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Tuesday, November 5, 2024

275 high school students to perform in SIU choral festival Oct. 26

About 275 high school students from Illinois and Kentucky will perform this week in Southern Illinois University Carbondale’s Shryock Auditorium as part of a high school choral festival.

The free, public concert is at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 26. The concert will culminate a day of activity for the students, said Susan Davenport, professor and director of choral activities in the School of Music.

Davenport will conduct the tenor/bass choir, and guest conductor Lorrisa Mason, director of choral activities and voice area chair in the University of Arkansas Little Rock, will conduct the soprano/alto choir. The SIU Concert Choir, under Davenport’s direction, will also perform.

Participating students are from:

  • Anna-Jonesboro Community High School.
  • Carbondale Community High School.
  • Carterville High School.
  • Christopher Community High School.
  • Columbia High School.
  • Frankfort Community High School, West Frankfort.
  • Herrin High School.
  • Litchfield High School.
  • Marion High School.
  • McCracken County High School, Paducah, Kentucky.
  • Murphysboro High School.
  • Pinckneyville Community High School.
  • Sparta High School.
  • Vandalia High School.
Original source can be found here.

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