{"id":30,"date":"2019-11-12T19:48:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T19:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orpheusmusic.azurewebsites.net\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2026-03-04T18:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T00:02:54","slug":"musical-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.orpheusmusicproject.org\/index.php\/projects\/musical-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Requiem for Frankie Silver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Requiem for Frankie Silver<\/em> is a musical drama for singers, players, and storyteller to honor the life of Frances Stewart Silver (1815-1833) and to reveal her tragic story of injustice.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The piece is adapted from Sharyn McCrumb\u2019s 1998 award-winning novel, The Ballad of Frankie Silver<\/em>, with book and lyrics by Craig Fields, music by Craig Carnahan and narration by author Sharyn McCrumb. This 90-minute piece, was presented in concert with minimal staging, and is scored for narrator, vocal soloists, MacPhail\u2019s Sonomento<\/em> choral ensemble and a thirty-five piece orchestra. It combines elements of the requiem mass mixed with narration, folk songs, hymns and modern classical music and tells the story of Frankie Silver, a poor eighteen-year-old mountain girl who was tried and hanged for murder in the state of North Carolina in 1833.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Throughout the piece, the Sonomento <\/em>chorus sang selected passages from the Requiem (Mass for the Dead) in memoriam to this young woman\u2019s tragic and brief life. Narrator and soloists will propel the complex story of Frankie\u2019s arrest, trial, conviction and execution. After her hanging, Frankie\u2019s body was left in a shallow, unmarked grave along a Burke County road without a proper burial ceremony. In addition to its important messages about criminal justice and class struggle, the work pays solemn tribute to Frankie Silver\u2019s life for the very first time after 187 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Q&A With AUTHOR sharyn mccrumb<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Q&A with COMPOSER Craig Carnahan<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n

SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Mike and Nancy Connly
Mark Abeln and Monica Little<\/strong>
Tom Hayes
Joe and Milla Hautman
Ben and Lynn Oehler
Joe Ofstedahl
Jonathan Prescott
Jon and Kris Stevens<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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WORLD PREMIERE<\/em><\/strong>
Saturday, November 5<\/strong>
7:30 PM
Benson Great Hall
Bethel University <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Book\/Lyrics by Craig Fields
Music by Craig Carnahan<\/a>
Narration by Sharyn McCrumb<\/a>
Produced by Kirk Hoaglund<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“INCREDIBLE” … “COMPELLING” … “DRAMATIC” … “MOVING MUSIC”<\/strong><\/em> – from audience surveys at the June 25th preview performance<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featuring<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bradley Greenwald<\/a><\/strong>
<\/strong>Storyteller<\/em>
Matthew Vickers<\/a><\/strong>
<\/strong>Charlie Silver<\/em>
Brian Haase<\/a><\/strong>
Sheriff Boone<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lauren Senden<\/a><\/strong>
Frankie Silver<\/em>
Riley Cardona<\/a><\/strong>
Guardian Spirit<\/em>
Natalie Rose Havens<\/a><\/strong>,
Mary Erwin<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

with<\/strong>
Chris Fast, Brian Frutiger<\/a>, Rebecca Luttio<\/a>, Miranda Kettlewell, Dana Skoglund and Lauren Thrift

MacPhail\u2019s SONOMENTO Chorus and
The ORPHEUS Orchestra
conducted\/staged by Craig Fields<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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