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Funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the festival is being held in conjunction with the 2008 Festival of Contemporary Art Music, an annual event that celebrates contemporary classical music and showcases new original compositions by students, faculty and a visiting artist.
The American Choral Music Festival includes the premier performance of a new commissioned work by WSU Music Professor Charles Argersinger, written for the WSU Concert Choir, at 8 p.m. Feb. 7 in Bryan Hall Auditorium and a 3 p.m. concert on Feb. 9 in Bryan Hall featuring performances of American Choral Music. All events are free and open to the public.
Both festivals will feature the work of acclaimed American classical composer, conductor and lecturer Eric Whitacre. He will be on campus to speak with students and faculty, and will conduct open rehearsals with WSU Concert Choir, WSU Madrigal Singers, UI Vandaleers, UI University Chorus and WSU Wind Symphony on Feb. 8 and 9 in preparation for an “All-Whitacre” concert at 8 p.m. Feb. 9 in Bryan Hall Auditorium.
WSU Associate Professor and American Choral Music Festival Director, Lori Wiest said, “The opportunity to work with world-renowned composers is one of the most outstanding features of the Festival. The students are very excited to work with Eric Whitacre and to learn more from him about the art of composition and his ideas regarding his own compositions and the performance of them.”
In addition to the on-campus activities, the WSU Concert Choir will take the American Choral Music Festival on tour this spring, performing in public schools around the State of
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