Southwest Baptist University News Release
Contact: Sharina Smith, Office of Marketing & Communications
BOLIVAR, Mo. – The Chorale of Southwest Baptist University will present its final concert of the season on Tuesday, April 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Pike Auditorium. The performance is free and open to the public.
Under the direction of professor of music and director of choral studies, Dr. James R. Tarrant, the selectively auditioned choir will present Morten Lauridsen’s choral song cycle, “Les Chansons des Roses” as well as works by other American composers.
In the past decade, the Chorale has performed at the Missouri Music Educators Association state convention, the Missouri Baptist Convention gatherings and numerous churches and high schools across the state. Since 2005, the Chorale has also performed in cathedrals and other historic venues in Austria, the Czech Republic, and Germany including a rare performance in the “Singers Room” in the Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria.
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