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Ann Arbor, MI/February 17, 2004 – The Concordia University-Ann Arbor (CUAA) Choir and Wind Ensemble will depart on February 28, 2004 for their annual Spring Break Tour when they will perform for schools and congregations throughout Southwest Michigan.
Tour Schedule:
Saturday, February 28
2004 Spring Tour Inaugural Choir and Wind Ensemble Performance
3:30 pm
St. Martin Lutheran Church in Birch Run, MI
Sunday, February 29
Concordia Choir Performance
10:00 am and 11:30 am Services
St. Luke Lutheran Church in Clinton Township, MI.
Wind Ensemble Performance
8:00 am and 11:00 am Services
Chelsea First United Methodist Church in Chelsea, MI
Monday, March 1
Concordia Choir and Wind Ensemble Joint Performance
10:30 am Chapel Service
Valley Lutheran High School in Saginaw, MI.
Valley Lutheran High and Concordia University Joint Concert Performance
7:30 pm
Messiah Lutheran Church in Bullock Creek, MI.
Tuesday, March 2
2004 Spring Tour Grand Finale Performance by Concordia Choir and Wind Ensemble
10:30am at Lutheran High School East in Harper Woods, MI
2:30pm at Lutheran High School Westland in Westland, MI
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The Concordia Choir, under the direction of Professor Brian Altevogt, is a select ensemble of students from a broad range of academic disciplines. The choir performs a wide variety of sacred and secular choral literature ranging from early Renaissance to the masterworks of the twentieth century. The Concordia Wind Ensemble is highly regarded instrumental group on the university musical scene, and plays a prominent role within the Music Department curriculum. Andrew J. Schultz, Assistant Professor of Music is the conductor. Since the founding of university in 1963, both the Concordia Choir and the Wind Ensemble have maintained a reputation of excellence in music. Recent tours have taken the choir throughout the Midwest as well as to Washington D.C., New York, Louisiana, Texas, and Colorado.
The Department of Music at CUAA offers a broad range of performance and study opportunities. Performance groups include the Concordia Wind Ensemble, Chamber Winds, Jazz Ensemble, Pep Band, Concordia Choir, Chorale, Handbell Ensemble, Brass Quintet, Arborsong vocal group, and Common Ground. The Music Department offers a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors/minors in music elementary and secondary education, performance, and church music.
Concordia University – Ann Arbor is a liberal arts institution of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod. With a distinctly Christian environment and an academic community dedicated to excellence, Concordia offers a broad range of undergraduate and graduate degree programs through its four schools – School of Arts and Sciences, School of Education, Haab School of Business and Management, and School of Adult and Continuing Education. Concordia University is accredited by NCA, the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and was among the first colleges to be accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) under the new 2000 standards.
For more information about any of the spring tour performances please contact Professor Andrew Schultz at 734.995.4627.
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Contact:
Christina Bledsoe
Communications Coordinator
Office of Marketing & Communications
Tel: 734.995.4612
Fax: 734.995.7405
E-mail: bledsc@cuaa.edu
www.cuaa.edu
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