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Voices, the college’s choir group, will sing at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, and Instrumental Music, the college’s band club, will play at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5. Admission to both concerts is free.
Alfred State’s Choral and Band Performing Arts Teams will present their annual winter concerts this week at the Cappadonia Auditorium in the Orvis Activities Center.
Voices, the college’s choir group, will sing at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, and Instrumental Music, the college’s band club, will play at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5. Admission to both concerts is free.
Wednesday’s concert will include traditional Christmas songs; popular songs; “Masquerade” from “Phantom of the Opera;” a contemporary choral piece, “Lux Aurumque” (Light and Gold) by Eric Whitacre; and several solos from members of “Voices.” Friday’s show will feature old and new jazz pieces, a rock band, and a Latin American band.
A “stress-relief bag” will be given to each student who attends the Voices concert. That show will also include a door prize and people are invited that night to donate their unused instruments to the Music Performing Arts Teams to be given to the ARC.
“These concerts are marvelous demonstrations of what students will do in order to keep music in their lives,” said Linda Staiger, Alfred State’s choral director. “They are not music majors, so every ounce of time they share in the name of making music is a gift to all of us, as well as each other. In some ways, music doesn’t get any better than this.”
Voices President Michaela Olin, a nursing major from Perry, and Instrumental Music President Samantha Orlando, a nursing major from Spencerport, said in a combined statement, “These nights are a fun, family-friendly, and stress-free time, where people can relax and listen to a great variety of music.”