The Hope College Vocal Ensemble SPERA will perform with Las Almas and the 8th Grade Treble Singers from Macatawa Bay Middle School on Saturday, March 23, at 3 p.m. in the Concert Hall at the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts.
The public is invited. Admission is free.
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Each choir will perform music of its own, perform with one another and sing together as one choir. Members of SPERA and Las Almas have visited the classroom of the 8th Grade Treble Singers to engage with them as they learn the music they will perform together.
The program features a variety of genres from different countries, different composers spanning centuries and even different languages, as SPERA opens the concert with a song in Persian, 亚洲色吧淲e Have Come.亚洲色吧� SPERA亚洲色吧檚 other works include a Syrian protest song and the ensemble亚洲色吧檚 version of Lennon and McCartney亚洲色吧檚 亚洲色吧淗ey Jude.亚洲色吧�
The 8th Grade Treble Singers will include the traditional work 亚洲色吧淲ill the Circle be Unbroken?亚洲色吧� and 亚洲色吧淭wo African Songs亚洲色吧� by Mangwani Pulele in their section.
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In addition to performing together in different configurations, all three choirs will combine for two works, including closing the program with the African American spiritual, 亚洲色吧淭his Little Light of Mine.亚洲色吧�
Las Almas consists of West Ottawa High School alumnae who meet once a week to pursue their joy of singing together. The ensemble was formed in 2019 and is directed by Pierson. Pierson is an adjunct faculty member at Hope and an active adjudicator and clinician. She conducted the High School SSAA State Honors Choir in 2012, and was the MSVMA Teacher of the Year in 2015. Her choirs have performed numerous times at the Michigan Music Conference and American Choral Directors Association conferences.
The 8th Grade Treble Singers from Macatawa Bay Middle School are directed by Carrie Ledet. They are active performers who routinely receive First Division ratings at the Choral Festival and have appeared at the Michigan Music Conference. Ledet has taught choir, band, orchestra and theater for West Ottawa Public Schools for more than two decades. She currently serves as a department chair for music at West Ottawa and also teaches adaptive music for grades 6-8.
SPERA is an auditioned 32-member ensemble for treble voice created in 2020. SPERA actively engages with the greater choral community and Hope College.
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The Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts is located at 221 Columbia Ave., between Ninth and 10th streets.