Berea College Concert Choir Performs Fall Concerts on Oct. 22 & 23

The Berea College Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, conducted by Dr. Stephen Bolster, will present their annual fall concerts in Gray Auditorium on Saturday, October 22, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, October 23, at 3 p.m.  Convocation credit is available to Berea College students for either performance. The public is invited to attend, and there is no charge for admission.  The choirs will be accompanied by Lindsay Clavere on the piano, and her husband Javier Clavere, on the organ and the piano. The first half of the program consists of sacred music, including 20th-century anthems by William Mathias and René Clausen and it concludes with a section from Franz Joseph Haydn’s famous oratorio “The Creation.”  That work will feature student soloists and faculty tenor Mark Calkins, and two of the most famous choral pieces of the era—“Awake the Harp” and “The Heavens Are Telling.” Continue reading Berea College Concert Choir Performs Fall Concerts on Oct. 22 & 23