Chorale to Perform Holst’s Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda
The Raritan Valley Community College Chorale will present its Spring Concert on Saturday, April 28, at 8 p.m. The performance will be held in the Welpe Theatre at the College’s Branchburg campus.
The program will feature Gustav Holst’s Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, a setting of ancient Sanskrit texts (in English) for women’s voices and harp. Harpist JoAnn Hansen will assist the chorale for this performance. The program also will feature a cappella works spanning the centuries from the Middle Ages to modern day.
The RVCC Chorale is composed of current RVCC students, alumni and members of the community. This spring’s Chorale includes Eleni Catanzaro, Carina Gonzalez, Gillian Koch, Jennifer Koch, Mia Mazzariello, and Sandi Turner, sopranos; Sienna Benjamin, Ruth Dilley, Jennifer Kapoian, and Jane Sausanavage, altos; Stephen Chiselko, Patrick Gardner and Adam Witkowski, tenors; and Frank Becker, Jack Cohen, Michael Krupinski and Christopher Zanardi, basses.
General admission tickets cost $12 each, $8 for students and seniors. Tickets may be purchased at the door on the day of the concert or in advance from the Theatre Box Office, 908-725-3420. The Box Office is open Monday through Friday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Raritan Valley Community College’s main campus is located at 118 Lamington Road in Branchburg, NJ. Serving Somerset and Hunterdon County residents for close to 50 years, RVCC is an educational and cultural center that is nationally recognized for its innovative programming, service to the community and environmental leadership. The College offers more than 90 associate degrees and certificates, as well as career training, professional development, and adult and youth personal enrichment courses. The College also has a performing arts center and planetarium.
RVCC is committed to offering a quality and affordable education through effective teaching, liaisons with the community’s businesses, and state-of-the-art technology. For further information, visit www.raritanval.edu.
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April 6, 2018
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