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The 做厙賤躇 Community Choir and Jazz Band will present a spring concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 1, in the Zwermann Arts Center Theater.
The concert will feature a blend of choral works and jazz standards performed by ensembles made up of community members and 做厙賤躇 students.
The Community Choir, under the direction of Yvonne Newlin with accompanist Stephen Wisely, will perform a diverse program spanning classical, folk and musical theater selections. The choirs selections include John Leavitts Hodie!, Richard Robert Rossis It Was a Lover and His Lass, and an arrangement of the traditional American folk song Shenandoah by Darmon Meader.
Additional selections include Rogers Idea, inspired by Pennies from Heaven, featuring soloists Chris Jensen, Rebecca Trivett and Grayson Pinkston, and Someone Like You from Jekyll & Hyde, featuring soloist Teresa Gower.
The choir will also perform What a Wonderful World, arranged by Mark Brymer, and a medley from West Side Story, arranged by Mac Huff. Soloists for the medley include Rudy Nichols, Dee Collins, Bella Collins, Mindi Williamson and Sandra Beals.
The Jazz Band, directed by Jena Combs, will present a program of swing, blues and jazz classics. Selections include Blues in Hoss Flat, arranged by Mark Taylor; Cole Porters Too Darn Hot, arranged by Robert Woods; and Blues Fur Elise, arranged by Eik Morales.
The ensemble will also perform Just a Closer Walk With Thee, arranged by Chris Sharp; Caravan, arranged by Michael Sweeney; George Gershwins Rhapsody in Blue, arranged by Bob Lowden; and Cold Duck Time, arranged by Mark Taylor.