WFU fall choral concert to feature Mozart, Bruckner and Thompson

The Wake Forest University choirs will begin the 2003-2004 concert season with their annual Fall Choral Concert Oct. 30 at 8 p.m. in Brendle Recital Hall in Scales Fine Arts Center.

The Wake Forest Concert Choir and the Collegium Vocal Ensemble will both perform music by Mozart and Anton Bruckner based on texts from the Catholic Mass liturgy.

The Collegium Vocal Ensemble is a small student ensemble that is devoted to performing music from the Middle Ages, Renaissance and Baroque periods.

The concert will conclude with the two choirs jointly performing Randall Thompson’s well-known “Alleluia.”

Brian Gorelick, director of choral ensembles and associate professor of music at Wake Forest, will conduct the program.

The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 336-758-5364.

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