GC Choir to Perform with The American Kantorei at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis

Published: April 13, 2021

The Greenville College Choir will perform a 3:00 p.m. concert with The American Kantorei on Sunday, April 17 at the Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus, Concordia Seminary. The American Kantorei is a professional choral and orchestral ensemble which has become well-known for its Bach at the Sem Concert Series, making the music of Johann Sebastian Bach readily available to the St. Louis community. The program includes Bach's Cantata # 4 (Christ lag in Todesbanden' / Christ Lay in the Snares of Death'), several unaccompanied motets, and Bach's Magnificat in D.

Founded in 1927 by Dr. Robert W. Woods, the Greenville College Choir (Greenville, IL) has attained a widespread reputation for performing sacred choral music of the highest quality. The Choir regularly joins with the Greenville Choral Union for concerts of larger choral-orchestral works such as Mozart's Requiem, and Mendelssohn's Elijah, as well as annual performances of Handel's Messiah. In 2008 the Choir was invited to sing at the American Choral Directors Association's Central Division Convention in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In November 2009 the Choir performed with the Boston Camerata at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. This will be the Greenville Choir's first collaboration with The American Kantorei.

This spring the Greenville College Choir has performed a number of concerts in South Central Illinois and St. Louis, Missouri, as well as an extensive tour of the Southeastern United States. The concert on April 17 with The American Kantorei at Concordia Seminary will be the Choir's last off-campus performance this season.

For further details about the concert at Concordia Seminary, visit www.csl.edu or call (314) 505-7000.