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MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — The Mount Vernon Nazarene University Music Department ensembles will cap off a busy year with a final concert on Saturday, April 26, at 3 p.m. in the R.R. Hodges Chapel/Auditorium. The concert is free and open to the public.
The concert will feature the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, String Ensemble, Flute Choir, Collegians Chorale, Una Voce Chamber Choir, and Treble Singers Women’s Choir. Instrumental ensemble directors are Dr. John Packard, Chuck Dettmar, Dr. Juan Carlos Ortega, and Jennifer Packard. Choral directors are Dr. Robert Tocheff, Carrie Vail, and Sabina Anderson.
The combined choirs and Wind Ensemble will conclude the concert with Christopher Tin’s Baba Yetu, which was written for the acclaimed video game “Civilization IV.” The text for Baba Yetu is a Swahili translation of the Lord’s Prayer.
For more information, visit mvnu.edu/music or contact Tressa Daley by email at tressa.daley@mvnu.edu or by phone at (740) 397-9000 ext. 3000.
About Mount Vernon Nazarene University:
Mount Vernon Nazarene University is a private, four-year, intentionally Christian teaching university for traditional age students, graduate students, and working adults. With a 327-acre main campus in Mount Vernon, Ohio, MVNU emphasizes academic excellence, spiritual growth, and service to community and church. MVNU offers an affordable education both in-seat and online to nearly 2,100 students from 22 states and 21 foreign countries.