Wartburg Choir 2017-18

Wartburg Choir 2017-18

The Wartburg Choir will perform its final home concert of the season Sunday, April 15, in Wartburg Chapel. The concert is a preview of the choir’s upcoming spring tour.

The 4 p.m. concert will include songs arranged by Shawn Kirchner, including “Unclouded Day,” “Angel Band,” “Oh, What a Beautiful City” and “I’ll Be on My Way.” Other pieces include Stacey V. Gibbs “Great God Almighty” and Jake Runestad’s “We Can Mend the Sky.”

Freewill offerings will be accepted.

The internationally acclaimed Wartburg Choir performs sacred music from all historical periods and styles and often features premiere works of contemporary composers, including Morten Lauridsen, Ola Gjeilo, Stacey V. Gibbs and Connor Koppin, a 2013 Wartburg graduate. Choir members are chosen by audition and represent most academic disciplines on campus. The choir makes annual concert tours throughout the United States and travels abroad every three years during the college’s one-month May Term.