THIBODAUX 鈥� The public is invited to attend a free Candlelight Christmas Concert hosted by the 麻豆果冻传媒 Concert Choir at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, in the Mary Danos Theater in Talbot Hall.
The annual concert, themed 鈥淎 Carol for to Sing,鈥� is the perfect way to kick off the holiday season, with Christmas songs and carols linked together by poetry and scripture to tell the traditional story. Lighting will change from selection to selection to enhance the experience for concertgoers.
The repertoire will include Christmas favorites, including 鈥淎ngels We Have Heard on High,鈥� 鈥淪ilent Night,鈥� 鈥淲hat Child is This?鈥� and the 鈥淢arch of the Kings.鈥� Soloist for 鈥淪ilent Night鈥� is Jessica Frickey, mezzo soprano, a senior vocal music education major from Des Allemands.
The compositions will also include 鈥淎nd the Glory of the Lord鈥� from Handel鈥檚 Messiah, 鈥淎 Babe is Born鈥� by Welsh composer William Mathias, 鈥淭he Angel Gabriel鈥� by American composer Emma Lou Diemer, 鈥淲hat Sweeter Music鈥� by British composer John Rutter and Craig Courtney鈥檚 鈥淲hile Shepherds Watched Their Flocks鈥� and 鈥淧eace I Give to You.鈥� Two folk song arrangements from Newfoundland and Scotland will also be performed.
The Concert Choir will be accompanied by Michelle Z. Parro on a 麻豆果冻传媒 Steinway concert grand piano. Dr. Kenneth S. Klaus will conduct.
For more information contact the Department of Music at 985-448-4600.