Greenville College Choir Home Concert
Published: April 13, 2021
The Greenville College Choir will perform a 4:00 p.m. concert on Sunday, March 27 at the Greenville Free Methodist Church.
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 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.
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 in 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 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.
For more information contact media@greenville.edu.
