JBU Cathedral Choir Kicks Off Annual Spring Tour
SILOAM SPRINGS, Arkansas (March 13, 2018) – The John Brown University Cathedral Choir will kick off their annual spring tour, which includes concerts in Kansas and Colorado from March 18-25 and a conclusive concert at JBU on Tuesday, March 27.
The following is a list of their tour dates and locations:
- Saturday, March 17 at 7 p.m. at Heartland Christian School in Colby, Kansas
- Sunday, March 18 at 10:45 a.m. at Colby Wesleyan Church in Colby, Kansas
- Sunday, March 18 at 6 p.m. at Faith Church in Loveland, Colorado
- Monday, March 19 at 7 p.m. at First Christian Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Thursday, March 22 at 7 p.m. at Waterstone Community Church in Littleton, Colorado
- Friday, March 23 at 7 p.m. at Bethel Baptist Church in Greeley, Colorado
- Sunday, March 25 at 10:45 a.m. at Little River Methodist Church in Littler River, Kansas
- Tuesday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Berry Performing Arts Center at John Brown University
Comprised of 60 of JBU’s most qualified singers, the Cathedral Choir will perform pieces ranging from the early 17th century to newly composed pieces of 2017. Audiences will hear many different styles of music from Renaissance favorites “Hodie Christus Natus Est” by Sweelinck and “Exsultate Justi” by Viadana to Z. Randall Stroope’s powerful “Conversion of Saul.” This year, the Cathedral Choir will premiere a new work composed by Dr. Jeremy Allen, JBU assistant professor of music, titled “Hapo Mwanzo,” which is an arrangement of John 1:1 in Swahili.
The Cathedral Choir has toured extensively all over the U.S. and in Northern Ireland. In addition to annual tours, the choir is featured in the annual Candlelight Service at JBU each December.
In 2014, the Cathedral Choir recorded a CD while on a mission tour in Northern Ireland. The CD will be on sale at the choir’s appearance, along with a three-CD set of the “Best of the Cathedral Choir 1992-2016.”
All concerts are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Becky Pohle at bpohle@jbu.edu.
John Brown University is a leading private Christian university, training students to honor God and serve others since 1919. Arkansas’ top-ranked regional university (U.S. News Best Colleges, 2018), JBU enrolls more than 2,500 students from 41 states and 50 countries in its traditional undergraduate, graduate, online and concurrent education programs. JBU offers more than 40 majors, with top programs including business administration, graphic design, engineering, construction management, counseling, teacher education and nursing.
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