UW Choirs Present ‘Journeys’ Nov. 11

The University of Wyoming Department of Music choirs will present “Journeys” at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall.

Tickets are $12 for the public, $8 for senior citizens and $6 for students. A nominal processing fee will be charged for each ticket. To purchase tickets, visit the Performing Arts box office, call (307) 766-6666 or go online at www.tix.com/ticket-sales/uwyo/6984.

Bel Canto, conducted by O’Neil Jones, a UW visiting assistant professor, and the Singing Statesmen, conducted by UW Assistant Professor Brian Murray, will “venture on journeys near and far” through choral music. The concert also will feature the 7220 Blues and Happy Jacks.

The Happy Jacks will perform “In My Life” by John Lennon and Paul McCartney; “That Lonesome Road” by James Taylor and Don Grolnick; and “My Girl” by Smokey Robinson and Ronald White.

Bel Canto, accompanied by Isabela Araújo, will perform “Alle, Alleluia” by Bruce Tippette; “Er ist Gekommen” by Clara Schumann; “Fences” by André Thomas; and the world premiere of “Seek” by J.C. Maynard.

The 7220 Blues will perform “Song” by unknown, while the Singing Statesmen, accompanied by Alisson Garcia, will perform “Spark of Light” by Andrew Steffen, conducted by UW graduate student Emily Peterson; and “Loch Lomond” by Ralph Vaughan Williams, featuring UW Assistant Lecturer Erik Erlandson, baritone.

Also featured will be a new voicing world premiere of “Love: Then and Still” by Susan LaBarr; “Seigneur, je vous en prie” from “Quatre petites prières de Saint François d’Assise” by Francis Poulenc; and “Hosanna” by Reginal Wright.

For more information, call Kathy Kirkaldie, UW Fine Arts coordinator, at (307) 766-2160 or email kirisk@uwyo.edu.