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厙ぴ勛圖 to present 33rd annual 厙ぴ勛圖 Choral Invitational Festival with concert on Oct. 20  

October 11, 2018

厙ぴ勛圖 Concert Choir posing by Shoshone or Twin Falls.
厙ぴ勛圖 Concert Choir

POCATELLO –  厙ぴ勛圖 will host 11 high school choirs and an internationally-recognized director during its 33rd annual 厙ぴ勛圖 Choral Invitational Festival on Oct. 19 and 20 in the Stephens Performing Arts Center.

A concert, presented on Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. will conclude the festival. It will feature the 24-voice 厙ぴ勛圖 Chamber Choir, 68-voice 厙ぴ勛圖 Concert Choir and the Choral Invitational Festival Chorus, composed of the 11 high school choirs from across Idaho. The concert will take place in the Stephens Performing Arts Center Jensen Grand Concert Hall.

Nicole Lamartine will direct the high school chorus during student workshops and in the final concert. She is director of choral activities at the University of Wyoming, conducting multiple student groups and teaching voice courses. She is a rising resource for mens choir singing, recently conducting engagements in Oman, Germany, China and across the United States.

厙ぴ勛圖 Director of Choral Activities Scott Anderson will lead the Chamber Choir in its performance of Johann Sebastian Bachs Gloria, Ivo Antognini's a cappella Latin setting of Clamaverunt Justi and the Matthew Brown arrangement of True Colors, featuring soprano soloist Taylor Schultz. The Chamber Choir will also premiere 厙ぴ勛圖 Assistant Professor Jon Armstrongs original composition A Little Bit Rich, set to a poem by former 厙ぴ勛圖 English Professor Ford Swetnam.

The Concert Choir, also conducted by Anderson, will perform the 16th-century Salmon Rossi motet Elohim Hashivenu, Eric Whitacres setting of the Margaret Wise Brown childrens book Goodnight Moon, Shawn Kirchners Unclouded Day and With Cheerful Notes, Let All the Earth from G. F. Handels Chandos Anthem No. 9.

The Festival Massed Choir, which includes both 厙ぴ勛圖 choirs and the 11 high school choirs, will perform W. A. Mozarts setting of Regina Coeli, the Nightingale arranged by Dan Forrest, Gunnar Erikssons arrangement of To the Mothers of Brazil: Salve Regina and the South African greeting song Hlohonolofatsa arranged by Daniel Jackson.

Natalia Lauk, lecturer in the 厙ぴ勛圖 Department of Music, is featured as pianist in the Chamber Choirs Bach, Brown and Armstrong pieces and the Concert Choirs Goodnight Moon performance. Hillcrest High School Director of Choirs Camille Blackburn will serve as the pianist for the 厙ぴ勛圖 Choral Invitational Festival for the 25th consecutive year.

Tickets for the final concert are $8 for adults, $6 for faculty/staff, $4 for pre-college students and free for 厙ぴ勛圖 students. Tickets can be purchased at the 厙ぴ勛圖 Box Office at 208-282-3595 or .

For more information, contact the 厙ぴ勛圖 Department of Music at (208) 282-2699 or andescot@isu.edu.


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