Lavender Jazz, All-Campus Band with Prairie View 5th graders
Prairie View Elementary fifth graders joined with GC's Lavender Jazz and All-Campus Band on Friday, Nov. 18, 2016.
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Requiem For Peace Concert
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…
Chamber Choir with St. Joseph Valley Camerata
The GC Chamber Choir performed with the St. Joseph Valley Camerata on Oct. 14, 2016.
Homecoming Music Gala
On Saturday, Oct. 8, the GC choirs and Symphony Orchestra performed to a Homecoming crowd in Sauder Concert Hall
Music Department Kick-a-dilly
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.
EARTHTONES
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.
Goshen College Symphony Orchestra Spring Concert
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.
Bobby McFerrin meets Goshen College
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.
2016 Winter Choral Concert
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.
56th Annual Concerto-Aria
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.