Performance locations include North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Ohio.

The Otterbein University Concert Choir from Westerville, OH, will perform their spring break tour this March 7-14. Performances of the choir will be hosted in Athens, OH; Charlotte, NC; Newberry SC; Beaufort, SC, Charleston, WV, and Gahanna, OH. The ensemble’s tour program, “Holding the Light,” features the music of Brittney Boykin, Jocelyn Hagan, Marques Garrett, and Elaine Hagenberg. All performances are free and open to the public. For more information, call 614-823-1508. 

Under the direction of Professor Gayle Walker, the Otterbein Concert Choir tours annually to destinations domestic or abroad, with recent itineraries including Estonia, Lithuania, Washington D.C., New Orleans, and Germany. The ensemble has been invited to perform at prominent locations abroad such as St. Casimir’s Church in Vilnius, Nikolaikirche in Leipzig, St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, Beijing Central Conservatory, and Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The Concert Choir performs frequently at conferences of the Ohio Music Education Association and American Choral Directors Association.

The performances are as follows:

Friday, March 7, 7 p.m. Concert with the Ohio University Singers 

First United Methodist Church   

2 S. College St., Athens, OH 45701

Sunday, March 9, 8:45 a.m. and 10 a.m. Worship Services  

Christ Lutheran Church  

4519 Providence Road, Charlotte, NC 28226

Sunday, March 9, 7 p.m. Concert with the Newberry College Madrigals 

Newberry College Wiles Chapel 

2104 College St., Newberry, SC 29108

Monday, March 10, 7 p.m. Concert   

St. Helena Anglican Church  

507 Newcastle St., Beaufort, SC 29902

Wednesday, March 12, 7 p.m. Concert  

First United Methodist Church  

501 N. Tryon St., Charlotte, NC 28202

Thursday, March 13, 7 p.m. Concert  

First Presbyterian Church 

16 Leon Sullivan Way, Charleston, WV 25301   

Friday, March 14, 7 p.m. Concert  

Mifflin Presbyterian Church  

123 Granville St, Gahanna, OH 43230