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April 15, 2008
RIPON, Wis. –The Ripon College Choral Union will perform songs composed by Ripon College students and faculty, as well as songs from popular movies and musicals at 3:15 p.m. April 27 in the Demmer Recital Hall, Rodman Center for the Arts.
To open their concert, the group will perform a piece composed by Professor Sarah Hughes entitled “The Bitter Winter.” This composition is based on a poem by Ralph Freeman about the Holocaust.
Within the first half of the concert, many selections are performed a cappella and offer intonation and dissonance challenges for the performers. There is also a composition by Kelsey Green ‘08, “Allelujah Meditation,” performed in this portion of the concert.
In the second half of the program, the group will perform familiar pieces from West Side Story, Star Wars Episode 1 and Schindler’s List.
The performance offers solos and trios for many of the performers and an opportunity for audience members to hear both familiar songs and the debut of other vocal compositions.
The concert is free and open to the public. For more information contact director Seong Graham at GrahamS@Ripon.edu or call (920) 748-8791.
About Ripon College
Ripon College, founded in 1851, prepares students of diverse interests for lives of productive, socially responsible citizenship. Ripon’s liberal arts curriculum and residential campus create an intimate learning community in which students experience a richly personalized education. Ripon has consistently been recognized as a “best value” and “Best 366 College” by The Princeton Review, a “Best Buy in College Education” by Barron’s, a “Best Liberal-Arts College” by Washington Monthly, and is listed among the 160 best schools in the nation by Colleges of Distinction.
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