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Scott Anderson, director of choral activities, will conduct the ISU Chamber Choir and ISU Concert Choir in performance of a wide variety of choral music in the exquisite acoustics of Jensen Hall.

鈥淭he ISU Chamber Choir is looking forward to presenting its program which was prepared to be featured and performed in Portland, Oregon on Saturday, March 10 during the Northwest Division Conference of the American Choral Directors Association,鈥� Anderson said. 鈥淎fter a very competitive audition process involving submitted recordings of college and university choirs from six states, the Chamber Choir was selected to be one of six University mixed choirs to perform at the Conference.鈥� 

The program will include G. F. Handel鈥檚 鈥淥 Come, let us sing unto the Lord,鈥� featuring pianist Natalia Lauk; 鈥淒ominus Vobiscum鈥� by American-Haitian composer Sydney Guillaume, featuring soloists Kasey Sullivan and Joe Marley; Josef Rheinberger鈥檚 setting of 鈥淒iebstahl鈥�, featuring Lauk; Latvian composer Eriks Esenvalds new composition, 鈥淭he Cloud鈥�, with text by Sarah Teasdale; 鈥淭he Eight Laughters鈥� by Korean composer Hyo-Won Woo, featuring multiple soloists; and Rollo Dilworth鈥檚 setting 鈥淐ourage, My Soul,鈥� an African American gospel piece, featuring soloist Matt Spaletta, and pianist Natalia Lauk.

 鈥淲e had a wonderful opportunity to work with composer Sydney Guillaume on his Haitian arrangement via a Skype session,鈥� Andersons said. 鈥淭he experience was extraordinary for everyone.鈥�

The 50-voice ISU Concert Choir will perform two movements from 鈥淰esperae Solennes de Confessore鈥�, the first movement, 鈥淒ixit Dominus鈥�, and fifth movement,

鈥淟audate Dominum鈥�, which will feature one of the Concert Choir sopranos. The program also includes 鈥淒ulaman鈥�, an Irish Gaelic folksong arranged by David Mooney.  ISU voice major, Orla O鈥機onnor, who is from Ireland, has coached the singers on the pronunciation of a dialect of Gaelic specific to her part of the country. 

Pianist Lauk, violinist Hyrie Choi, and cellist, Eleanor Cox will all be featured in the Concert Choir鈥檚 presentation of Ren茅 Clausen鈥檚 setting of 鈥淥h My Luve鈥檚 Like a Red, Red Rose.鈥�  The concert will close with the rousing gospel blues arrangement of 鈥淛ohn the Revelator鈥� by Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory, featuring pianist Lauk.

Tickets for the ISU Choirs Mid-Winter Concert may be purchased online at , or by calling the Stephens Center Box Office at (208)282-3595.   Ticket prices are $8 for adults, $6 for ISU faculty and staff, $4 for precollege students, and free for ISU Students with valid Bengal ID cards.  Children under the age of 6 years will not be admitted into concert.