Fourth annual Goshen College Christmas concert, ‘A Festival of Carols,’ to be held Nov. 30-Dec. 2

Concert: Goshen College fourth annual Christmas concert, “A Festival of Carols”
Date/Time: Friday, Nov. 30, 2007, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 2, 4 p.m.
Location: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College Music Center
Cost: $12 reserved seating, available via the Goshen College Welcome Center, (574) 535-7566

GOSHEN, Ind. – Goshen College will present its fourth annual musical celebration of Christmas, “A Festival of Carols,” on Friday, Nov. 30 and Saturday, Dec. 1, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 2 at 4 p.m. This special celebration of the holiday season will feature performances by Goshen College Music Department ensembles, faculty members and students, all in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall festively decorated with garlands, lights and trees.

Now in its fourth year, “A Festival of Carols” will feature performances by the Goshen College Chorale, Chamber Choir, Men’s Chorus, Women’s World Music Choir, Orchestra and Brass Ensemble. Shout For Joy!, a Community School of the Arts children’s choir, will also perform, as will several Goshen College Music Department faculty members. The program will feature arrangements of several traditional Christmas carols, as well as Scripture readings and works by Handel, Vaughan Williams, Halsey Stevens, Mack Willberg and James Clemens. The audience will be asked to join the choirs to sing several carols during the performance.

The Goshen College Flute Choir, directed by Rebecca Hovan, will provide pre-concert music in the Sauder Concert Hall lobby. The concert is also being filmed for broadcast on public television.

All performances are warmly open to the public. Patrons are strongly encouraged to purchase their tickets early. Tickets for the concerts are $12. They are available at the Goshen College Welcome Center by calling (574) 535-7566. 

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.