SAVE THE DATE | FALL CONCERT | Saturday, Dec. 21 | 7:30 p.m.
Battell Chapel (corner of College and Elm), New Haven, Conn.
Explore the identity and history of Santa Claus through a wide range of holiday music!
Britten’s oratorio “St. Nicolas” recounts the life story of the saint as well as ancient legends that show his generosity and compassion.
Dr. Albert Lee, tenor | Associate Dean, Yale School of Music
Tenor, Albert R. Lee’s performances have been described as “vocally sumptuous,” “musically distinctive” and even “acrobatically agile.” He is a featured soloist on a recording of works by Pulitzer Prize winning composer, George Walker on Albany Records singing musical settings of the Walt Whitman poem “When lilacs last in dooryard bloomed,” a poem written as an elegy to Abraham Lincoln after his assassination. Most recently, he appeared as tenor soloist in the Beethoven 9th with the Vista Philharmonic, he was tenor soloist in Adolphus Hailstork’s cantata I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes with the London Symphony, and was a featured artist on Apple Music’s play list “The Classical Voice”performing a selection from the recently released A Breath of Air, singing settings of Langston Hughes and Walt Whitman poems by Monica Houghton. Upcoming engagements include the title role in R. Nathaniel Dett’s The Ordering of Moses and Dr Lee currently serves as Associate Dean for Student Life and Community Engagement at the Yale School of Music.