Date:
4/27/2006
Contact: Wendel Sloan at 505.562.2253
PORTALES—The Eastern New Mexico University Chamber Singers and University Singers will perform Giacomo Puccini's Messa di Gloria at the Lensic Performing Arts Center in Santa Fe on April 29 at 6 p.m. and April 30 at 4 p.m. About 75 ENMU choir members will perform as part of a mass choir with the symphony and guest soloists.
Ticket information for those performances is available at 800.480.1319.
The group will also perform the Messa di Gloria in Portales as part of a Major Works Concert at 7 p.m. on May 4 in the University Theatre Center. Soloists will be Ralph Dowden, tenor, and Ricardo Monreal, bass/baritone.
Dr. Jason Paulk is the conductor and Kayla Paulk is the accompanist. The Chamber Singers will also perform a Mongolian and a Taiwanese folk song. The larger University Singers group includes international students, music majors, non-majors, faculty, emeritus faculty, staff and community members.
Admission to the Portales performance is free and open to everyone.