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Thursday, May 19, 2022 Preview Concert: 

The Ames Chamber Artists Masterworks Concert 

7:30pm St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 201 E Church St, Marshalltown IA 50158 

The Ames Chamber Artists open their 2022 season with a Masterworks Preview Concert on May 19th at 7:30pm at St Paul’s Episcopal Church, 201 E. Church Street, Marshalltown. The approximately one hour concert will open with Mozart’s ‘Regina Coeli’, followed by ‘Miserere’, by Jan Dismas Zelenka.

 After a short intermission the concert will conclude with Handel’s ‘My Heart Is Inditing’, Composed for the coronation of King George II and Queen Caroline and first performed on 11 October 1727. 

The concert is free of charge, but free-will donations will graciously be accepted. Ames Chamber Artists is a group of auditioned singers committed to performing challenging choral music. 

Our membership includes singers from a broad spectrum of educational and vocational backgrounds, joined in the common love of fine choral singing. Founded in 1988, the Ames Chamber Artists has a reputation for exciting programming and superb execution unique among community ensembles. About the Ames Chamber Artists In September 1988, Ames High School choral director Gary Schwartzhoff auditioned the first members of his new adult choral ensemble, the Ames Chamber Artists. The first concert was held December 17, 1988, at the First Baptist Church in Ames. Since that time, nearly 150 people have been members of ACA, including ten accompanists. ACA has commissioned 16 pieces by 15 different composers, and has performed over 350 choral works. In 1995, the Iowa Choral Directors Association invited ACA to perform as guest artists at their summer symposium in Mason City. Collaborations with the music department at Iowa State University include the Ames International Orchestra Festival Chorus performance with the Warsaw Philharmonic in 1997, the Holiday Festival of Music on two occasions, the ISU Celebrity Series in 2003, and for the residency of composer Libby Larsen in April 2006. ACA has joined forces with the Central Iowa Symphony twice, in 1998 and again in March 2003. In keeping with our mission of enlightening and educating audiences, ACA members have shared their love of choral music with numerous student groups. In addition to performing with choirs at ISU, ACA has sung with the Central College Choir, the Ames Children’s Choirs and high school choirs from Ames, Gilbert, and Boone. This mission has also taken us to 12 different communities in central Iowa. About the Musical Director David W. Johnson has served as Musical Director and Conductor of the Ames Chamber Artists since 2016. Johnson currently serves as Director of Music Ministry at Faith Lutheran Church in Clive and has been there since 2012. He has previously served as adjunct professor of church music and the arts at Grandview University in Des Moines as well as the head of the music department at Manhattan Christian School in Churchill, Montana. He received his Bachelor’s degree from Gonzaga University, Spokane, and his Master and Doctorate in Sacred Music from Graduate Theological Foundation in South Bend, Indiana. In 2021, Dave completed his Master of Music in Choral Conducting from Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa.