The choral concert with full orchestra of the German Requiem by Johanes Brahms will be perform by The Choral Society of the Hamptons on July 11 for the East End of Long Island.
Drawing singers from East Hampton, Southampton, Shelter Island, Southold, Riverhead, Amagansett, Bridgehampton, Montauk, Sag Harbor, Wainscott, Water Mill, North Fork.
Top soloist and instrumentalist will join us from New York City and the Greater New York area.
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Darynn Zimmer - Soprano
Ms. Zimmer’s 2003 Carnegie Hall debut was as soloist Mozart’s ‘Great’ Mass in C with David Randolph and the St. Cecilia Chorus and Orchestra. Other notable engagements have included appearances with Marin Alsop and the Concordia Orchestra, Paul Nadler and the Southwest Florida Symphony.
Ms. Zimmer is a prize-winning recitalist (The Joy in Singing Award) and recording artist whose first solo compact disc, Oiseau Bleu, is distinguished in the discography. Her latest release is as ‘Mona’ in Daron Hagen’s opera, Bandanna, on Albany Records. Upcoming appearances include her participation in the 50th Anniversary Gala of the Joy in Singing organization, on October 17, 2009, at Merkin Concert Hall in New York.
Darynn Zimmer earned a Master of Music degree from the Juilliard School and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Mannes College of Music.
This summer will mark Ms. Zimmer’s fifth solo performance with the Choral Society of the Hamptons. Past performances include Orff’s Carmina Burana, Poulenc’s Gloria, Haydn’s Theresianmesse and the opera solos Violetta and Adele.
This season, Ms. Zimmer made her debut at the Miami Lyric Opera, in the title role of Lucia di Lammermoor and with the Treasure Coast Opera Society in Fort Pierce, Florida, as Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus. Other recent operatic engagements were as Mimi in La Boheme with the San Francisco Lyric Opera and with Opera Tampa in the same role, conducted by Anton Coppola, later televised (January, 2008) on WEDU TV.
During the 2006-2007 season, Ms. Zimmer performed her South American orchestral debut in Rio de Janeiro in Mahler’s Fourth Symphony with the Petrobras Sinfonica Pro Musica. She appeared in recital with Regina Resnik Presents, ‘The Classic Kurt Weill’ in San Francisco, and ‘Covert or Convert’ in New York City, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. This program has been broadcast as a Special Presentation of CUNY TV.
