NWC News Desk

Oct. 13 Choral Sampler features "greatest hits"

Posted October 5, 2009
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POWELL, Wyo. - When the Northwest College Choir and Studio Singers present their annual Choral Sampler Tuesday, Oct. 13, the Studio Singers will salute retiring faculty Mike Masterson with a "greatest hits" program. The evening gets underway at 7:30 p.m. in the Hinckley Library Amphitheater. Admission is free.   

    

WHO: Studio Singers, directed by Mike Masterson

 REPERTOIRE:

  • Miles Davis classic, "So What" performed by the group three years ago
  • A ballad, "You Go to My Head" performed by Beach Front Property, a professional jazz choir, at the NWC Jazz Festival over 15 years ago
  • Conclude with a "great" arrangement of the pop/rock/jazz classic "Moondance" by Van Morrison.

QUOTE FROM DIRECTOR:

"The students are really getting into these songs and enjoying the challenge."

 

WHO: College Choir, directed by Jan Kliewer

REPERTOIRE:

  • "For Unto Us a Child is Born," one of the choruses from the Messiah
  • In recognition of three Korean singers in the group, we'll perform "Arirang," a Korean folk song
  • Other lesser-known works