College of Charleston SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

Concert Choir Performance Date Change

The College of Charleston Concert Choir performance originally scheduled on Thursday, Oct 21. has been moved to Friday, Oct. 29 at 8 p.m., at the Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul, 126 Coming St.

The concert will feature individual songs and movements from larger works and cycles, including movements from Morten Lauridsen’s Madrigali, Claudio Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers, and Benjamin Britten’s Dances from Gloriana. The program will also feature movements from a choral setting of the Bill of Rights by Nealy Bruce, composer of the opera Flora from the 2010 Spoleto Festival. Admission is $10 at the door and free for College of Charleston students.

The College of Charleston Concert Choir was one of eleven collegiate choirs chosen from the United States to perform at the prestigious National Collegiate Choral Organization (NCCO) National Convention, held on the campus of Cincinnati Conservatory in Cincinnati, Ohio.

In 2005, the Concert Choir traveled to Los Angeles to perform in the American Choral Directors Association National Convention. The Concert Choir has also performed in other regional festivals, including American Guild of Organists state and regional conventions, and annually in Piccolo Spoleto’s Choral Artist Series. They frequently collaborate with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, including the recent performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Robert Taylor is Director of Choral Activities at the College of Charleston, the Director of the Charleston Symphony Orchestra Chorus and the CSO Chamber Singers, and the Founding Artistic Director of the Taylor Music Group and Taylor Festival Choir.