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The
University and Women’s Glee choirs will perform in their first combined
concert of the semester Saturday, Nov. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Barrus
Concert Hall of the Snow Center for the Performing Arts.
Tickets
are $1 for BYU-Idaho students and $2 for the general public and are
available at the BYU-Idaho Ticket Office. Call 496-2230 for more
information.
The
180-member University Choir, conducted by Randall Kempton of the music
department faculty, will perform selections from Handel’s “Messiah” and
some folk pieces from Brazil, Ireland and the United States. Two students,
Kim Darrington and Laura Turley, will assist with the conducting.
The
39-member Women’s Glee Choir, conducted by Marybeth Jones of the music
department faculty, will perform a variety of pieces, including some pop
music, hymns and other spiritual music, and seasonal pieces such as “A
Joyful Madrigal,” in which the choir creates bell-like sounds, and “Lo, How
a Rose E’er Blooming,” a traditional Christmas carol whose melody dates to
1599. The choir will perform
both with accompaniment and a cappella.
“I
consider it an opportunity to give girls an education not in just singing,
but in singing various styles so that they become acquainted with more than
one area,” Jones said. “If we did all one style, it would be one-sided. I
like to have some sacred music and some fun stuff to make it lighter.”
Additionally,
the two choirs will perform Dec.12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Barrus Concert Hall
in a combined concert and Dec. 15 in a community “Sing-in” of Handel’s
“Messiah.” The latter performance will be in conjunction with the orchestra
and will provide an opportunity for more audience participation than in
past years, Jones said.
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