Goshen College Chamber Choir to perform concerts of sacred and secular music on five-state spring break tour

GOSHEN, Ind. – The 24-voice Goshen College Chamber Choir will be performing at Mennonite churches and schools in five states during its 2006 spring break tour.

Led by Professor of Music Debra Brubaker, the Chamber Choir will present a worship experience in song, featuring choral repertoire from many time periods and geographical locations. Standard choral literature will be interspersed with hymn arrangements and international songs, including an Irish piece and a spiritual by African-American composer Moses Hogan. Students will direct two of the pieces. And an extended work by Mozart will celebrate the composer’s 250^th birth anniversary.

“It is always a thrill to take a group of singers on tour and watch the musical development that occurs in one short week,” said Brubaker. “An extra thrill is to see the interactions that take place between the students and our audiences, and to know that connections between current, past and future Goshen College students continue to be strengthened.”

The Chamber Choir will travel through Indiana into North Carolina, Georgia and Florida, returning through Ohio for performances during its Feb. 25 to March 5 Spring Break tour.

The choir’s tour schedule includes the following public programs:

Saturday, Feb. 25

7 p.m., Shalom Mennonite Church, Indianapolis, Ind.

 

Sunday, Feb. 26

9:30 a.m., First Mennonite Church, Indianapolis, Ind.

7 p.m., Paoli Mennonite Fellowship, Paoli, Ind.

Monday, Feb. 27

7 p.m., East Atlanta Christian Fellowship, Atlanta, Ga.

Tuesday, Feb. 28

7 p.m., Bahia Vista Mennonite, Sarasota, Fla. (reception following)

Wednesday, March 1

7 p.m., Cape Christian Fellowship, Cape Coral, Fla.

Friday, March 3

7 p.m., Raleigh Mennonite Church, Raleigh, N.C.

Sunday, March 5

9:30 a.m., Columbus Mennonite Church, Columbus, Ohio

7:30 p.m., Goshen College Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall

The Chamber Choir includes the following members: Ashe Abebe (Jr., Fresno, Calif.), Miriam Augsburger (Sr., Apple Creek, Ohio), Jeff Bauman (Jr., Goshen), Kristine Bowman (Jr., Millersburg, Ind.), Sarah Buskirk (Sr., Grove City, Okla.), Daniel Clouse (Jr., Goshen), Cheryl Eunike (Sr., West Jakarta, Indonesia), Rebecca Fath (Jr., Goshen), Joanne Gallardo (Sr., Wauseon, Ohio), Brooks Gingerich (Jr., Aurora, Ore.), Luke Gingerich (Jr., Aurora, Ore.), David Glick (Jr., Goshen), Cassie Greer (Sr., South Bend, Ind.), Kirsten Hartwig (Sr., Arusha, Tanzania), Justin Heinz (Jr., Goshen), Aubrey Helmuth (Sr., Harrisonburg, Va.), Marcos Kuhns (Sr., Colorado Springs, Colo.), Adrienne Nesbitt (Jr., Goshen), Bethany Neumann (Sr., Metamora, Ill.), Emily Stuckey (Sr., West Unity, Ohio), William Velez (Sr., Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic), Andrea Wiens (Sr., Hesston, Kan.), Kristin Yoder (Sr., Phoenix, Ariz.) and Kyle Yoder (Sr., Perkasie, Pa.).

Goshen College’s Music Department features four choral ensembles, an orchestra, jazz band, an opera scenes program and a growing chamber music program.

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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Goshen College, established in 1894, is a four-year residential Christian liberal arts college rooted in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. The college’s Christ-centered core values – passionate learning, global citizenship, compassionate peacemaking and servant-leadership – prepare students as leaders for the church and world. Recognized for its unique Study-Service Term program, Goshen has earned citations of excellence in Barron’s Best Buys in Education, “Colleges of Distinction,” “Making a Difference College Guide” and U.S.News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” edition, which named Goshen a “least debt college.” Visit www.goshen.edu.