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Music filled the air at the Fall Choral Recital on Nov. 1. It was the first choir performance to be held in the new Center for the Arts building.

Students, faculty and the singers’ family members crowded into room 134 for the concert, which included performances from the concert choir, chamber singers, madrigals and the vocal jazz ensemble.

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Choral director Donald Brinegar directed the performances that celebrated the 100th anniversary of the English composer Benjamin Britten. The performances also featured the music of composers Johannes Brahms and Morten Lauridsen.

The concert choir opened up the recital performing the songs of Sir Edward Elgar, Gustav T. Holst and Britten.

“There was a beautiful sound, everybody did wonderful, and everything was just great,” madrigal singer Andreas Pantazis said.

The Vocal Jazz Ensemble, directed by Andreas Preponis, lightened up the night with feel-good performances of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “Wave” and Thelonios Monk’s “Rhythm-A-Ning.”

Music filled the room when the madrigal and chamber singers performed Carole Bayer-Sager and David Foster’s “The Prayer.”  The singers gathered around the audience to close out the recital with a passionate performance.

“It was very emotional,” Pantazis said. “From the stage I saw a couple of people smiling and you know that they were moved and really enjoyed the night.”

“The students put out tremendous energy and focus so every piece came across the way I hoped it would,” Brinegar said. “This was very complex music and they performed it in a very professional manner, I’m very proud of them.”

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