GC choirs perform ‘songs from many cultures’ at annual EARTHTONES concert

April 5, 2016

15_0411_Earthtones49_hs — Seniors from the GC Choirs perform at the 2015 EARTHTONES concert. (Photo by Hannah Sauder)

Concert: EARTHTONES – Songs from Many Cultures
Date and Time: Saturday, April 16, 2016 7:30 p.m.
Location: Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall
Cost: Tickets: $10 adults, $7 seniors/students, available online or by calling (574) 535-7566. GC faculty/staff/students free with valid ID.

The Goshen Choirs will again explore the large palette of sounds available to the human voices from around the world, in the annual EARTHTONES choral concert on Saturday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m. in Goshen College Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall.

Performing are the Goshen College Chamber Choir, Men’s Chorus and Women’s World Music Choir. Subtitled “Songs from Many Cultures,” the EARTHTONES program will feature choral works from a wide variety of composers, cultures and countries, including works from Ukraine, South Africa, Thailand and India, and sung in such languages as native Hawai’ian, Gaelic, Zulu and Spanish. The choirs will perform individually and as a joint chorus. During the concert, the choirs will also recognize graduating senior choir members.

Drawing from powerful melodies originating from almost every continent, EARTHTONES promises to provide a concert of vitality and tone color in a celebration of world music.

The Goshen College Choirs are directed by choral professors Dr. Debra Detwiler Brubaker and Dr. Scott Hochstetler.

General admission tickets are $10 adults, $7 seniors/students, available online or via the Goshen College Welcome Center at (574) 535-7566. Goshen College faculty, staff, and students are free with valid ID. Patrons are encouraged to purchase tickets early.