Misericordia University Community Choir to Present Christmas Concert Celebrate the season of Christmas with the Misericordia University Community Choir on Thursday, December 7th at 7:00 PM in the University Chapel. The Center for Adult & Continuing Education invites you to come together with family and friends to experience the magic of the holiday season through the gift of music. It promises to be a night of harmony, goodwill, and festive delight. The concert is FREE and open to the public. Date: Thursday, December 7, 2003 Time: 7:00 PM Location: University Chapel, First Floor, Mercy Hall Please contact Paul Nardone at pnardone@misericordia.edu or by phone 570-674-8130 with any questions or for additional information.
Marywood University’s Concert Choir and Orchestra to Join Forces for Major Fall Performance Pictured in the collage from the top, left to right, are: Rick Hoffenberg, DMA, Director of Choral Activities; Evan Harger, ABD, Director of Orchestral Activities; the Marywood Concert Choir and Orchestra. For the first time in five years, the Marywood University Concert Choir and Orchestra, along with four vocal soloists, are joining forces to present a major fall performance on Sunday, November 21, 2021, at 4 p.m., in the Sette LaVerghetta Center for Performing Arts. The concert is free, open to the public, and in person. Masking protocols must be followed inside all Marywood University facilities. The two ensembles will present a monumental piece of music by Michael Tippett, A Child of Our Time. The concert also will feature Three Spirituals for Orchestra by Adolphus Hailstork. According to the directors, this is the largest-scale concert that Marywood’s Department of Music, Theatre, and Dance has presented to the public since 2016. The Concert Choir is directed by Rick Hoffenberg, DMA. The Orchestra is directed by Evan Harger. Concert soloists include: Jennifer Cowgill, soprano; Ellen Rutkowski, mezzo-soprano; Wes Poole, tenor; and M. Moses Andradé, bass. Tippett’s A Child of Our Time was composed during World War II in response to the horrors of Kristallnacht, and the piece wrestles with issues such as racial tensions and persecution that are as relevant now as they were 80 years ago. The composer, an ardent pacifist, used African-American spirituals to represent the voices of the oppressed, in this case the Jews who were murdered by the Nazis. For additional information about the Concert Choir and Orchestra Concert and other performances at Marywood University, please visit marywood.edu/mtd/events or call (570) 348-6268.
