With the concert "I want to love you" continues the music series in IMCB

On the 8th of November 2023 everybody is welcome to enjoy the concert of Alumni Choir of The Academic Women's Choir of The University of Tartu. The event will take place at the atrium of Omicum building and will be part of the music series "TÜMRI kontsert" (IMCB’s Concert in English). 

The choir will perform the programme called "I want to love you". There is also an exhibition by Reet Heinla in Omicum gallery and the guests can experience the beauty of the fine art of paintings and music at the same time. Everybody is welcome!

The concert starts at 6:00 p.m. Free entrance!

Concert program:

• Sirje Kaasik/Leelo Tungal - Sind ma tahan armastada
• Rasmus Puur/Kersti Merilaas - Sinilill
• Charles Gounod/Aquino Thomas - O salutaris Hostia
• Heikki Klemetti - Ave Maria
• Rihards Dubra - Laudate  
• Gustav Ernesaks/Debora Vaarandi - Ööviiul
• Patrik Sebastian Unt/Anna Haava - Järv leegib ehapaistel
• Pärt Uusberg/Henrik Visnapuu - Kõik muutub lauluks 
• Mart Saar/Karl Eduard Sööt - Allik

Program as PDF.

Alumni Choir of The Academic Women's Choir of The University of Tartu is a constantly operating concert choir, where alumni of the university's academic women's choir and other university choirs, employees of the University of Tartu, and doctoral students sing. For example, Associate Professor of Population Genetics Ene Metspalu, Professor of Genetics Angela Ivask, Research Fellow of Genetics Anne Menert and director of IMCB and Professor of Microbial Genetics Maia Kivisaar sing in this choir from the employees of the Omicum building.

The choir was founded in 1992 by maestro Vaike Uibopuu, who is now the choir's Honorary Conductor. She was the choir's conductor until the autumn of 2013, since then Ülle Sakarias has been conducting the choir (for the first three years with Tiiu Sinipalu (now Ivanova)). The choir is trained vocally by Karmen Puis, a soloist and vocal teacher at Theater Vanemuine. The choir gives four to five concerts every year and participates regularly at the song festivals. The alumni choir has won prizes in competitions, including a silver diploma at the Gdansk International Choir Festival in 2016 and the first place in the category of female and male choirs at the Chernomorski Zvutsi Choir Festival in Bulgaria in 2018.

Conductor Ülle Sakarias graduated from Tartu Music School and Estonian Music Academy with a degree in choir conducting. After graduating, she started working as a teacher of choir music at the Tartu Teachers' Seminary, and as a lecturer at the University of Tartu. The choir of music teacher students prepared the exam concerts and successfully participated in international choir competitions in Riva del Garda, Italy, and Llangollen, UK. Many of her former students work as music teachers and choir directors. Ülle has been the conductor of the male choir "Gaudeamus" and the women's choir of The Filiae Patriae Sorority. Currently, she conducts Alumni Choir of the Academic Women's Choir of the University of Tartu, the Jõgeva County Mixed Choir "Serviti" and the Äksi Mixed Choir. She also teaches music at the Tartu Kroonuaia School.

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In the header picture, the Alumni Choir of The Academic Women's Choir of The University of Tartu with their fans after the concert held on 6.04.2022.