{"id":4348,"date":"2020-10-02T15:54:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T19:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/?p=4348"},"modified":"2021-02-03T19:43:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T23:43:34","slug":"the-virtual-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vpropera.org\/site\/2020\/10\/02\/the-virtual-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"The Virtual Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The VPR Chorus and Soloists from the original cast are back at work under the direction of conductor Peter Szep and artistic director Judith Barnes, making videos of selected Articles and Amendments from Ben Yarmolinsky’s setting of the text of the United States Constitution, including those addressing Voting Rights, Treason, Cruel and Unusual Punishment and others. We also collaborated with the Grace Chorale<\/a> under Jason Asbury to record the 5th and 6th Amendments with orchestra. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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VPR Constitution performance shot Behind the Door, featuring Peter Szep, conductor, soloists Linda Collazo, Liz Lang, Michelle Trovato and Andrew Egbuchiem with the sopranos and altos of the chorus, singing in front of the doors open onto Court Street in Brooklyn. Photo Chris Walker<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Virtual Performances of selected Articles and Amendments
of The Constitution, A Secular Oratorio<\/em> by Benjamin Yarmolinsky,
were released in the fall and winter of 2020, bringing\u00a0back the original soloists and the VPR Chorus from our 2019\u00a0world premiere.<\/h5>\n\n\n\n