MUW Chamber Singers Fall Concert

Date of Concert: Tuesday, November 1st at 7:30 p.m.

This event will be held in Connie Sills Kossen Auditorium (inside Poindexter Hall) and is free and open to the public.

The MUW Chamber Singers, conducted by Dr. William Reber, present a program that looks at various aspects of our American history and experience. The first part of the program begins with two traditional American songs, a 19^th century revivalist hymn adapted by Aaron Copland and a folk song adapted by Jeff Funk.  The first part concludes with excerpts from the musical “Les Mis.”  While the composer of “Les Mis” is not American (French, actually), the Broadway musical is an American art form, one which we have given to the world.

Part Two is comprised of three solo songs by American composer Ricky Ian Gordon, representing different aspects of life from the late 80s to the early part of this century. Susan Hurley, MUW Assoc. Professor of Voice will be the soloist, accompanied by Dr. Reber

Part Three contains three songs: Moses Hogan’s setting of the spiritual “Steal Away,” Margaret Bonds’ choral setting of Langston Hughes poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers,” and William Grant Still’s “Plain-Chant for America.”