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A concert, presented on Oct. 20 at 7 p.m. will conclude the festival. It will feature the 24-voice ISU Chamber Choir, 68-voice ISU Concert Choir and the Choral Invitational Festival Chorus, composed of the 11 high school choirs from across 糖心传媒. The concert will take place in the Stephens Performing Arts Center Jensen Grand Concert Hall.

Nicole Lamartine will direct the high school chorus during student workshops and in the final concert. She is director of choral activities at the University of Wyoming, conducting multiple student groups and teaching voice courses. She is a rising resource for men鈥檚 choir singing, recently conducting engagements in Oman, Germany, China and across the United States.

ISU Director of Choral Activities Scott Anderson will lead the Chamber Choir in its performance of Johann Sebastian Bach鈥檚 鈥淕loria,鈥� Ivo Antognini's a cappella Latin setting of 鈥淐lamaverunt Justi鈥� and the Matthew Brown arrangement of 鈥淭rue Colors,鈥� featuring soprano soloist Taylor Schultz. The Chamber Choir will also premiere ISU Assistant Professor Jon Armstrong鈥檚 original composition 鈥淎 Little Bit Rich,鈥� set to a poem by former ISU English Professor Ford Swetnam.

The Concert Choir, also conducted by Anderson, will perform the 16th-century Salmon Rossi motet 鈥淓lohim Hashivenu,鈥� Eric Whitacre鈥檚 setting of the Margaret Wise Brown children鈥檚 book 鈥淕oodnight Moon,鈥� Shawn Kirchner鈥檚 鈥淯nclouded Day鈥� and 鈥淲ith Cheerful Notes, Let All the Earth鈥� from G. F. Handel鈥檚 Chandos Anthem No. 9.

The Festival Massed Choir, which includes both ISU choirs and the 11 high school choirs, will perform W. A. Mozart鈥檚 setting of 鈥淩egina Coeli, the Nightingale鈥� arranged by Dan Forrest, Gunnar Eriksson鈥檚 arrangement of 鈥淭o the Mothers of Brazil: Salve Regina鈥� and the South African greeting song 鈥淗lohonolofatsa鈥� arranged by Daniel Jackson.

Natalia Lauk, lecturer in the ISU Department of Music, is featured as pianist in the Chamber Choir鈥檚 Bach, Brown and Armstrong pieces and the Concert Choir鈥檚 鈥淕oodnight Moon鈥� performance. Hillcrest High School Director of Choirs Camille Blackburn will serve as the pianist for the ISU Choral Invitational Festival for the 25th consecutive year.

Tickets for the final concert are $8 for adults, $6 for faculty/staff, $4 for pre-college students and free for ISU students. Tickets can be purchased at the ISU Box Office at 208-282-3595 or .

For more information, contact the ISU Department of Music at (208) 282-2699 or andescot@isu.edu.