The 91自拍论坛 Chapel Choir, College Chorus and SPERA vocal ensembles will perform both separately and together during their final concert of the school year, presenting a program with the theme 鈥淪ongs for Peace鈥� on Saturday, April 20, at 3 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
Peter Kadeli is director of Chapel Choir and College Chorus, and Pamela Pierson is director of SPERA. The ensembles are accompanied by pianists Jane Bosko, Allison Shinnick Keep and Christina Krause.
Also performing with the choirs is faculty member Jennie Reyes as vocal soloist in Felix Mendelssohn鈥檚 鈥淗ear My Prayer,鈥� one of Mendelssohn鈥檚 most popular and widely known choral works; premiered in 1845.
The Chapel Choir will open with the Spiritual 鈥淓v鈥榬y Time I Feel The Spirit.鈥� The choir will also sing 鈥淧eace of Wild Things,鈥� with text by poet Wendell Berry that explores humanity鈥檚 relationship with the earth, and 鈥淣otre Pere,鈥� by Maurice Durufle, a sacred motet setting the Lord's Prayer in French.
SPERA鈥檚 works include a Syrian protest song against war, 鈥淟ao Rahal Soti,鈥� sung in Arabic and the traditional spiritual, 鈥淭his Little Light of Mine.鈥�
The Chapel Choir and SPERA will perform 鈥淪amachti B鈥檕mrim Li,鈥� a setting in Hebrew of verses from Psalm 122, and 鈥淥 Love,鈥� by Elaine Hagenberg.
鈥淎 Song of Peace鈥� / 鈥滷inlandia鈥� by Sibelius will feature soloists from the College Chorus, and the three choirs singing together will finish with the spiritual 鈥淢usic Down in My Soul.鈥�
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The Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts is located at 221 Columbia Ave., between Ninth and 10th streets.