Carson Chamber Singers open 28th season

The Carson Chamber Singers, a choral group of the Carson City Symphony Association, will open the group’s 28th season Nov. 2 in Nevada’s capital city.Another performance will be done in Reno on Nov. 4.The Carson City performance is at 7 p.m. that first Friday in November in the First Presbyterian Church, 306 W. Musser St., where there will be no admission. A donation of $10, however, is requested at the door.The Reno concert the following Sunday is at 5 p.m. in Trinity Episcopal Church, 200 Island Ave., where tickets will cost $12 for general admission, $10 for students and seniors or Carson City Symphony Association members. Children aged 16 or younger will be admitted free.Director Michael Langham will conduct the singers in works by Rene’ Clausen, Randall Thompson, Maurice Durufle’ and Louis Vierne.Vierne’s “Solemn Mass,” which is for chorus and organ, will be accompanied by Nancy Mielke.The concerts are funded in part by a grant from the Nevada Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.