MOUNT VERNON — The Cornell College Chamber Singers and Concert Choir will perform a holiday concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 4, in King Chapel. Admission is free.
The Chamber Singers’ program includes Benjamin Britten’s “A Boy Was Born,” Bach’s “Crown Him King of Kings,” a choral fantasy on “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” and “Here’s a Pretty Little Baby,” featuring soloist Justin Gohdes, a junior from Lee’s Summit, Mo.
The Concert Choir’s program includes “Carol of the Bells,” selections from Mozart’s “Vesperae solennes de confessore,” K. 339, and “Mary Had a Baby,” arranged by former Cornell music professor Alf Houkom and featuring soloist Erin Prall, a junior from Eagan, Minn. The program will close with “Silent Night.”
The Chamber Singers are led by guest director Storm Ziegler, a 1994 Cornell graduate who is director of choral activities and chairman of the performing arts department at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids. In 2003, Kennedy’s music department was named a Grammy Signature School for being one of the top 50 high school music programs in America.
The Concert Choir is led by guest director Anne Lyman, who is assistant conductor of the Kantorei at the University of Iowa, where she is pursuing a doctorate in choral conducting. She is also director of music at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in Iowa City.
Accompanist is organist Lynda Hakken.
