Serenata #2

Virtual Online Premiere Thursday, May 6 at 7 pm

There will be a virtual online premiere of Dana Mengel’s new work Serenata #2 as performed the Centropolis String Ensemble.

This is a FREE EVENT.

Following the online premiere you will be able to hear from Mengel and conductor Joyce Higginbotham who provides this short introduction to this new music from a talented composer.

Mengel says he composed the pieces in 2017 "in response to my spiritual journey."

The five movements are performed by the Centropolis String Ensemble, a Kansas City-based group led by Mengel.

Musicians in the Centropolis String Ensemble are Mengel and Dennis Bogart, violins; Monty Carter, viola; Trilla Ray-Carter, cello; Matthew McGrory, bass; and Mark Lowry, percussion.

The five selections are:
Alpha and Omega
All We Like Sheep
Beatitudes
Father Forgive Them
Celestial Chimes

The music was recorded at First Christian Church of Independence, Mo.