ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Chamber Choir presents its Holiday Concert December 8
December 8, 2022
Scott Anderson, Director of Choral Activities at ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï, will lead the 18 voice ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Chamber Choir in a program of Holiday music, Thursday Dec. 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the beautiful acoustics of Jensen Hall on the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï campus. The Chamber Choir will be joined by special guests, the Select Choir from the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Children's Chorus, under the direction of Sarah Davids.
Each choir will present arrangements of Christmas carols, seasonal favorites, and new arrangements of choral music appropriate for the Holidays. The ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Children's Chorus Select Choir will perform "Gloria! Angels we Have Heard on High", "Sing a Song of Merry Christmas", "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel", "Ring Silver Bells", and "It's the Holiday." Davids is joined by Julie Taylor, pianist, in leading the advanced singers from the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Children's Chorus.
The ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Chamber Choir will perform "Estampie Natalis" by Vaclav Nelhybel, "Quem vidistis pastores dicite" by Francis Poulenc, the Haitian Creole arrangement of "Noél Ayisyen" by Emile Desemours, and Michael Engelhardt's arrangement of "Gaudete!" featuring student percussionists from the ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï Department of Music. Senior Music Education Major, Brian Ricks, will conduct his original choral composition, "You are not forgotten," and ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï graduate, Gabriel Lowman, will be featured playing Daniel Elder's piece, "Lullaby."
Admission prices for the Thursday, December 8 concert are: $8 - adults, $6 - ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï faculty and staff, $4 - Pre-college students, ÍøÆØ³Ô¹Ï students free of charge with Bengal ID.
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