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SUMMARY:Laurentian Singers Concert
DESCRIPTION:St. Lawrence University’s Laurentian Singers will continue th
 eir annual Spring Break Tour\, this year to New York and Boston\, with a c
 oncert on Sunday\, March 26 at 3:00 pm at the First Unitarian Universalist
  Society\, 152 Pearl Street\, Burlington\, VT. The concert is free and ope
 n to the public. \n\nThe Laurentian Singers\, a select coeducational choi
 r of 21 undergraduate singers\, continues its 75-plus year tradition of ch
 oral excellence at St. Lawrence University. The group has won wide acclaim
  since its founding in 1946\, and\, in addition to their many performances
  on campus and in the North Country\, the ensemble has toured extensively.
  In recent years\, they have performed in San Francisco\, New Orleans\, Tr
 inidad and Tobago\, Washington\, DC and Puerto Rico\, singing for enthusia
 stic audiences and meeting with other choirs. Their wide-ranging repertoir
 e\, drawn from music of many styles and countries\, reflects the spirit of
  the liberal arts experience at St. Lawrence. The Laurentian Singers inclu
 de undergraduate students who represent a wide variety of academic majors 
 and interests. \n\nThis tour marks the end of director Barry Torres’ 25
 -year career at St. Lawrence. Coming full circle\, he first directed the L
 aurentian Singers on tour at First Unitarian Universalist Society in March
  1999.\n\nThe eclectic program begins with a set of sacred music from a fi
 ve-century span featuring works by Felix Mendelssohn (Heilig)\, Johannes C
 iconia (Gloria)\, Josquin DesPrez (Ave verum corpus) and William Byrd (Ne 
 irascaris Domine). Two Italian Renaissance madrigals by Jacques Arcadelt (
 Il bianco e docle cigno) and Monteverdi (Non piú guerra) follow. LS alto 
 Karni Keushgarian ’25 will lead the Singers in two Armenian folksongs (C
 hem grna and Ghapama. A West Side Story set follows featuring Tonight and 
 Somewhere. The concert will close with two iconic American “feel good”
  songs\, Lionel Richie’s All Night Long and the Beach Boys classic Good 
 Vibrations. Keeping up a cherished tradition\, the Laurentian Singers will
  invite alumni to join them in singing their beloved School Songs\, includ
 ing the Alma Mater\, written by Hollywood songwriter and lyricist J.K. Gan
 non ’24. 
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