Linfield College choirs, accompanied by a chamber orchestra, will present a spring concert on Sunday, May 15, at 4 p.m. in Ice Auditorium in Melrose Hall at Linfield College.
An 18-musician chamber orchestra will be featured in the centerpiece of the program, John Corigliano’s “Fern Hill,” a marvelous setting of Dylan Thomas’ evocative poem for choir and chamber orchestra. Also featured will be Cecil Effinger’s “Four Pastorales” accompanied by oboe, musical settings of Shakespeare texts, and songs from Ireland and America.
The Linfield choral groups are directed by Anna Song, associate professor of music and director of choral activities since 2008. Song graduated with a bachelor’s in composition from the University of California Los Angeles, and received her master’s in conducting from the School of Music and the Institute of Sacred Music at Yale University. She recently completed her doctoral studies in music education from Teachers College, Columbia University. In addition to teaching and conducting at Linfield, she is the co-founder and artistic director of In Mulieribus, a professional women’s ensemble that focuses on the performance of early music.
The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call the Linfield Department of Music at 503-883-2275 or visit linfield.edu/arts.
