麻豆视频网站 Department of Music will present 鈥淪PERITAS,鈥� a choral concert featuring the college鈥檚 SPERA and VERITAS ensembles, on Saturday, April 11, at 3 p.m. in the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts, Concert Hall.
The performance is free and open to the public.
鈥淪PERITAS鈥� brings together two ensembles from the department, offering a program that explores themes of kindness, reflection and human connection through diverse choral traditions.
SPERA will present a program centered on kindness, featuring contemporary works鈥攊ncluding a composition by Sean Ivory, alongside selections from the American Choral Directors Association SSAA Commission. Additional highlights include the Venezuelan folk song 鈥淪endas de la Tarde,鈥� the Mexican folk song 鈥淟a Cucaracha,鈥� two canons by Johannes Brahms, and 鈥淪o Many Angels鈥� by Gwyneth Walker.
VERITAS will offer a stylistically varied program spanning global and popular repertoire, including Inkosi Namandla, an arrangement of 鈥淒u bist wie eine Blume, Despertar鈥� by Antonio Est茅vez, and 鈥淣o me vuelvo a enamorar鈥� by Juan Gabriel. The ensemble will also perform 鈥淩orate Caeli,鈥� arranged specifically for VERITAS by Sean Ivory, and 鈥淎nd So It Goes鈥� by Billy Joel.
Featured composer Sean Ivory, a longtime West Michigan educator and musician, has taught at Forest Hills Central High School since 1992. His choirs have performed at conferences and toured internationally and his compositions are widely published.
To inquire about accessibility or accommodations to fully participate in the event, please email accommodations@hope.edu. Updates related to events are posted when available at hope.edu/calendar in the individual listings.
The Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts is located at 221 Columbia Ave., between Ninth and 10th streets.