UCO Music Faculty to Perform in Edmond Community

Chorale`s "A Community Christmas"

December 7, 2006

Several of the University of Central Oklahoma’s School of Music faculty will be featured in the upcoming Edmond Community Chorale holiday concert, “A Community Christmas,” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 9, at the First Christian Church in Edmond.

UCO music faculty members Marilyn Govich, soprano; Barbara Streets, mezzo soprano; and Kevin Eckard, bass, will be performing as special guests.

The concert will feature “Vesperae Solennes de Confessore” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as selections from “Ceremony of Carols” by Benjamin Britten, “Still, Still, Still” arranged by Norman Luboff, “Christmas Day” by Gustav Holst, and “Angels’ Carol” and “Candlelight Lullaby” by John Rutter.

Dr. Lon Dehnert, assistant dean of the College of Arts, Media & Design, will conduct the concert.

"The piece `Vesperae Solennes,` featuring three UCO professors, is a performance audiences will truly enjoy," said Dr. Dehnert.

"These professors, along with local tenor Karl Hedlund, are marvelous to work with and exciting to watch."

Founded by Dehnert in 1988, the Edmond Community Chorale is a three-tiered choral division comprised of Chamber Singers, Concert Chorale and the Concert Choir.

This concert is free and open to the public.

For more information, call Dehnert at (405) 974-3785.

Page updated 12/7/06