HILLSBORO, Kan. – Tabor College’s Concert Choir will complete its annual spring tour with a performance on campus at 4 p.m., March 25, in the Richert Auditorium of the Shari Flaming Center for the Arts.
“The home concert is not only the final tour concert, but always represents the growth of the choir in both musicianship and ownership of the program,” said Brad Vogel, choir director and professor of music.
The ensemble began its spring tour Friday, March 16, and will perform at nine different locations throughout Kansas, South Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska.
This years theme, “Adoration,” explores what it means to adore God and Christ through song, including works from musical giants William Byrd, Palestrina and Heinrich Schütz. Dan Forrest’s “Cantate Canticum Novum” and Elaine Hagenberg’s setting of the hymn “O Love That Will Not Let Me Go” are also programmed.
“It is often an emotional concert for seniors as it is the culmination of their years of commitment to the choir, and we seek to honor them in this final performance,” Vogel said. “I very much look forward to sharing the choir with the community and many families who travel to campus for the concert.”
The choir’s repertoire spans music from Gregorian chant to the Renaissance and Baroque eras to texts and arrangements of early and modern American hymns.
For more information about tour locations, visit tabor.edu and check the calendar for performing arts events, dates and times.