Appalachian Chorale to perform May 3

Posted April 25, 2016 at 6 p.m.

BOONE—The Hayes School of Music’s Appalachian Chorale will perform Tuesday, May 3, at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall on the Appalachian State University campus. Admission is free.

The Appalachian Chorale features 73 singers and will be conducted by Linda Larson and accompanied by Joby Bell, Ling Hsiao, students Shane Watson and Zach Bowyer, and James Stokes on trumpet.

The chorale will first perform “A Song of the Road” by Jonathan Santore based on a Robert Louis Stevenson poem and “Sure on this Shining Night” by Morten Lauridsen based on a poem by James Agee.

“Frostiana” by Randall Thompson will then be performed based on the poetry of Robert Frost, followed by “Stomp Your Foot” from “The Tender Land” by Aaron Copland.

The chorale will conclude the recital with “Ave Verum Corpus (Hail True Body), K. 618” by Mozart.

About Appalachian State University

As a premier public institution, Appalachian State University prepares students to lead purposeful lives. App State is one of 17 campuses in the University of North Carolina System, with a national reputation for innovative teaching and opening access to a high-quality, cost-effective education. The university enrolls more than 21,000 students, has a low student-to-faculty ratio and offers more than 150 undergraduate and 80 graduate majors at its Boone and Hickory campuses and through App State Online. Learn more at https://www.appstate.edu.