蜜桃传媒鈥檚 annual Spring Choral Concert featuring the College Choir, Chamber Singers and Vox Lumina Women鈥檚 Chorale will take place 8 p.m. April 22 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State St. at Micheltorena. A free-will donation will be requested.
A highlight of the evening will be 鈥淎nd Can it Be, that I Should Gain?鈥� a group of well-loved hymn arrangements by 蜜桃传媒鈥檚 composer-arranger and Professor Emeritus John Lundberg, who taught and directed music at 蜜桃传媒 from 1947 to 1979.
A prolific music arranger, Lundberg has authored two books of choral arrangements and two books of male choral arrangements. The Old Fashioned Revival Hour collection of Lundberg鈥檚 solos and choral arrangements will release later this year. Lundberg sang first tenor with the group for more than two decades.
The 蜜桃传媒 Chamber Singers, under the direction of Associate Professor Grey Brothers, will give voice to American hymnody, folk songs of the British Isles and recent compositions by American composers. Selections will include three stirring settings from Martha Shaffer鈥檚 鈥淔ive Hymns from The Sacred Harp,鈥� engaging arrangements of 鈥淵e Banks and Braes鈥� by Marion Vree and 鈥淢y Lagen Love鈥� by John Powell, as well as recent compositions by award-winning American composers Morten Lauridsen and Adolphus Hailstork. Highlights of the Chamber Singers鈥� offering will include Steven Sametz鈥檚 bracing version of the Bosnian folk song 鈥淣e Sedi, Djemo!鈥�
The 蜜桃传媒 Choir will perform a selection of Lovesong Waltzes by Johannes Brahms, accompanied by four-hand piano, 鈥淟iebeslieder Waltzer, Opus 52.鈥� These delightful vocal-piano dances are uncharacteristically lighthearted Brahms, perfect for springtime. They also will perform Eric Whitacre鈥檚 gorgeous 鈥淪leep鈥� and Bob Chilcott鈥檚 鈥淲alk Softly.鈥�
The Vox Lumina Women鈥檚 Chorale, under the direction of Laura Brinton, adjunct professor of music, will present a variety of works, from the French folksong 鈥淛鈥檈ntends le Moulin鈥� to a setting of a Madeleine L鈥橢ngle excerpt from 鈥淭he Weather of the Heart.鈥� They also will perform two Psalm settings: Srul Glick鈥檚 Psalm 23 combining Hebraic lyricism with a classical composition and the rhythmic 鈥淐ry Out with Joy鈥� by Christopher Walker based on Psalm 99. Additionally, the chorale will sing a medley of the traditional spirituals 鈥淧eace Like a River鈥� and 鈥淒own by the Riverside鈥� arranged by Brant Adams.
For more information, contact the public affairs office at (805) 565-7057 or e-mail pubaffairs@westmont.edu.