An appointment of absolute international importance that Harmonia Gentium will offer to the City of Lecco on Monday 5 June at 9 pm

The final concert of the Italian tour of the American choir The Maine University Singers (USA) will be held in the setting of the Basilica of San Nicolò – the scene of many extraordinary events staged by the association founded in 1986, which closes a triptych of performances held in the Basilica of San Peter's in Rome, in the Basilica of Santa M. Maggiore in Florence and in that of San Marco in Venice.

A concert, as you can imagine, of particular musical depth, which aims to strengthen the international relations created in the long activity of Harmonia Gentium thanks to the Zelioli Festival.

The University Singers is the principal vocal ensemble of the University of Maine School of Performing Arts and is based in the city of Orono, Maine.

The group is made up of both music students and students studying other disciplines from across campus. Under the direction of Francis John Vogt, the university singers perform a wide-ranging repertoire.

In their concerts they highlight the best music written for choir from the Renaissance to the 21st century in sacred and profane genres.

It is directed by M° Francis John Vogt director of choral activities at the University of Maine, where he directs the University Singers and Oratorio Society and teaches vocal and choral conducting.

He accompanies on the piano Dr. Laura Artesani, president of the music division and associate professor at the University of Maine School of Performing Arts, where she teaches music education and music history classes and supervises student teachers.

The CLAP Provincial Choral Laboratory will perform at the opening of the concert! under the direction of the masters Cornelia Dell'Oro and Francesco Bussani, this workshop was born under the aegis of the Lombardy Choirs-Lecco Delegation, in collaboration with the San Pietro al Monte di Civate Choir Association, the Lecco Alpine Choir and the Consulta Musicale di Lecco with the aim of cultivating the experience of choral singing among young people.