Announcing the 2009-10 Macalester College Choral Concert Season
Macalester Choirs Fall Choral Concert: Timeless Melodies
Saturday, December 5, 2009, at 8:00 p.m.
Janet Wallace Concert Hall
The Macalester Concert Choir, the Singing Scotsmen of Macalester and the Hildegard Singers (Women’s Ensemble) will perform a wide variety of music based upon chants, carols, folk songs, and traditional music. The Macalester Concert Choir will be performing a newly commissioned work by Jan Gilbert based on a medieval Persian text by Hafiz.
An Evening of Jazz
featuring the Macalester Concert Choir and the Mac Jazz Big Band with special guest Geri Allen
Saturday, March 27, 2010, at 8:00 p.m.
Janet Wallace Concert Hall
The Macalester Concert Choir and the Mac Jazz Big Band collaborate in a joint concert with the internationally known and award-winning jazz pianist, composer and arranger, Ms. Geri Allen. Professor Allen will conduct several masterclasses and rehearsals; culminating in a final performance with both the choir and jazz band.
Major Works Concert: Symphony of Psalms by Igor Stravinsky
Saturday, April 24, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Janet Wallace Concert Hall
The Macalester Combined Choirs unite with the Festival Chorale (faculty, staff and community members) to sing Stravinsky's hauntingly-impassioned Symphony of Psalms. In addition, a new composition by Dr. Carleton Macy, Macalester College's long-standing theory and composition professor, will be performed.
All faculty, staff and community members interested in singing in the April 24th performance should contact Dr. Eugene Rogers at (651) 696-6804 or by email at erogers2@macalester.edu.
