On Nov. 5, 2016, Goshen College choirs and orchestra performed an hour-long piece, sung in a dozen different languages, written by Mennonite composer Larry Nickel titled “Requiem for Peace.” Learn more about Requiem for Peace Photos by Kate McKinnell ’17…
The GC Chamber Choir performed with the St. Joseph Valley Camerata on Oct. 14, 2016.
On Saturday, Oct. 8, the GC choirs and Symphony Orchestra performed to a Homecoming crowd in Sauder Concert Hall
Team Instruments vs. Team Voice matched up for the 4th annual Music Department Kick-A-Dilly Match on Wednesday, August 31 at the Mary K. Oyer Kickball Field just south of the Music Center.
The Goshen Choirs explored the large palette of sounds available to the human voices from around the world during the annual EARTHTONES choral concert on Saturday, April 16.
The Goshen College Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of José Rocha, presented their spring concert in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall on Sunday, April 10. The GCSO’s program included performances of the “Tragic Overture, Op. 81” by Johannes Brahms, and select movements from Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. The GCSO also performed two works by 20th century Mexican composer Arturo Marquéz.
Ten-time Grammy Award-winner Bobby McFerrin performed with the Goshen College Chamber Choir, Associate Professor of Music Jose Rocha, and adjunct music professors Chris French and Ben Runkel for a Valentine’s Day Performing Arts Series concert on Sunday, Feb. 14.
The Goshen College Choirs presented their first concert of the 2016 school year with their annual Winter Choral Concert on Saturday, Feb. 13. Performing were the Goshen College Chamber Choir, a mixed gender ensemble of 24 singers, directed by Scott Hochstetler. Also performing are the 43-member Men’s Chorus, also directed by Hochstetler, and the 53-member Women’s World Music Choir, directed by Debra Detwiler Brubaker.
Seven student winners of the 2016 Goshen College Concerto-Aria Competition performed arias and individual concerto movements with the Goshen College Symphony Orchestra in the 56th annual Concerto-Aria Concert on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.
Goshen College presented the 12th annual musical celebration of Christmas, “A Festival of Carols,” Dec. 4 - 6, 2015. This special celebration of the holiday season featured four choirs and an orchestra, along with audience participation on traditional carols, all in a concert hall festively decorated with garlands, lights and trees.
