Musical ensemble members and directors standing in front of audience at the Christmas concert, 2016.
Berea College’s Music Department and The Willis D. Weatherford, Jr. Campus Christian Center (CCC) will present “A Celebration of Christmas,” the annual Christmas concert, on Friday, December 2, and Saturday, December 3 at Union Church. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. on both nights. Continue reading Berea College Hosts the Annual Celebration of Christmas →
The annual Berea College Christmas Concert, co-sponsored by the College’s music department and the Willis D. Weatherford Jr. Campus Christian Center, will be held on two successive nights—Friday, Dec. 6 and Saturday, Dec. 7. Both performances will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Union Church.
Noted musician and songwriter Billy Edd Wheeler, a Berea College alumnus, “is bringin’ it home” at this year’s Celebration of Traditional Music (CTM) with tales of ‘Memories Through Songs’ featuring traditional Appalachian folk music.
The festival’s opening event on Thursday, Oct. 10, will be the Stephenson Memorial Convocation Concert, headlined by Wheeler along with performances by Doug Orr of Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada and Whitewater Bluegrass Company from Ashville, North Carolina. The Convocation begins at 8 p.m., in Phelps Stokes Chapel on the Berea College campus.
Continue reading 46th Celebration of Traditional Music at Berea College: October 10-14, 2019 →
The Chieftains, an internationally renowned traditional Irish band and the Berea College Folk-Roots Ensemble joined forces in a concert Wednesday, March 9, at the Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) Performing Arts Center in Richmond, Kentucky. Continue reading Berea College Folk-Roots Ensemble Perform In Concert with the Chieftains →
The Chieftains, an internationally renowned traditional Irish band and the Berea College Folk-Roots Ensemble will join forces in a concert Wednesday, March 9, at the Eastern Kentucky University Performing Arts Center in Richmond, KY. Continue reading Berea College Folk-Roots Ensemble to Perform with the Chieftains →
The Berea College Music Department will present a day-long Festival of Spirituals and works by African American composers on Saturday, February 27, 2016. The activities will include presentations and demonstration during the morning, choral workshops in the afternoon and culminate with an evening concert. Continue reading Festival of Spirituals Hosted At Berea College →