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11.18.11
Hallelujah! Hastings College continues tradition, presenting Handel’s Messiah on Dec. 4
November 18, 2011
For Immediate Release
Hallelujah! Hastings College continues tradition, presenting Handel’s Messiah on Dec. 4
Note to media: For additional information, contact the Hastings College Department of Music at (402) 461-7448.
(Hastings, Neb.) – For the 25th time since 1928 when then-Department of Music Chairman Hayes Fuhr organized a 350 voice chorus for a “civic event”, Hastings College will present G.F. Handel’s Messiah. The 2011 performance is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 4th at 3 p.m. in Lynn Farrell Arena (800 E. 12th St.). Doors open at 2 p.m. The public is invited to this free event.
Joining Hastings College students, alumni, faculty and staff in the presentation of this sacred oratorio will be the Scottsbluff High School Choir, the Grand Island High School Choir, the Hastings High School Choir, the Adams Central Choir, the Scottsbluff Valley Voices Choir, various community members and the Hastings Symphony Orchestra.
Among the featured soloists are soprano Dr. Nancy Walker, a 1974 alumna of Hastings College who currently serves as Chair of the Vocal Studies Division at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; mezzo-soprano Erin Mundus, a 2007 HC alumna who participated in the Wichita (Kans.) Grand Opera’s Young Artist Program for the 2010-2011 season; tenor Thomas Poole, Professor of Music Emeritus at the University of Northern Colorado School of Music; and bass Charles Austin, a 1975 HC alum who has sung Handel’s Messiah with the Washington Choral Society at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
The performance will be televised live on HCTV Channel 6, streamed live at www.hcmediaonline.com and aired on KFKX radio, 90.1 FM.
A spirit of excellence has long been the hallmark of the Hastings College music experience. Hastings College students and faculty have been making music from the beginning of the College in 1882. Hastings College is recognized as a National Liberal Arts College in the U.S. News and World Report annual “America’s Best Colleges” issue and a Best Midwestern College by Princeton Review. The Hastings College Department of Music is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and also was named an All-Steinway School, one of only 82 worldwide.
The Department of Music offers a full range of vocal and instrumental opportunities for all Hastings College students. Major ensembles and small groups travel regularly, making special appearances at music conferences, schools, and churches. Vocal ensembles at Hastings College include the renowned Hastings College Choir, Men’s Chorus, HC Singers (treble voices), Spectrum vocal chamber ensembles, along with other special smaller groups. Instrumental ensembles include the Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Marching Band; Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Chamber Orchestra, Brass, and Percussion Ensembles, and the Bell Choir. The department serves as the permanent residence of the South Central Nebraska Children’s Chorale; the Nebraska State High School Honor Choir, Band, and Orchestra; and the Hastings Symphony Orchestra.
Music students can earn a Bachelor of Music degree with majors in applied performance, music education, and piano pedagogy. A Bachelor of Arts degree in music with an emphasis in performance, elementary education, music history or sacred music is also available. Hastings College offers a Master of Arts in Teaching with emphasis in music. In addition, the department sponsors student chapters of Sigma Alpha Iota, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Music Educators National Conference, and Music Teachers National Association.
11.18.11
Hallelujah! Hastings College continues tradition, presenting Handel’s Messiah on Dec. 4
November 18, 2011
For Immediate Release
Hallelujah! Hastings College continues tradition, presenting Handel’s Messiah on Dec. 4
Note to media: For additional information, contact the Hastings College Department of Music at (402) 461-7448.
(Hastings, Neb.) – For the 25th time since 1928 when then-Department of Music Chairman Hayes Fuhr organized a 350 voice chorus for a “civic event”, Hastings College will present G.F. Handel’s Messiah. The 2011 performance is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 4th at 3 p.m. in Lynn Farrell Arena (800 E. 12th St.). Doors open at 2 p.m. The public is invited to this free event.
Joining Hastings College students, alumni, faculty and staff in the presentation of this sacred oratorio will be the Scottsbluff High School Choir, the Grand Island High School Choir, the Hastings High School Choir, the Adams Central Choir, the Scottsbluff Valley Voices Choir, various community members and the Hastings Symphony Orchestra.
Among the featured soloists are soprano Dr. Nancy Walker, a 1974 alumna of Hastings College who currently serves as Chair of the Vocal Studies Division at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; mezzo-soprano Erin Mundus, a 2007 HC alumna who participated in the Wichita (Kans.) Grand Opera’s Young Artist Program for the 2010-2011 season; tenor Thomas Poole, Professor of Music Emeritus at the University of Northern Colorado School of Music; and bass Charles Austin, a 1975 HC alum who has sung Handel’s Messiah with the Washington Choral Society at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
The performance will be televised live on HCTV Channel 6, streamed live at www.hcmediaonline.com and aired on KFKX radio, 90.1 FM.
A spirit of excellence has long been the hallmark of the Hastings College music experience. Hastings College students and faculty have been making music from the beginning of the College in 1882. Hastings College is recognized as a National Liberal Arts College in the U.S. News and World Report annual “America’s Best Colleges” issue and a Best Midwestern College by Princeton Review. The Hastings College Department of Music is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and also was named an All-Steinway School, one of only 82 worldwide.
The Department of Music offers a full range of vocal and instrumental opportunities for all Hastings College students. Major ensembles and small groups travel regularly, making special appearances at music conferences, schools, and churches. Vocal ensembles at Hastings College include the renowned Hastings College Choir, Men’s Chorus, HC Singers (treble voices), Spectrum vocal chamber ensembles, along with other special smaller groups. Instrumental ensembles include the Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Marching Band; Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Chamber Orchestra, Brass, and Percussion Ensembles, and the Bell Choir. The department serves as the permanent residence of the South Central Nebraska Children’s Chorale; the Nebraska State High School Honor Choir, Band, and Orchestra; and the Hastings Symphony Orchestra.
Music students can earn a Bachelor of Music degree with majors in applied performance, music education, and piano pedagogy. A Bachelor of Arts degree in music with an emphasis in performance, elementary education, music history or sacred music is also available. Hastings College offers a Master of Arts in Teaching with emphasis in music. In addition, the department sponsors student chapters of Sigma Alpha Iota, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Music Educators National Conference, and Music Teachers National Association.
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