Contact: Sasha Steinberg
STARKVILLE, Miss.—As part of 2015 Homecoming week festivities, Mississippi State’s music department is sponsoring a choral concert Friday [Oct. 16] at the city’s First Baptist Church.
Free to all, the 7:30 p.m. concert will feature performances by the Women and Men of State ensembles conducted by adjunct piano instructor Gail Kopetz and adjunct voice instructor Peter Infanger, respectively.
Also performing is MSU’s premier choral ensemble, State Singers. The group will be conducted by Gary Packwood, MSU associate professor and director of choral activities.
Selections for the evening program include works by Felix Mendelsohn (1809-47), Mack Wilberg (1955-), Gustav Holst (1874-1934), Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Alice Parker (1925-), among others.
Since 2011, members of MSU-sponsored ensembles have toured and performed throughout France and Normandy, in addition to appearances at New York City’s prestigious Carnegie Hall and American Choral Directors Association state and regional conferences.
Selected through competitive auditions, members of this year’s ensembles represent Mississippi and seven other states, as well as a range of academic disciplines across campus. For more, visit www.msuband.msstate.edu/ensembles/index.php.
Additional concert and ensemble details are found at www.statesings.com/State_Sings/Choral_Home.html. Packwood also may be reached at 662-325-3490 or GPackwood@colled.msstate.edu.
Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, MSU’s music department offers a bachelor’s degree in four areas of music education, as well as a bachelor of arts in music. Learn more at www.music.msstate.edu, bit.ly/MSUMusicFB and twitter.com/mstatemusic.
MSU is Mississippi’s leading university, available online at www.msstate.edu.