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3/18/02

LAURENTIAN SINGERS PRESENT POST-TOUR CONCERT ON CAMPUS

CANTON - St. Lawrence University's Laurentian Singers will perform 
in a post-tour concert on campus on Wednesday, March 27, at 8 p.m. 
in Gunnison Memorial Chapel; the event is open to the public, free 
of charge. During the University's spring break, the group toured 
New Mexico, performing in Santa Fe, Taos, Albuquerque and Los Alamos.
	The program consists of a wide variety of choral music 
reflecting the diverse backgrounds of the group's members. Music 
from the Renaissance and Baroque eras, including Handel's Coronation 
Anthem Let Thy Hand be Strengthened; Dido's lament from Purcell's 
Dido and Aeneas; and Tallis' anthem If ye love me will be heard. 
Several of the group's singers will be featured as soloists in 
arrangements of Carole King's A Natural Woman and Billy Joel's And 
So It Goes. The women will sing traditional songs from Bulgaria in 
the distinctive Balkan vocal style. A Gregorian chant and the 
spiritual If I Got My Ticket will be sung by the men. Other selections 
on the program will be Morton Lauridsen's setting of the poem Dirait-on 
by Rainer Maria Rilke; the King's Singers' signature encore You Are the 
New Day and a setting of This is My Song to the chorale from Jean 
Sibelius' Finlandia.
	The Laurentian Singers have won wide acclaim since the ensemble 
was founded in 1946. In addition to their many performances on campus 
and in the community, the 32-voice ensemble has toured extensively 
throughout the eastern United States and to Puerto Rico, Canada, Europe, 
Central and South America, Romania, and the former Soviet Union. The 
group's wide-ranging repertoire, drawn from musics of many styles 
and countries, reflects the spirit of the liberal arts experience at 
St. Lawrence. The choir is composed of undergraduate students who 
represent a wide variety of academic majors and interests. This year's 
members hail from 10 states across the U.S., as well as India, Kenya, 
Bulgaria and Russia. 
	They are directed by Barry Torres, director of choral activities 
at St. Lawrence. For more information, contact the music department 
at 315-229-5192.

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