Greenville College Choir to Sing Home Concert at Greenville Free Methodist Church on Sunday, March 4
Published: April 13, 2021
The Greenville College Choir (Greenville, Illinois) will sing a Home Concert at 4:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 4 at Greenville Free Methodist Church (1367 East State Route 140, Greenville, IL). 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. This year's tour program is entitled "Light, Life and Love" and includes selections from Russia, Germany, France, Estonia, England, Zimbabwe, and America.
During the current 85th Anniversary year the Greenville College Choir has been invited to perform at the Illinois Music Educators Conference in Peoria, Illinois (January 2012) and the American Choral Directors Association's Central Division Convention in Ft. Wayne, Indiana (March 2012). 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 November 2009 the College Choir performed with the Boston Camerata at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. In April 2011 the Choir sang with the American Kantorei at Concordia Seminary (St. Louis).
The Greenville Choir consists of 42 undergraduate students from various fields of liberal arts study, including the College's four 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, Illinois). 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.
Greenville College is a four-year accredited Christian liberal arts school with more than 1,200 traditional undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree completion students. Founded in 1892 and affiliated with the Free Methodist Church, the college is located in Greenville, Illinois, 45 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri.
For further details about the services and concert call Greenville Free Methodist Church at (618) 664-2584 or visit http://greenvillefmc.org/. For more information about the Greenville College Choir or Greenville College call the Music Department Office at (618) 664-6561 or visit www.greenville.edu.
