University/Community Choir to begin auditions, hold fall rehearsals

August 17, 2009 -- Rehearsals for the 2009-10 season of the Arkansas State University/Community Choir will begin at 6 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 31, in the ASU Choir Room, located in the Fine Arts Center, 114 South Caraway, Jonesboro. This year’s group will be led by Dr. Dale Miller, ASU director of choral activities, in a program of music by Italian masters of the 16^th century and American choral artists of the 21^st century. Dr. Miller has selected music by this group of composers to complement the repertoire the choir will be singing in the first Italian choir tour. The tour will include a group of current and former singers from ASU. The University/Community Choir will perform in Jonesboro in Fowler Center’s Riceland Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 4.

Membership in the University/Community Choir is open by audition to singers age 16 and up. University/Community Choir members are eligible to participate in the March 18-26, 2010 trip, which will be highlighted by a performance in the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Basilica.

Auditions will be held by appointment beginning immediately. Contact Dr. Miller (rdmiller@astate.edu) at (870) 972-3841 for an audition appointment or for further information about the concert tour to Italy.
 

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