91传媒 State Singers welcome school choirs from four states
Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擳he 91传媒 State Singers are welcoming nearly 400 middle- and high school musicians from Mississippi and surrounding states for the university鈥檚 fifth annual Choral Colloquium.
Free to all, the Sunday and Monday [Sept. 13 and 14] music department-sponsored event will feature choirs from Meridian and Starkville high schools, Lafayette High School in Louisiana, McAdory Middle School in McCalla, Alabama, and Hardin County High School in Savannah, Tennessee.
Unless otherwise noted, the performances and their rehearsal session will take place at the 91传媒 Band and Choral Hall on Hardy Road.
The colloquium schedule includes:
Sunday
鈥2:45 p.m., honor choir rehearsals.
鈥8:30 p.m., honor choir concert with 91传媒 State Singers in Lee Hall鈥檚 Bettersworth Auditorium.
Monday
鈥8:30-11 a.m., honor choir rehearsals.
鈥12:45-2:15 p.m., honor choir rehearsals continue at Starkville First Baptist Church.
鈥2:30 p.m., honor choir final concerts.
Visiting faculty members from Texas and Kentucky are assisting with this year鈥檚 event.
Professor Susan Brumfield of Texas Tech University鈥檚 School of Music will conduct the middle-school honor choir, while adjunct instructor Denise R. Eaton of Sam Houston State University鈥檚 School of Music will lead the high school group.
Brad Almquist is directing the 91传媒 State Singers鈥 Sunday evening performance. He is choral activities director at Murray State University and a former president of the American Choral Directors Association鈥檚 Southern Division.
Almquist also will lead sessions for teachers interested in obtaining continuing education units. For information on CE registration and cost, visit .
Gary Packwood, 91传媒鈥檚 director of choral activities, said the colloquium is another example of continuing efforts by 鈥渢he entire faculty in the department to increase our visibility, strengthen our reputation as an outstanding place for cultivating the very best musicians and people and become a central location for global research in the arts.鈥
An associate professor, he also expressed appreciation for 鈥渢he support of the music department faculty throughout the past five years.鈥
For more colloquium information, contact Packwood at 662-325-3490 or GPackwood@colled.msstate.edu.
Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, 91传媒鈥檚 music department offers a bachelor鈥檚 degree in four areas of music education, as well as a bachelor of arts in music. Learn more at , bit.ly/91传媒MusicFB and twitter.com/mstatemusic.
91传媒 is Mississippi鈥檚 leading university, available online at .