ĢƵ Choirs to host Mid-Winter Concert on Feb. 15
February 8, 2019

POCATELLO – The ĢƵ Choirs will host their Mid-Winter Concert on Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center.
Scott Anderson, ĢƵ director of choral activities, will lead the ĢƵ Chamber Choir and ĢƵ Concert Choirs in the performance of a variety of musical styles.
The 24-voice ĢƵ Chamber Choir will present Puccini's vocal quartet, “La Passeggiata,” featuring pianist Natalia Lauk. Anderson will also lead the Chamber Choir's performance of Eric Whitacre's “Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine,” which is the composer's musical representation of Leonardo Da Vinci's obsession with flight, and the possibility that he may have realized his dream.
The ĢƵ Concert Choir will perform Coronation Anthem No. 3, “Let Thy Hand be Strengthened,” Josef Rheinberger's setting of “Abendlied,” Joshua Jacobson's arrangement of the Hebrew folksong “Simona MiDimona,” Jake Runestad's haunting setting of “Let My Love Be Heard,” and the gospel arrangement, “He'll Make A Way,” by Byron Smith. Lauk will be featured with the Concert Choir for the Handel, Jacobson and Smith pieces.
Admission for the ĢƵ Choirs Mid-Winter Concert is $8 for adults, $6 for ĢƵ faculty and staff, $4 for pre-college students, and free for ĢƵ students with a Bengal ID.
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