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Show U of U choir slated to perform ENTERPRISE - The University of Utah A Cappella Choir will be performing at the Enterprise School Tuesday in a concert sponsored by the PTS Rural Arts. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. Admittance will be a rural arts ticket or 12.50 per person at the door. The choir, directed by Dr. Ed Thompson, has gained considerable recognition through three European tours as well as regional recognition from numerous tours in the Western States. During their most recent European tour in 1977k the choir performed concerts in Italy, Austria, Switzerland, France and England and was among the first foreign choirs to be invited to sing lor the services in the famed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. The a cappella choir has appeared often on educational television, has recorded with the Utah Symphony and has premiered and recorded a number of important contemporary works, including the "Missa Brevis" by Vladimar Ussachevsky. The program to be presented in Enterprise is a concert of a variety of choral works. both accompanied by instrumental ensemble and a cappella, or without instrumental aecompaniement. The selections are drawn from all periods and styles of music, from the early classics to folk and jazz. |