News release Public Information Office  SLU 10880   Hammond, LA 70402   phone: 985-549-2341   fax: 985-549-2061 publicinfo@selu.edu Spring 2004 news releases Public Information home News archive Contact: Christina Chapple Date: 4/13/05   SOUTHEASTERN, COMMUNITY SINGER TO PRESENT CONCERT APRIL 19         HAMMOND -- A pair of Southeastern Louisiana University choirs will join voices with the community singers of the Northshore Chorale at 7:30 p.m., April 19, at Hammond's First Baptist Church.        Alissa Rowe, director of choral activities at Southeastern, will conduct the Northshore Chorale, University Chorus, and Women’s Chorale in a free concert titled “Magnificat.” The choirs will be accompanied by orchestra and by pianists Cheryl Brothers and Christiana Iheadindu.         The program opens with three works by the 23-member Women’s Chorale. Made up of music and non-music majors, the choir performs music written specially for treble voices.         Choir member Stephanie Robertson, a senior vocal education major from Hammond, will conduct the chorale’s performance of Felix Mendelssohn’s “List thine eyes” from the oratorio “Elijah.” The chorale also will perform “Dixit Dominus,” written by 18th century Venetian composer Baldassare Galuppi for a choir of orphan girls, and Francis Poulenc’s classic of treble choir literature, “Petites voix.”        The program also includes five pieces by the combined voices of the University Chorus and Northshore Chorale. The non-auditioned ensembles include both university students and community members. With 80 singers, the University Chorus and Northshore Chorale perform major works with professional orchestras and soloists.        The choirs will open with Ron Nelson’s “Fanfare for a Festival,” featuring as instrumental soloists Southeastern musicians Tiffany Neill of Kenner and Lloyd Thomas of Chalmette, trumpet; Britt Cantrell of Walker and Rajah Kennedy of Baton Rouge, trombone; Jacob DeLaune of St. Amant, tuba; and Stephen Hux of Harahan, timpani. This will be followed by the beloved folksong “Shenandoah,” arranged by James Erb.         Eight University Chorus members – sopranos Margaret Davis of Walker and Melissa McKey of Denham springs; altos Angela Miller of Slidell and Amber Whitfield of Walker; tenors David Brian of LaPlace and Brian Martinez of LaPlace, tenors, and bass Colby McCury and Scott McDonough, both of Slidell – will be featured in the choir’s rendition of “Amazing Grace.”  Soloists in the Pergolesi “Magnificat” will be soprano Kristen Glass of Walker, a member of the university’s Concert Choir, mezzo-soprano Cassandra Arnold of Ponchatoula; and Northshore Chorale members Marcos Ramos, tenor; and Kyle Jones, baritone.        Darrell Haynes, a senior vocal performance major from Boutte, will be the soloist in the spiritual “My God is a Rock.”        For additional information on the concert, contact Rowe at 985-549-2334 or arowe@selu.edu.