A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols performed twice on Sunday
Bluffton University’s Camerata Singers, University Chorale and Saxophone Trio will headline “A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols,” the university’s annual Christmas choral concert, at 2:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, in Yoder Recital Hall.
The program is designed around a historical structure of Scripture readings and Christmas carols. The readings, taken from prophetic writings about the Messiah’s coming and from the Christmas story, are interspersed with various Christmas pieces.
Tickets, $7.50 for adults and $5.50 for senior citizens (65 and over) and non-Bluffton students, are available online at http://tickets.bluffton.edu or by contacting the box office at 419-358-3239. Admission is free for Bluffton students.
Dr. Mark Suderman, a professor of music, conducts Camerata Singers, a select chamber choir, while Dr. Jon Peterson, an assistant professor of music, conducts the University Chorale, a 50-voice, mixed ensemble.
Each of the choirs will perform individual carols, representing a variety of countries and styles. The program will open and close with numbers sung by the combined choirs.
The Saxophone Trio is composed of Dr. Adam Schattschneider, a professor of music; Scott Troyer, a Bluffton senior from Sugarcreek, Ohio; and Chelsey Parker, a junior from McComb, Ohio. The trio will present published pieces arranged by Troyer. One piece will be presented during the concert; others will serve as pre-concert music.
Troyer will also be a reader during the concert, as will juniors Meghan Sager of Ottawa, Ohio; Chris Jennings of Archbold, Ohio; and Meg Leatherman of Hesston, Kan., along with Ron Headings, Bluffton’s vice president for enrollment management and marketing, and Andreas Baumgartner, an assistant professor of art.
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