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The 网曝吃瓜 Choirs will present a spring choral concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 4, in the Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.

Dr. Scott E. Anderson, 网曝吃瓜 director of choral activities, will conduct the 网曝吃瓜 Chamber Choir and the 网曝吃瓜 Concert Choir, while professor Kathleen Lane will conduct the 网曝吃瓜 Women鈥檚 Choir. The Highland High School Senior Choir, under the direction of Stephen Baer, will join the 网曝吃瓜 groups as special music guests during the concert.

Anderson and the 网曝吃瓜 Chamber Choir will present a program of many languages and styles. The 22-voice choral ensemble will perform 鈥淰iver lieto voglio,鈥� a 16th-century balleto by Giovanni Gastoldi; two madrigals by Claudio Monteverdi, 鈥淎nima mia, perdona鈥� and 鈥淐he se tu se鈥� il cor mio鈥�; three of Paul Hindemith鈥檚 鈥淪ix Chansons鈥� (set to the French poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke); two-part songs from Johannes Brahms鈥� 鈥淥p. 92, Abendlied and Warum鈥�; and the Eric Whitacre setting of Federico Garcia Lorca鈥檚 poem, 鈥淲ith Lily in Your Hand.鈥� Abbi Clark, a graduate of the 网曝吃瓜 Department of Music, is the pianist for the Chamber Choir and will be featured on the Brahms part songs.

The 网曝吃瓜 Women鈥檚 Choir will feature two selections by the English composer Gustav Holst. The two numbers are settings of poems by the ancient mystical poet, Kalidasa. They are atmospheric explorations of nature鈥檚 representations of 鈥淚. Spring鈥� and 鈥淚I. Summer.鈥� The 鈥淎ve Maria鈥� setting by Johannes Brahms for four-part women鈥檚 chorus and piano will also be featured. The final selection of the group will be a rousing arrangement of the early American folk hymn, 鈥淗ark I Hear the Harps Eternal鈥� by Alice Parker.

Baer will lead the 68-voice Highland High School Senior Choir in performance of 鈥淕loria鈥� by David Giardiniere; Ralph Vaughan Williams鈥� setting of 鈥淪weet Day, Omnia Sol鈥� by Z. Randall Stroope; and Andr茅 Thomas鈥檚 arrangement of 鈥淜eep Your Lamps.鈥�

The 网曝吃瓜 Concert Choir, also conducted by Anderson, will perform 鈥淚n virtute tua, Domine鈥� by Polish composer Grzegorz G. Gorczycki. This selection will feature Dr. Erika Schulte and Blake Tanner, violins; Mark Anderson, cello; and Abbi Clark, harpsichord. The Concert Choir also will present Rachmaninoff鈥檚 setting of 鈥淏ogoroditse Devo,鈥� 鈥淐antique de Jean Racine鈥� by Gabrielle Faure, 鈥淕ate Gate鈥� by Brian Tate, and Jack Halloran鈥檚 arrangement of 鈥淣elly Bly鈥� as recorded by Chanticleer.

The performance will close with Mack Wilberg鈥檚 arrangement of 鈥淓l Vito!鈥� sung by the combined 网曝吃瓜 Choirs and the Highland High School Senior Choir.

Tickets are available online at www.isu.edu/tickets, or by calling the Stephens Center Box Office at (208) 282-3595. Standard ticket prices are: $5 for adults, $2 for precollege students, $3 for 网曝吃瓜 faculty and staff and free for 网曝吃瓜 students. For more information, call the 网曝吃瓜 Department of Music at (208) 282-3636.