Greenville College Choir Announces 2011 Spring Concert Itinerary
Published: April 13, 2021
The Greenville College Choir will perform a number of concerts in South Central Illinois, St. Louis, Missouri and the Southeastern United States this spring. Weekend performances will take place in various churches in the St. Louis Metro and Metro East areas including a March 6 pre-tour concert at Christ Church Cathedral (St. Louis) and a guest appearance in the Bach at the Sem Concert Series at Concordia Seminary (St. Louis) with The American Kantorei, a professional choral and orchestral ensemble. The Greenville Choir's 2011 spring tour will take them to venues in Atlanta (GA), St. Petersburg (FL), Charlotte (NC) and Nashville (TN). This year's tour program includes works from Estonia, Norway, England and America and spans a 400-year period.
Founded in 1927 by Dr. Robert W. Woods, the Greenville College Choir 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 Bach's Magnificat, Mozart's Requiem, and the annual Christmas performance of Handel's Messiah. In 2008 the Choir was invited to sing at the American Choral Director 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.
The Choir consists of 52 undergraduate students from various fields of liberal arts study, including the College's five music degree programs. As the flagship choral ensemble of Greenville College, the choir presents as many as twenty off-campus performances each year as part of its annual tour. Students' dedication to the program is consistently made evident by the professional quality of their performances.
Conductor Jeffrey S. Wilson received his Bachelor of Music degree in piano from Augustana College (Rock Island, IL). He earned the Master of Music degree in choral music and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting and literature from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Wilson has served as conductor of the choir since 1996.
The Greenville College Choir's spring semester itinerary currently includes the following performances:
Sunday, February 20, 2011 - 10:45 a.m. Worship Service
St. Matthew United Methodist Church
1200 Moreland Drive, Belleville, IL 62223
Phone: 618.397.5994; website: http://stmatthewumc.org/
Sunday, February 20, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.
Hillsboro Free Methodist Church
1400 Seymour Avenue, Hillsboro, IL 62049
Phone: 217.532.2216; website: http://hillsborofmc.org/
Sunday, March 6, 2011 - 11:00 a.m. Worship Service
Second Presbyterian Church
4501 Westminster Place, St. Louis, MO 63108
Phone: 314.367.0636; website: http://www.secondchurch.net/
Sunday, March 6, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral
1210 Locust Street, St. Louis, MO 63103
Phone: 314.231.3454; website: www.christchurchcathedral.us/
Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 9:30 & 10:45 a.m. Worship Services
Shadowbrook Baptist Church
4187 Suwanee Dam Road Suwanee, GA 30024
Phone: 770.945.1524; website: http://shadowbrookchurch.org/
Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
Gainesville First United Methodist Church
2870 Thompson Bridge Road, Gainesville, GA 30506
Phone: 770.536.2341; website: www.gfumc.com
Monday, March 14, 2011
First United Methodist Church of Plant City
303 North Evers Street, Plant City, FL 33563
Phone: 813.754.3519; website: www.firstchurchplantcity.com
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.
Lakeland Light and Life Free Methodist Church
5730 Deeson Road, Lakeland, FL 33810
Phone: 863.858.6361; website: www.lightandlifepark.org
Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
Cornerstone Community Church
6745 38th Avenue North, St. Petersburg, FL 33710-1536
Phone: 727.343.7747; website: www.cometocornerstone.com
Friday, March 18, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
Lake Norman Baptist Church
7921 Sam Furr Road, Huntersville, NC 28078
Phone: 704.892.0143; website: www.lakenormanbaptist.com
Saturday, March 19, 2011 at 8:00 p.m.
The Contemporary Music Center
559 Church Street East, Brentwood, TN 37027
Phone: 615.499.4378; website: www.bestsemester.com/cmc
Sunday, March 20, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. Worship Service
Belmont United Methodist Church
2007 Acklen Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212
Phone: 615.383.0832; website: www.belmontumc.org
Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.
Choir Home Concert - Greenville Free Methodist Church
1367 East State Route 140, Greenville, IL 62246
Phone: 618.664.2584; website: http://greenvillefmc.org/
Sunday, April 17, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.
Spring Choral-Orchestral Concert with The American Kantorei
The Chapel of St. Timothy and St. Titus, Concordia Seminary
801 Seminary Place, St. Louis, MO 63105
Phone: 314.505.7000; website: www.csl.edu
Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 4:30 p.m.
Commencement Weekend Concert
Whitlock Music Center, Greenville College
315 East College Avenue, Greenville, IL 62246
Phone: 618.664.6560; website: www.greenville.edu
For further information about the Greenville College Choir please contact the Greenville College Music Department Office at 618.664.6560 or grace.hoenig@greenville.edu.
