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Performance:Time Passes: 8 Short Plays by Samuel Beckett
in 11 hours in 33 minutes
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Performance:[Postponed] Carillon Rededication Recital
in 12 hours in 33 minutes
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Performance:Percussion Ensemble
in 13 hours in 33 minutes
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Performance:A Grand Night for Singing
in 13 hours in 33 minutes
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Performance:Carillon Student Showcase Recital
Oct. 05
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Performance:Faculty Organ Recital
Oct. 05
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Performance:Stearns Collection Lunchtime Concert Series
Oct. 06
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Performance:Tiffany Ng, carillon
Oct. 06
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Performance:Opera Faculty Recital
Oct. 06
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Performance:Contemporary Directions Ensemble
Oct. 06
The Orpheus Singers performs a program of choral works conducted by members of the graduate choral conducting studio. The concert concludes with *The Promise of America*, presented in collaboration with the Department of Musical Theatre. *The Promise of America* is a song cycle written for choir, soloists, and chamber orchestra by Kim D. Sherman (music/ vocal arrangements) and Christine Toy Johnson (words) that illuminates the impact of various constitutional amendments on the American people. Aiming to inspire the upholding of the U.S. Constitution as the cornerstone of American democracy, included are reflections on the freedom of speech, marriage equality, public school funding, prohibition, voting rights, Presidential term limits, due process, ramifications of the Second Amendment, and more. PROGRAM *I Can Tell the World*, arr. Moses Hogan *Plain-Chant for America*, William Grant Still *Frostiana*, Randall Thompson *The Promise of America*, Christine Toy Johnson, Kim D. Sherman