May 9, 2006

Dana College Chorale to Present Spring Concert May 13, 14

The Dana College Chorale will wrap up its 2005-06 season with a spring concert featuring selections from one of the world’s most popular and well-known cantatas, Carmina Burana. Performances will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 13, and Sunday, May 14, in Trinity Chapel, located in the Durham Center on the Dana College Campus. The public is cordially invited to this free event.

Carmina Burana, composed in 1937 by Carl Orff of Germany, is based on a collection of 13th-century songs and poetry celebrating spring, tavern life and love. The opening movement of the work, O Fortuna, has been used in many movies and advertisements.

The concert will feature solo performances by Nick Albrecht, Joy Augustine and Katie Spicka of Omaha; Joe Blackstad of Andover, Minn.; and Kirk Schjodt and Kori Williamsen of Blair.

Providing musical accompaniment will be Jacque Benson of Woodbine, Iowa, Erin Youngblood and Sean Tyler of Omaha, Heidi Essay of Lincoln, and Evan Engel of Pocahontas, Iowa, on percussion; Clare Cowing, Dana accompanist, and Laurice Hansen of Hampton on piano; Carla Clark of Milford on the flute; Williamsen on the trumpet; and Tregan Albers of Davenport on the tuba.

Contact:

Anthony Greder
Communications Coordinator
Dana College
(402) 426-7216
agreder@dana.edu