
ed people who want to strive toward
a common goal."
The upcoming "We Sing to Expe-
rience" will feature performances
from the COS, the Cross Creek
Chorale, and the Campbellton
Youth Chorus. According to Britt,
the concert is "comprised of works
all choirs should do or have in their
libraries. These would be works
that are a sort of 'who's who' of
choir music."
e program will feature ar-
rangements of "Sing unto God" by
G.F. Handel, "Sicut Locutus Est" by
Johann Sebastian Bach, "Achieved is
the Glorious Work" by Joseph Haydn
and many other classic and familiar
choral selections.
Britt is also excited to announce
the theme of the Oratorio Sing-
ers' next season – "The Night Was
Meant for Music." The 2018-19 sea-
son will include "A Night of Jazz"
on October 19; "A Night with the
Masters" on March 8, 2019; and "A
Night of Stage and Screen" on April
27, 2019.
The 2018-19 season will also see
the return of the Fayetteville tradi-
tion – a December performance
of Handel's oratorio, "Messiah,"
with full orchestra. Between
Cole Porter and arrangements of
popular Broadway works, the COS'
upcoming season promises to be a
crowd-pleaser.
"We Sing to Experience" is sched-
uled for Friday, April 27, at Hay-
mount United Methodist, 1700 Fort
Bragg Rd. e show begins at 7:30
p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the
door for $27. All student admission
is free with school ID. e COS also
offers discounts for groups of 10 or
more. For more information, email
Jason Britt at cumberlandoratorio-
director@gmail.com or Matthew
Franks, the president of COS, at cum-
berlandoratoriosingers@gmail.com.
For more information about the
COS, visit www.singwithcos.org.
Individuals or businesses interested
in any of the COS' many sponsorship
levels can contact Mary Potter via
phone at 910-822-4447 or by email at
claymary25@gmail.com.
SHANE WILSON, contributing
writer. COMMENTS? Editor@
upandcomingweekly.com.
910-364-6638.
The upcoming "We Sing to Experience" will feature performances from the COS, the
Cross Creek Chorale, and the Campbellton Youth Chorus.
