Oct. 25, 2005 -- The Department of Music at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro will present the University Singers Men’s Choir and Women’s Choir in a fall concert under the direction of Dr. Dale Miller, director of choral activities, and Carolyn Smith, graduate conducting assistant. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 7, in Riceland Hall of Fowler Center.

The University Singers Women’s Choir will begin the program with selections by Hans Leo Hassler, Wolfgang Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn, Rene Clausen, Valerie Shields, Deems Taylor, Mark Brymer, Rollo Dilworth and Mark Hayes. The University Singers Men’s Choir will continue the concert with selections by Jacques Arcadelt, Franz Schubert, Carl Czerny, Philip Duey, Andre Thomas, and two arrangements of barbershop tunes. The combined groups will sing a double chorus setting of “Psalm 43” by Felix Mendelssohn. The Women’s Choir will be accompanied by Priscilla Noyes, senior piano major from Dexter, Mo. The Men’s Choir is accompanied by Ellen Philpot, adjunct music department instructor. 

Personnel for the University Singers Women’s Choir members include Kristi Freeman of Poplar Bluff, Mo., Karen Graham of Mayflower, Angela Jackson of Naylor, Mo., Jennifer Meek of Batesville, Pat Register of Florence, Ala., Elizabeth Renshaw of Jonesboro, Kasey Rollins of Monette, Elizabeth Schug of Paragould, and Jamie Thompson of Rison, first sopranos; Mollie Black of Benton, Heather Chance of Harrisburg, Priscilla Noyes of Dexter, Mo., Renee Porter of Kingwood, Texas, Crystal Stormes of Goobertown, Kristen Walker of North Little Rock, Casey Wilburn of Lexa, Katie Willeford of El Dorado, Amy Isbell and Lindsey Lee, both of Jonesboro, second sopranos; Stephanie Allensworth of Harrisburg, April Brannum of Cardwell, Mo., Meagan Duncan of Searcy, Lisa Gray of Brookland, Carly Gorman of Little Rock, Tiffanie Holland of Bryant, Brittany Howard of Paragould, Mary Hannah Johnson and Cindy Sterling, both of Jonesboro, first altos; Erica Carter of Marion, Christy Fudge of Newark, Shaquenta Millen of Wynne, Carol Ann Segraves of Jonesboro, and Carolyn Smith of Huntsville, Ala., second altos.

Personnel for the Men’s Choir are Maurice Butler of Wynne, Josh Dennis of Springfield, Mo., Derrick Moore of Forrest City, Galen Perkins of Bartlett, Tenn., Rusty Shields of Osceola, Willie Sullivan of Jonesboro, Drew Dowdy and Blake Howerton, both of Paragould, first tenors; Clinton Costello of Cabot, Ryan Jackson of Pine Bluff, Ben Light of West Ridge, Christopher Mitchell of Trumann, and Justin Register of Huntsville, Ala., Tim Long, Craig McAlister, Matt Vardell, and Charles Winfield, all of Jonesboro, second tenors; John Easley of Bald Knob, Greg Eberhard of Harrisburg, Patrick Manes of Bryant, Skyler Mays of Hardy, Willie Perry of Memphis, Tenn., Nick Robbins of Manila, Jon Stevenson of Little Rock, Keith Westbrook of Benton, Andrew Kjorlaug and Jonathan Schug, both of Paragould, baritones; Michael Crutchfield and Perry Harper, both of Paragould, Michael Davis and Jason Mendell, both of Jonesboro, Edmond Hampton of Fort Smith, Thomas Head of Little Rock, Lance Lewallen of Whitehall, Eric Rivera of Hoxie, and Josh Wilcoxson of Kennett, Mo., bass.

A Silent Auction will be held in the Grand Hall of Fowler Center immediately preceding the concert. Beginning at 6:30 p.m. patrons may register and bid for items displayed. Proceeds of the auction will benefit the ASU Concert Choir’s spring concert tour to Eastern Europe. 

The choir members have held several fundraising events to help defray the costs of the March 2006 trip which will include acappella concerts in Warsaw and Krakow, Poland, and Prague in the Czech Republic. The highlight of the musical performances will be a presentation of Mozart’s “Requiem” with the orchestra of the Krakow Academy of Music, Forum Sinfonia. Forum Sinfonia, Piotr Sulkowski, music director, has performed several times in Jonesboro and has served as the resident orchestra for the Wildwood Opera festival in Little Rock on numerous occasions. 

The concert is free and open to the public. For more details, please call (870) 972-3841.