NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The Choral Union and Women's Choir of Stephen F. Austin State University will present a joint concert, "Impressions," at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, in Cole Concert Hall on the 91直播 campus.
Both choirs will be performing secular and sacred songs that explore the themes of living, loss, and love as experienced through the senses, said Dr. David Howard, 91直播 associate director of choirs and the ensembles' director.
The Choral Union will open the concert with two Italian madrigals by Salamone Rossi. Tenor Joseph Dennis, McKinney senior, will then join the choir in singing Leos Jan谩cek's "Elegie na smrt dcery olgy (Elegy on the death of my daughter, Olga)" and Claude Debussy's "Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orl茅ans," a setting of three poems by the poet-prince Charles d'Orl茅ans.
The Women's Choir will perform Baldassare Galuppi's "Dixit Dominus (Psalm 110), followed by two song cycles of poems. Ren茅 Bernier's "Sortl猫ges ing茅s (Ingenuous Spells)" is a grouping of seven songs set to poems by Maurice Car锚me, and Gwyneth Walker's "Songs for Women's Voices" are set to poems by Anna "May" Swenson.
The Choral Union is an auditioned 70-voice mixed choir composed of music and non-music majors. Dr. Geneva Fung serves as the group's accompanist. Portugal graduate student Bruno Ribeiro accompanies the 25-voice Women's Choir.
Cole Concert Hall is located in the Wright Music Building, 2210 Alumni Drive.
Tickets are $5 for adults, $4 for seniors and $2 for students. For tickets or more information, please go to or call (936) 468-6407 or (888) 240-ARTS.
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