The ΒιΆΉΙη Music Department will host the ΒιΆΉΙη Choral Festival on March 30 from 9 a.m. β 6 p.m. at the Connie Niemann Center for Music at ΒιΆΉΙηβs North Campus, 17th & Seminary Road. Area high school and junior high choirs will join the ΒιΆΉΙη Choirs for a day of rehearsal and performance.
The Choral Festival will end with a concert at 5 p.m. in the Connie Niemann Center for Music. This concert will feature select ΒιΆΉΙη vocal and instrumental ensembles, area high school choirs, and the feature ensemble of the evening, the ΒιΆΉΙη Choral Festival Chorus.
The festival repertoire includes βBenedictusβ by Gabriel Faure, βCupidβ by Roger Quilter, an African American spiritual arrangement, βGo Down Moses,β and a 21st Century minimalist piece Tsilaminim by Romero Real.
Throughout the day, participating students will rehearse and refine the many technical and expressive aspects of these pieces with ΒιΆΉΙη’s vocal musicians singing alongside student singers providing vocal and musical mentorship.
The Choral Festival will include a luncheon faculty recital featuring Dr. Jonathan Stewart from 12 β 1 p.m. in the North Campus Connie Niemann Center of Music, south side. Visitors are encouraged to come and bring their own lunch. Stewart will perform pieces from various historic periods in an informative, enjoyable solo vocal performance.
ΒιΆΉΙη Choral Festival is directed and organized by Jonathan Stewart, DMA, Director of Choral Activities and Associate Professor of Music.
For more information, contact Dr. Jonathan Stewart at 217-228-5090 or j.stewart15@quincy.edu.
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