Stetson Concert Choir to perform April 26

Stetson University Concert ChoirThe final performance of the Stetson University Concert Choir for this academic year will be on Friday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Lee Chapel inside Elizabeth Hall, 421 N. Woodland Blvd., on the DeLand campus. (Tim Peter, in picture at right, conducts the Stetson Concert Choir as Tammy Miller accompanies on piano.)

As a culmination of the year’s work, the choir will be performing a variety of sacred and secular repertoire with the most recent material taken from their 2013 Spring Tour through the states of Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia.

The 90-minute program features music by composers including Palestrina, Mendelssohn, Copland, Whitacre and Russian choral master composers. The choir is conducted by Dr. Timothy Peter, director of choral activities, who is completing his first year in leading the Stetson University School of Music choral program.

General admission is $10; $8 for seniors; and $5 for area students. It is free to Stetson students, faculty and staff with ID, and for concert series card holders. For tickets and information, contact Stetson’s School of Music at (386) 822-8950, or www2.stetson.edu/music. To see Stetson’s full cultural calendar, click here.