Show n Concert showcases performers Jeff Powell Contributing Writer Some of most talented students will be performing this Friday at atthe atthe atthe the Grand Theatre Showcase the first concert of the year from the colleges college's music department features accomplished individuals individuals individuals indi indi- and small groups as aswell aswell aswell well as four select ensembles This is one of my favorite concerts every year it includes pop songs folk songs Broadway and classical works said director director director tor and Professor Lyle Archibald Last year we had bagpipes and a It features individual individual individual indi indi- vidual student artists and is always an eclectic show It is the first time out for all of the newly staffed performing groups Concert Choir Bell Choir Chamber Singers and South City Jazz will each present three or four num num- bers We have only been together for a few weeks Its It's amazing to be ready to perform so fast but I am excited to do it said South City Jazz member Andrew Taula Positioned in-between in the ensembles will be especially especial especial- ly selected soloists and small groups All soloists or small groups secured a aspot aspot aspot spot in the concert by a process of elimination in last weeks week's try At first I was kinda scared in the audition butas but butas butas as soon as I started to sing I really got into it said Hannah Gibson one of the lucky few that were select select- ed One of the concert highlights highlights highlights high high- lights will likely be a medley medley medley med med- ley from the new smash Broadway hit Wicked The new musical has sold out in New York Los Angeles and San Francisco and will be several years before it comes to Utah but some of its best numbers including Defying Gravity For Good and The Wizard will be presented presented pre pre- presented by Chamber Singers Bell Choir one of newest ensembles will ring folk song favorites and South City Jazz award winning vocal jazz ensemble will pay tribute to legend Gene Harris with Down at I Oth and Main and Jazz Alley Finally Concert Choir largest student ensemble will perform Shut de Do and other folk songs under the direction of newly hired instructor Leah Tarrant Concert Choir has just returned to the Redwood campus after several years' years absence It has been a longtime long longtime longtime time since talented students at Redwood have had a select ensemble to join We had more than a hundred hundred hundred hun hun- singers in dred great Concert Choir five years ago but then they sent it to South and hardly anyone knew anything about it Archibald said Its a good thing to have it back where it belongs The concert starts at pm at the Grand Theatre on the South City campus Tickets are available at the box office by calling or at the door Cost of admission is 7 adult 5 student senior and free for students with ID rD |