West Chester University Wells School of Music proudly presents...
Concert Choir & Mastersingers Concert; David P. DeVenney & Ryan Kelly, directors
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WSOM top two choirs, in a varied program including the world premiere of 19th-century American J.C.D. Parker’s By the Rivers of Babylon and Haydn’s Theresienmesse with orchestra.
The West Chester University Concert Choir is the flagship choral ensemble at West Chester. This ensemble is chosen by competitive audition from among the 500 music majors enrolled in the Wells School of Music. They strive to perform, in a historically sensitive manner, music of all styles and epochs from the past five centuries. The choir tours regularly, and recent excursions have sent them to California, Florida, the Desert Southwest and Europe (London, Paris, Amsterdam, and Venice, Florence, and Rome, Italy) as well as concertizing in New York and in Philadelphia.
Mastersingers is a mixed-voice choir selected by competitive audition. The group presents concerts of shorter