Spring choral concert features Chamber Choir and Collegiate Chorus

The College of St. Scholastica Chamber Choir and St. Scholastica Collegiate Chorus will present their spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 26, in the Mitchell Auditorium on campus.

The concert of sacred and secular choral music is free and the public is welcome.

St. Scholastica's Chamber Choir is directed by William Bastian, the region's most popular tenor and a member of the St. Scholastica music faculty. The Collegiate Chorus is directed by Jerry Kaldor, the founder of the Lake Superior Youth Chorus.

The Chamber Choir's portion of the program will include motets and chants of the Medieval and Renaissance periods and an original piece by Bastian entitled "When David Heard."

The Collegiate Chorus, including the Mixed Choir and the Men and Women's Choirs, will perform songs of protest and praise from South Africa, African American spirituals, and arrangements of American folk songs plus a few traditional pieces.

For more information contact Bastian at (218) 723-6079 or wbastian@css.edu.