Baylor University Ensembles Will Perform Jointly at 2017 President’s Concert

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WACO, Texas (April 18, 2017) – The Baylor University School of Music will perform “A Choral Collage” for the 2017 President’s Concert on Thursday, April 20.
Five of Baylor’s major choral ensembles will take the stage to perform: A Cappella Choir, Bella Voce, Concert Choir, Women’s Choir and Men’s Choir. Also performing, in a pre-concert reception, will be Baylor’s VirtuOSO.
Opening the President’s Concert will be Isabelle Demers, assistant professor of organ, with the Ralph Vaughan Williams arrangement of “Rhosymedre.” Jerry McCoy, visiting professor of music at Baylor and artistic director/conductor of the Fort Worth Chorale and Chamber Choir, will lead the choirs in another Vaughan Williams piece, “O Clap Your Hands.”
The concert will be at 7:30 p.m. in Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts in Richardson, 2351 Performance Drive, Richardson, Texas. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased from the Eisemann Center in person or by telephone, (972) 744-4650, Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., or online. Tickets will also be available at the door starting one hour prior to the concert.
For more information on the concert and the songs to be performed, visit the School of Music website.
by Kelsey Dehnel, student newswriter, (254) 710-6805
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