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| Lori Wiest |
PULLMAN -The WSU School of Music will present a holiday concert at 8 p.m. Thursday Dec. 2 in Bryan Hall Theatre.
The concert will feature traditional holiday and seasonal tunes from around the world performed by the WSU Madrigal/Chamber Singers, University Singers, Concert Choir and Symphony Orchestra.
Tickets will be available at the door and cost $10 for general admission, $5 for students and seniors, and free for children 12 and under. Credit cards will not be accepted. All proceeds go to fundraising for the ensembles for music and recruitment/performance tours.
The Madrigal/Chamber Singers, conducted by Lori Wiest, will perform selections of Alfred Burt’s Carols, 17th century French carol “Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella”, the traditional Ukrainian “Carol of the Bells”, Germany’s “Silent Night” and England’s “We Wish You A Merry Christmas” to usher in the holiday spirit.
Under the direction of Dean Luethi, University Singers will sing a Spanish carol “Riu, Riu, Chiu”, the Polish carol “Infant Holy, Infant Lowly” and an African folk song, “Betelehemu”.
Beginning with more a more classic twist, the Concert Choir, conducted by Wiest, will perform Palestrina’s “Exultate Deo” and Schein’s “Die mit tränen säen” before combining with the Madrigal/Chamber Singers in a double choir performance of Biebl’s “Ave Maria” made famous by the men’s professional ensemble, Chanticleer.
Concert Choir will be joined on stage by graduate student pianist Kana Ishii and oboe faculty member Keri McCarthy for “See, Amid the Winter’s Snow” concluding with the popular “White Christmas.”
Conducting the Symphony Orchestra, Ruth Boden will bring the polka and waltz to life with their performance of Strauss’s “Pizzicato Polka”, “Tritsch-Tratsch Polka”, and the “Emperor Waltz.”
Concluding the concert will be a joint performance by all of the students in these ensembles as we take a “Musicological Journey through the Twelve Days of Christmas” on the popular song set to various musical styles from Gregorian chant through John Phillip Sousa’s march.
For more information, please contact Sandra Albers.