The Music Department atMaryBaldwinCollegeis pleased to announce itsFall Choir Concert: “Every Voice in Concert Ring,” 7:30 p.m. November 17 in First Presbyterian Church. The event is free and open to the public and features the Ģý Choir, together with a cappellaensembles Bella Voce and Baldwin Charm.
The concert showcases a diverse selection of music, including part of Leonard Bernstein’sMass,Paul Chesnokov’sSalvation, and the beautifulWhat Sweeter Music?of Eleanor Daley. “Our concert celebrates this year’s college-wide theme of ‘Roots,’” explains Linell Gray Moss, director of the college choir. “Through the rich tradition of the African-American spiritual, along with the music of American composers Leonard Bernstein, Eleanor Daley, and Ellen Keating, we explore our American roots. And as we sing music fromSouth AfricaandZimbabwe, and European Gregorian chants, we may explore our ancestral roots.” The choir’s final work,the rousingHope for Resolution byCaldwelland Ivory,combines Medieval Latin chant with a Zulu folk song.
Moss holds degrees from theUniversityofCincinnati College-Conservatoryof Music, theUniversityofIowa, andMacalesterCollege. She is active inthe American Choral Director’s Association andtheNational Association of Teachers of Singing, and she has taught for colleges and universities inWisconsin,Minnesota,Nebraska,South Dakota,Iowa, andNew York.
Bella Voce,also directed by Moss, will also feature a variety of styles and languages, including two Hebrew works and a Ndebele folk song. Baldwin Charm, the college’s pop a cappella group, will perform the current hit “All about that Bass,” along with an arrangement combining “Silent Night” and “O Holy Night.” Baldwin Charm is directed by Kathleen Bell, who holds degrees fromMiamiUniversityandFloridaInternationalUniversityand also teaches at the Shenandoah Conservatory.
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