The Hope College 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 亚洲色吧淪ongs for Peace亚洲色吧� 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亚洲色吧檚 亚洲色吧淗ear My Prayer,亚洲色吧� one of Mendelssohn亚洲色吧檚 most popular and widely known choral works; premiered in 1845.
The Chapel Choir will open with the Spiritual 亚洲色吧淓v亚洲色吧榬y Time I Feel The Spirit.亚洲色吧� The choir will also sing 亚洲色吧淧eace of Wild Things,亚洲色吧� with text by poet Wendell Berry that explores humanity亚洲色吧檚 relationship with the earth, and 亚洲色吧淣otre Pere,亚洲色吧� by Maurice Durufle, a sacred motet setting the Lord's Prayer in French.
SPERA亚洲色吧檚 works include a Syrian protest song against war, 亚洲色吧淟ao Rahal Soti,亚洲色吧� sung in Arabic and the traditional spiritual, 亚洲色吧淭his Little Light of Mine.亚洲色吧�
The Chapel Choir and SPERA will perform 亚洲色吧淪amachti B亚洲色吧檕mrim Li,亚洲色吧� a setting in Hebrew of verses from Psalm 122, and 亚洲色吧淥 Love,亚洲色吧� by Elaine Hagenberg.
亚洲色吧淎 Song of Peace亚洲色吧� / 亚洲色吧滷inlandia亚洲色吧� by Sibelius will feature soloists from the College Chorus, and the three choirs singing together will finish with the spiritual 亚洲色吧淢usic Down in My Soul.亚洲色吧�
To inquire about accessibility or if you need accommodations to fully participate in the event, please email accommodations@hope.edu. Updates related to events are posted when available at hope.edu/calendar in the individual listings.
The Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts is located at 221 Columbia Ave., between Ninth and 10th streets.