FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 7, 2008
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The Otterbein College Concert Choir will perform at the Central Division Conference of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at 2 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 22, 2008.
The Concert Choir, conducted by Dr. Gayle Walker of Westerville (43081), was one of seven collegiate and university mixed choruses selected to represent a four-state region that includes Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan.
The conference application process included submitting a recording of performances from three consecutive academic years. In addition to immediate sound quality, the ACDA Conference Committee makes its selection based on excellence that is sustained for multiple years. Thus, Otterbein College Concert Choir graduates from 2005, 2006 and 2007 all played an important role in this honor and should be congratulated along with this year's Concert Choir.
The choir's conference program will include "Verbum caro factum est" by Hassler, "O nata lux" by Calvar, "Gloria" by Knauf; "Hard Times" arranged by Keller, and three selections from African-American Fragments by Averitt.