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Betsy Hildebrand
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Press Release


Thiel Choir and Community Singers Perform Friday
For immediate release April 18, 2006

GREENVILLE, PA – The Thiel College Choir and singers from the local community will join in a performance scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 21, at First Presbyterian Church, 323 Main St., Greenville.

The concert – the 11th annual collaborative performance – will feature 20th century works by American composers.  The main choral work featured on the program is A New Creation, a cantata by Lutheran composer René Clausen, accompanied by organist Kathryn Gray and a chamber orchestra. The Thiel College Chamber Singers and the Thiel College Handbell Ringers will also perform at the concert. 

The concert will feature four soloists, Lisa Demarest, Dr. Frank Cano and Valerie Vernon, all of Greenville, and Tom Scurich of Youngstown, Ohio.

All ensembles will be conducted by Dr. Michael R. Bray, professor of music at Thiel and director of the Thiel Choir.

For more information, please contact Dr. Bray at 724-589-2149.