HU PRESENTS ANNUAL SPRING CHORAL MUSIC CONCERT WITH LIVE RECORDING

Hampton, VA - Hampton University’s Department of Music and the University Choirs will present their Annual Spring Choral Music Concert on Monday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. in the HU Memorial Church. The house doors will open promptly at 6:45 p.m. Admission for the concert is an open donation of choice.

The performance will feature The Hampton University Choir and the world-renowned Hampton University Concert Choir. This year, the choirs will present Negro Spirituals from famed African-American composers/arrangers Roland Carter, Wendell Whalum, Moses Hogan, Joseph Joubert, Diane White, William Henry Smith and Raymond Wise. The concert will also introduce new arrangements by Marques Garrett, a junior music education major at HU. This year’s event will also be unique since it will be recorded live and reproduced as a CD.

The Hampton University Concert Choir is the primary touring ensemble for the University. The HU Concert Choir has been prominently featured on the public television program Black Voices filmed in Las Vegas, Nev., and at the inauguration of President William Jefferson Clinton. Additionally, the HU Concert Choir has previously performed at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, the Lewiston Council on the Arts in Lewiston, N.Y., and for the Canadian Arts Foundation in Ontario, Canada.

For further information, please contact R. L. Dillard at (757)727-5603.