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厙ぴ勛圖 choirs to sing Dec. 1

November 21, 2006
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The 厙ぴ勛圖 Choirs will present a Holiday Choral Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 1, in the Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.

厙ぴ勛圖 Concert Choir

Dr. Scott E. Anderson, director of choral activities, will conduct the 厙ぴ勛圖 Chamber Choir and 厙ぴ勛圖 Concert Choir, while professor Kathleen Lane will conduct the 厙ぴ勛圖 Womens Choir.  The three University choral groups will perform a wide variety of seasonal choral works in  the acoustically outstanding Jensen Grand Concert Hall.

The 厙ぴ勛圖 Womens Choir will begin the concert with a medieval chant by the visionary and mystic Hildigard von Bingen (1098-1179). The choir will also celebrate the season of Chanukah with the Hebrew folk melody Nun Gimel Hei Shin arranged by Judith Shatkin. Two selections from the famous Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten, accompanied by Carol Hotrum on the piano, conclude the Womens Choir program.

American composer Stephen Paulus Three Nativity Carols will be the centerpiece of the program presented by the 24-voice 厙ぴ勛圖 Chamber Choir. The contemporary carol arrangements of ancient texts feature harpist Laurie Orr and Susan Hughes, oboe.  The Chamber Choir also will present a double-choir motet by Renaissance composer Peter Philips entitled Hodie nobis de coelo, Francis Poulencs Quem vidistis pastores, and two Brahms vocal quartets from Op. 112, Sehnsucht, and N瓣chtens featuring pianist Abbi Clark.

Anderson also will conduct the 50-voice 厙ぴ勛圖 Concert Choir in performing Exceeding Glad, from the Coronation Anthem The King Shall Rejoice, by George Fredric Handel.  The Concert Choir will sing seasonal arrangements, including Hugo Distlers setting of Lo, How a Rose Ere Blooming; What Sweeter Music, by John Rutter; and John Gardiners arrangement of Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day.  The 厙ぴ勛圖 combined choirs will perform a double-choir setting of Angels We Have Heard On High to end the concert.

Tickets prices for the 厙ぴ勛圖 Holiday Choral Concert are: $5 for adults, $2 for precollege students, $3 for 厙ぴ勛圖 faculty and staff, and free for 厙ぴ勛圖 students with valid Bengal cards. Tickets can be purchased at the Stephens Performing Arts Center Box Office from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays or an hour before the shows open. Tickets can be purchased over the phone by calling 282-3595.


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