Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania — Mansfield’s Fall Choral Collage to be presented at Steadman Theatre on Sunday
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MANSFIELD -- The annual Fall Choral Collage will be presented at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Steadman Theatre on the Mansfield campus of Commonwealth University, according to a recent press release from the college.
The event is free and open to the public.
The Choral Collage presents each of the campus choral ensembles: Grace Notes (sopranos and altos), Steadman Singers (tenors and basses), Chamber Singers, Festival Chorus and Concert Choir in their first major appearances of the season.
Peggy Dettwiler, director of choral activities, will lead the program, which will feature a wide variety of choral repertoire with works from the Renaissance to the 21st century, the press release said.
Eddie Severn, Mansfield's new jazz and trumpet professor, will lead the Mansfieldians in two vocal jazz selections. Student conductors include seniors Jessica Strouse and Patrick Murphy.
The Festival Chorus will perform the well-known "Down by the Riverside" by John Rutter joined by the Hamilton-Gibson Youth Choir. The Youth Choir also will sing one of their own selections under the direction of Thomas Putnam, according to the press release.
The Concert Choir will premiere "Music Remembered," a composition by Peter de Mets written to honor the memory of Keith Cooper, a long-time supporter of the choral program.
Finally, the choir will close the concert with the song made famous by Josh Groban, with whom they appeared in concert over the summer, "You Raise Me Up," the press release said.