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Evensong: New England Youth Ensemble and Columbia Collegiate Chorale

June 24, 2015, 7.00 PM-8.00 PM

Free

Enjoy two of North America’s most acclaimed and well-travelled student ensembles in a performance of fine music by the great masters.

Performing: Washington Adventist University’s New England Youth Ensemble and Columbia Collegiate Chorale. Conductors: Preston Hawes and Avondale College of Higher Education alumnus Dr James Bingham, chair of the Department of Music at Washington Adventist University.

The New England Youth Ensemble (NEYE) is one of the most internationally traveled youth or student orchestras in North America. NEYE performs many standard orchestra classics as well as pieces alongside the Columbia Collegiate Chorale. The mission of NEYE: to bring great music to a searching world that is performed, in the words of J S Bach, “to the Glory of God and the Refreshment of the Spirit.”

The Columbia Collegiate Chorale regularly performs a cappella and accompanied works and maintains a heavy performance schedule. Incorporated within the chorale is a smaller select chamber choir, the equivalent of Avondale’s The Promise. The chorale’s mission: to represent the best of American culture and the finest of Christian values through the study and performance of the sacred music of the great masters.

Freewill offering collected to support touring expenses.

Evensong is a free meditative and reflective recital presented by the Conservatorium of Music at Avondale College of Higher Education as part of the Avondale Concert Series.