Three CSA youth choirs to perform in fall CSA Showcase Concert

Event: CSA Showcase Concert
Date and time: Sunday, Nov. 16, 2014, 4 p.m.
Location: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College Music Center
Tickets: $7 adults, $5 seniors/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. GC faculty/staff/students free with valid ID.

Three Community School of the Arts (CSA) youth choirs will perform in the Fall CSA Showcase Concert, Sunday, Nov. 16 at 4 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.

The concert program will feature three choirs of varying ages performing anthems, folk music and classic choral pieces. Rejoice Choir (grades 3-5, directed by Kristin Kauffman) will be accompanied by local musician Les Gustafson-Zook, in a rendition of folk tune “Old Dan Tucker.” Shout for Joy (grades 6-8, directed by Sandy Hill) will be singing a medley from the Disney musical “Aladdin,” by Alan Menken, arranged by Ed Lojeski. Sommo Voci (grades 9-12, directed by Marcia Yost) will present a performance of the rock cantata “The Creation” by David Bobowitz, accompanied by electric guitar, bass and drums.

Tickets are $7 adults, $5 seniors/students, available at the door beginning one hour before the concert. Goshen College faculty/staff/students are admitted free with ID, as well as CSA students and their immediate family members.

The mission of the Goshen College Music Center is “Enriched lives and enhanced community through quality artistic programming and educational opportunities for all.” The Community School of the Arts serves hundreds of community families each season, offering private lessons, three youth choirs, five orchestras including the Elkhart County Youth Honors and Intermediate Concert Orchestras, and Music Together classes for preschool children in Elkhart County. Need-based scholarships are available for every CSA activity. For more information, please visit www.gcmusiccenter.org or call 574-535-7361.