We provide news about higher education, including universities, colleges, community colleges, trade schools, vocational apprenticeships and graduate school within the Four States region of Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. From the editors of ArkLaTexNews.com
FourStates.com
OBU alumnus named newest Tiger Marching Band director
Ouachita Baptist University has named one of its own as the new athletic band director and instrumental music education director. The ne...
CenturyLink's agreement to stay in Monroe boosts ULM, Grambling and Louisiana Tech
Keeping CenturyLink in Monroe through 2025 gives local universities a big boost and their graduates an important job pipeline, according t...
It's been two months since Micah Singleton won SAU Tech talent contest, and we're still feeling it: Video
SAU "Tech Idol" - the talent contest that took place a couple months ago and organized by SAU Tech - is still on the minds of ma...
Murray State to hold art, music and theater scholarship audtions in downtown Ardmore
If you have ever thought about going to college for art, music or theater, you have the opportunity to shine and get a scholarship for it ...
Choctaw Nation Chief will be the commencement speaker at Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Chief Gary Batton of the 200,000 member Choctaw Nation has been announced as the 2019 commencement speaker for Southeastern Oklahoma State...
It's official: Texarkana is now a college town
It was a significant event that some might have missed: On August 7, the ArkLaTex area campus of the University of Arkansas officially...
Ardmore Arkadelphia Arkansas Athens Award Band Bees Books Business Camden College Commencement Dance De Kalb Durant Event Film News Fishing FNP Golf Graduation Grambling Health Hope Jobs Longview Louisiana LSU Music Natchitoches New Boston News Northeast Texas Oklahoma Opinion Ouachita SAU Tech Scholarships School SOSU Sports Texarkana Texas Trade School Tyler UAHT ULM Voting War Women
Chamber Choir to compete in international choral competition in Vienna, Austria
May 15, 2019 News Edit this post
Northwestern State University's Chamber Choir will be competing in the Ave Verum International Choral Competition in Baden, Austria, on May 31-June 2, 2019. The ensemble will leave for Austria on May 22.
NSU's Chamber Choir was one of eight choirs chosen from around the world along with ensembles from countries including Russia, Slovakia, Czechia, Ukraine, Hungary and Italy. Northwestern State is one of two choirs from the U.S. selected for the competition.
Before the Ave Verum International Choral Competition, the Chamber Choir will also perform in three European capitals at Saint Martin's Basilica in Prague, Czech Republic, Saint Peter's Basilica in Vienna, Austria, and Saint Martin's Cathedral in Bratislava, Slovakia.
The competition is in honor of the location of Mozart's "Ave Verum Corpus," which premiered in 1791 in Baden. This competition only occurs in odd years. The opening round features the 10 selected choirs which all sing in a night concert in the town square called the Long Night of Choral Music. The next day, four choirs are selected for the Grand Prix de Ave Verum. The winners receive a trophy and cash prize for the competition. The last American choir to win was the University of Georgia in 2013.
Last summer, the Northwestern State Lyric Choir won a Gold Medal in the Female Choirs category at the 3rd Budapest International Choral Celebration and Laurea Mundi International Open Competition and Grand Prix of Choral Music. The Chamber Choir received a Laurea Summa Cum Laude diploma in the Mixed Choir category and a Laurea Cum Laude diploma in the Musica Sacra (Sacred Music) category.
Baden is near Vienna and is well-known for its spas. Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and many other well-known composers wrote music or lived there. Because of Baden's rich history, composer and choral director Wolfgang Ziegler founded the Ave Verum International Choral Competition in the city. An international jury will judge the competition. Ziegler asked Cummins to submit recordings of NSU's choir after the Laurea Mundi competition. More than 40 choirs were considered for the event.
Copyright © | FourStates.com | All Rights Reserved