Collegiate Singers Concert Is May 2

The Fairmont State University Collegiate Singers and Chamber Choir will perform their spring tour concert on Wednesday, May 2, in the Turley Center Ballroom. The performance begins at 8 p.m. under the direction of Jeffrey Poland, accompanied by John Morrison. Admission is free.

The college choir tour included two performances in Toronto, a full concert at Calvin Presbyterian Church with a local community group called the Upper Canada Choristers and a worship service at Metropolitan United Church, which houses the largest Casavant pipe organ in Canada.

Wednesday's concert includes the same repertoire as the tour venues, sacred and secular music primarily written by Canadian and American composers. The Canadian composers are Eleanor Daley, Harry Somers, Stephen Chatman and Donald Patriquin. Among the American composers are Paul Basler, William Hawley, Aaron Copland, Stephen Sondheim and Andr Thomas. The program also presents familiar sacred pieces such as "He, watching over Israel" by Mendelssohn and the spiritual "Every Time I Feel the Spirit" arranged by William Dawson. Folksongs from both countries are represented by "I Bought Me a Cat" and "Ching-A-Ring Chaw" (USA); "Savory, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme" and "J'entends le Moulin" (Canada). A poignant moment in the performance will be singing the poetry of Christina Rossetti, "Remember," dedicated to the campus community of Virginia Tech University.