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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - March 13, 2007
CONTACT: Sarah Lingenfelter, Media Relations 585.567.9559

HOUGHTON COLLEGE CHOIR 2007 MID-ATLANTIC TOUR

HOUGHTON, N.Y.—The Houghton College Choir celebrates its 75th year with a mid-Atlantic tour March 18 to April 8.

 

Under the direction of conductor Brandon Johnson, the choir performed at the Lincoln Center and with the Buffalo Philharmonic and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestras. The ensemble recently completed a tour of Europe traveling to Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany.

The 2007 tour program includes “The Regions Infinite” by J. Aaron McDermid, “O Day Full of Grace” by F. Melius Christiansen, “God’s Son Has Made Me Free” by Edvard Greig, “Crucifixus ” by Antonio Lotti, “I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes ” by Aldolphus Hailstork, “Lux Aurumque ” by Eric Whitacre, “Kassar Mie La Gaji “ by Alberto Grau, “Our Father” by Alexander Gretchaninoff, “True Light” by  Keith Hampton, and “Give Me Jesus ” by Larry Fleming.

The mid-Atlantic tour includes concerts at the following:

Sunday, March 18 at 11 a.m.

Westminster Presbyterian Church

Buffalo, NY

www.westminster-bflo.org

 

Thursday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m.

Third Presbyterian Church

Rochester, NY

www.thirdpresbyterian.org

 

Friday, March 30 at 7:30 p.m.
Pine Street Presbyterian Church
Harrisburg, PA
www.pinestreet.org

 

Saturday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m.

Williamsburg Presbyterian Church

Williamsburg, VA

www.williamsburgpresbyterianchurch.org

                               

Sunday, April 1 at 7 p.m.
First Baptist Church
Richmond, VA

www.fbcrichmond.org

 

Monday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m.
First English Evangelical Lutheran Church
Baltimore, MD

www.firstenglishchurch.org

 

Tuesday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m.
McLean Presbyterian Church
McLean, VA

www.mcleanpres.org

 

Wednesday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m.
Westminster Choir College, Bristol Chapel
Princeton, NJ

www.rider.edu/284.htm

 

Friday, April 6 at 7 p.m.
Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square
Philadelphia, PA

www.htrit.org

 

Saturday, April 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Grace Chapel
Havertown, PA
www.gracechapelpa.org

 

Sunday, April 8 at 6 p.m.
Calvary Baptist Church
New York, NY
www.cbcnyc.org

 

More information about the choir can be found at http://campus.houghton.edu/orgs/music/ensembles/vocal/choral-ensembles/college-choir.html.