November 21, 2005
Annual Christmas Concert At Lincoln
University on December 1 at 7 pm.
The Lincoln University Concert
Choir will present its Annual Christmas Concert on Thursday
evening, December 1 at 7 pm. The Concert will take
place in the Mary Dod Brown Memorial Chapel on the Lincoln
University campus. The
Concert Choir will perform part one of Messiah by George
Frideric Handel and the beloved Hallelujah Chorus. Faculty
soprano Rita McKinley Pride, Visiting Lecturer in Voice and
Opera, will sing "Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion". Student
soloists will include Abdul Barr Khaliq, tenor, Talesia Felder,
contralto, Robert Green, baritone, and sopranos Makiah Brown,
Britanny Owens, and Karla Prattis. The program will also
include short Christmas pieces, including March of the Shepherds
by David H. Williams, The Glory of the Father by Egil Hovland/Frank
Pooler, Mary Had A Baby by Dello Thedford, Oh, Bless the
Name of Jesus by Donnie Harper/Barrington D. Brooks. At the
conclusion of the concert, the audience will be invited to
sing familiar carols with the Choir.
Dr. William B. Garcia
is the artistic director and conductor of the Lincoln Concert
Choir. He is Professor
of Music and chair of the Department of Visual and Performing
Arts. The concert will begin with an organ prelude
performed by Dr. Grant D. Venerable, II, noted organ soloist
and Vice President of Academic Affairs at Lincoln. Dr. Venerable
will begin playing at 6:45 pm. Accompanying the Concert
Choir will be Charles Henry Pettaway, Jr., organist and Associate
Professor of Music (pianoforte and music literature and materials),
and Paula Reynolds Tyler, keyboard accompanist and Visiting
Lecturer in Pianoforte. The guest chamber orchestra
will include strings from West Chester University, with Dr.
Steven Framil, cellist and contractor. Dr. Garcia will
conduct the performance.
Sponsors of this event are the
School of Humanities and Graduate Studies, the Department
of Visual and Performing Arts, and the University Lectures
and Recitals Committee.This concert is free and open to the
public.
