Greenville University Announces Choir’s Spring 2018 Concert Season
Published: April 13, 2021
This March, the Greenville University Choirwill perform in St. Louis Metro-East and take a 10-day concert tour to the Midwestern United States with stops in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, and Missouri.
After returning from tour, the Choir will present a home concert at Greenville Free Methodist Church on Sunday, March 18. The University Choir will also join forces with several area high school choirs to perform a spring concert of choral selections from diverse world cultures titled, Let All the World in Every Corner Sing on Sunday, April 29th.
In recent years the Greenville University Choir has toured Ireland (2015) and been invited to perform with the Kingsbury Ensemble (one of the Midwests premier professional early music ensembles), as well as at the Illinois Music Educators Conference and the American Choral Directors Associations Central Division Convention. The Choir regularly joins with the Greenville Choral Union for concerts of larger choral-orchestral works such as Bachs Magnificat, Mozarts Requiem, and the annual Christmas performance of Handels Messiah.
The Greenville University Choir consists of 30 undergraduate students from various fields of liberal arts study, including the Universitys four music degree programs. As the flagship choral ensemble of Greenville University, the choir presents as many as 20 off-campus performances each year as part of its annual tour. Students dedication to the program is consistently evident by the professional quality of their performance.
Conductor Jeffrey S. Wilson received a bachelor of music degree in piano from Augustana College. He earned a master of music degree in choral music and a doctor of musical arts degree in choral conducting and literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Wilson has served as conductor of the choir since 1996.
The choirs tour program includes repertoire in various musical styles from England, Germany, Lithuania and America. The choirs Spring 2018 concert schedule includes the following performances:
Sunday, March 4, 2018 - 10:15 a.m. Worship Service
First Congregational Church
801 Washington Street, Highland, IL 62249
Phone: (618) 654-4241 Website: www.fcchighland.org
Sunday, March 4, 2018 - 4 p.m.
Faith Lutheran Church
520 East US 50, OFallon, Illinois 62269
Phone: (618) 632-5562 Website: www.faith-online.org
Friday, March 9, 2018 - 7:30 p.m.
Good Shepherd Lutheran Church
500 S. Sherman Boulevard., Sherman, Illinois 62684
Phone: (217) 496-3149 Website: www.gsslcms.org
Sunday, March 11, 2018 8:30 & 11 a.m. Worship Services
First United Methodist Church
116 NE Perry Avenue, Peoria, Illinois 61603
Phone: (309) 673-3641 Website: www.fumcpeoria.org
Sunday, March 11, 2018 - 7 p.m.
First Lutheran Church
364 East Water Street, Galesburg, Illinois 61401
Phone: (309) 343-3176 Website: www.galesburgfirstlutheran.org
Monday, March 12, 2018 - 7 p.m.
Baker Memorial United Methodist Church
307 Cedar Avenue, St. Charles, Illinois 60174
Phone: (630) 584-6680 Website: www.bakermemorialchurch.org
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 - 7 p.m.
Westminster Presbyterian Church
2821 N. Bell School Road, Rockford, Illinois 61107
Phone: (815) 282-1500 Website: www.westminsterchurch.cc
Wednesday, March 14, 2018 Vespers at 4:30 p.m. Concert at 7 p.m.
Nashotah House
2777 Mission Road, Nashotah, Wisconsin 53058
Phone: (262) 646-6500 Website: www.nashotah.edu
Thursday, March 15, 2018 - 7 p.m.
Tulip Church of God
1834 E. Tulip Road, Bloomfield, Indiana 47424
Phone: (812) 384-8693 Website: www.tulipchurchofgod.org
Friday, March 16, 2018 - 7 p.m.
John Wesley Free Methodist Church
5900 West 46th Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46254
Phone: (317) 291-3730 Website: www.johnwesleyfmc.org
Saturday, March 17, 2018 4:45 p.m. Choral Prelude and Mass
Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis
4431 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63108
Phone: (314) 373-8200 Website: www.cathedralstl.com
Sunday, March 18, 2018 - 4 p.m.
Choir Home Concert - Greenville Free Methodist Church
1367 IL Route 140, Greenville, Illinois 62246
Phone: (618) 664-2584 Website: www.greenvillefmc.org
Sunday, April 29, 2018 - 4 p.m.
Spring Choral Concert
Whitlock Music Center
315 E. College Avenue, Greenville, Illinois 62246
Phone: (618) 664-6560 Website: www.greenville.edu
Friday, May 11, 2018 - 8:15 p.m.
Greenville University Commencement Concert - Whitlock Music Center
315 E. College Avenue, Greenville, Illinois 62246
Phone: (618) 664-6560 Website: www.greenville.edu
For more information about the Greenville University Choir or Greenville University Music Department Office call (618) 664-6560 or visit www.greenville.edu.