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On April 28, the 2014 International Day of Holocaust Remembrance, Gloria Musicae will present the Florida premiere of Voices of the Holocaust, "a dramatic cantata based on 22 songs sung in ghettos and concentra- tion camps during World War II, composed by Sheridan Seyfried," the musical group has announced. The Gloria Musicae Singers will be joined by the Sarasota-Manatee Dance Alliance (SMDA), the Chroma Quartet, Sarasota Young Voices, the Sarasota Jewish Chorale, the Booker High School Concert Choir and the Sarasota Choral Society, the release points out. This multimedia event, under the direction of Dr. Joseph Holt, Gloria Musicae's artistic director, will feature original chore- ography by Elizabeth Weil Bergmann, retired Harvard director of dance, the release adds. Charlayne Hunter-Gault, civil rights activist and award-winning author and correspon- dent for such media outlets as The New York Times, PBS, NPR and CNN, will offer open- ing remarks for the program, the release continues. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. on April 28 at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, located at 777 N. Tamiami Trail in Sarasota. Tickets are $25 to $70. To purchase them, call the Van Wezel box office at 953-3368 or visit gloriamusicae.org. "Dramatic and poignant, Voices of the Holocaust celebrates the proud defiance of the human spirit in the face of adversity," the release says. "Singers and dancers join together in this musical piece that under- scores the tenet that any injustice towards a single human being is an injustice against GLORIA MUSICAE TO PRESENT VOICES OF THE HOLOCAUST ON APRIL 28 Gloria Musicae/Contributed photo Sarasota News Leader April 18, 2014 Page 124