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University concert to feature two choirs, band Oct. 11

Bluffton University will host a concert featuring its Camerata Singers, University Chorale and Concert Band at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, in Yoder Recital Hall.

The performance, part of Homecoming weekend activities at Bluffton, is free and open to the public. A free-will offering will be taken for music scholarships during intermission.

Dr. Mark J. Suderman, professor of music, conducts Camerata Singers, a select, 30-voice chamber choir, and the University Chorale, a 65-member mixed ensemble. Pianist Ana Yoder Coulter will accompany both choirs. Camerata Singers will present a range of music by five female composers, while the University Chorale numbers will include multicultural songs from Norway, Brazil, Scotland and Canada.

Dr. Roy Couch, assistant professor of music, conducts the Concert Band, which includes nearly 40 student members. Among the band’s pieces will be works by Aaron Copland, Gustav Holst and Dr. Peter Terry, an associate professor and chair of music at Bluffton.