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BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY CHORAL GROUPS JOIN FORCES FOR CONCERT AT UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN CHURCH ON APRIL 26
The final concert of the academic year for the Boise State University
choral groups will be at 7:30 p.m. April 26 at University Christian
Church, 1801 University Drive. Admission is $5 general, $3 seniors, free
to students of all ages and Boise State faculty and staff. Seating is on
a first-come, first-served basis.
This concert will showcase many of the department’s choral groups,
including the Meistersingers, University Singers and Vox Angelis. The
concert’s featured piece will be “Gloria” by John Rutter for choir, brass and percussion. Brass is under the direction of professors Marcellus Brown and David Mathie, and percussion is under the direction
of John Baldwin. The department chair, Mark Hansen, will be the organist for this piece.
Other featured composers include Carl Orff, Knut Knystedt, David
Bierei, Veljo Tormis, Maurice Durufle and Zoltan Kodaly. The choral
groups also will perform Carl Sandburg poetry set to the music of Miklos Kocsar, as well as Federico Garcia Lorca’s poetry set to the music of the Finnish composer Rautavaara. Vox Angelis will sing “This Little Light of Mine,” arranged by Ysaye Barnwell of Sweet Honey in the Rock.
The program will be directed by professor Bruce Browne. The
Meistersingers are under the direction of professor Christopher Raynes.
For more information, call Browne at 887-7684.
Age Group: All Ages Venue: Boise State University Address: University Christian
Church, 1801 University Drive Phone: 887-7684
Boise State University
