Shout for Joy Children's Choir will help premiere song for peace by local composer

GOSHEN, Ind. – The Shout for Joy Children's Choir will be featured in the premiere of a new musical work by local composer Dr. Jorge Muñiz. "Requiem for the Innocent" is a newly-commissioned musical work that is written for full orchestra and more than 200 voices, with texts in English, Spanish, Latin, Hebrew and Arabic. It was composed "as a multi-faith prayer for society and for all victims of terrorist acts in recent years."

The debut performance will be held on Saturday, Oct. 2 at 8 p.m. at the Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend, Ind.

Shout for Joy, a Goshen College Community School of the Arts choir of area students in grades 6-8 directed by Sandy Hill, will be the featured children's choir participating in the new composition's debut, along with the South Bend Symphony Orchestra, South Bend Chamber Singers, Indiana University South Bend Chorale and the University of Notre Dame Glee Club. Baritone Ivan Griffin is the featured soloist.

Muñiz is a noted Spanish-American composer, and assistant professor of composition and theory at the Indiana University South Bend's Ernestine M. Raclin School of the Arts, where he also serves as coordinator of music and director of graduate studies. Muñiz is also adjunct composition instructor at Goshen College. He earned his doctorate in composition at the Manhattan School of Music under principal teacher Richard Danielpour.

For tickets to the concert, call (574) 235-9190, or visit www.morriscenter.orgor www.southbendsymphony.org.

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 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.