{"id":2798,"date":"2008-11-05T10:35:58","date_gmt":"2008-11-05T14:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=2798"},"modified":"2026-07-13T22:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T02:07:00","slug":"concert-choir-performs-at-umes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/concert-choir-performs-at-umes\/","title":{"rendered":"Concert Choir Performs at UMES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"525\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2021\/09\/image00111.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2021\/09\/image00111.jpeg 525w, https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/scm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/219\/2021\/09\/image00111-300x187.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wednesday, November 5, 2008<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PRINCESS ANNE, MD &#8211; A tradition for the past decade, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Concert Choir will perform a fall concert on Sunday, November 9, at 4 p.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The theme, &#8220;Sights and Sounds of Honolulu, Hawaii,&#8221; depicts the music the choir performed while on tour.&nbsp; Every spring the choir travels abroad to perform and glean information about another country&#8217;s people and their culture.&nbsp; Their spring &#8217;08 tour included venues such as Trinity Missionary Baptist Church in Honolulu, Aliamanu Military Reservation in Aliamanu, the Hale Koa Hotel in Honolulu and the military s Schofield Barracks Chapel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Works by Bach, Tschesnokoff, Thompson, Clausen, Rutter, Hailstork, Powell, Curtis, Liebau, Rose\/Youmans, Morris, Wise and Hogan will be performed during the concert. A special guest soprano, Patricia Saunders Nixon of Norfolk, Va., will also take the stage.&nbsp; Accompanying Nixon to UMES, the Norfolk State University Vocal Jazz Ensemble&#8217;s voices will be heard in the concert. She serves as the vocal instructor for the ensemble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nixon has performed with the Virginia Opera Association, the Virginia Symphony Pops and the I. Sherman Greene Chorale.&nbsp; She is a member of the Tidewater Area Musicians of the National Association of Negro Musicians, the Virginia Music Education Association of MENC, and the National Association of Teachers of Singing.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The UMES Concert Choir performs under the direction of Dr. Sheila Harleston. For more information call 410-651-6571.&nbsp; Admission is free and open to the public.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>###<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Gail Stephens, assistant director, UMES Office of Public Relations, 410-651-7580,&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:gcstephens@umes.edu\">gcstephens@umes.edu<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday, November 5, 2008 PRINCESS ANNE, MD &#8211; A tradition for the past decade, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Concert Choir will perform a fall concert on Sunday, November 9, at 4 p.m. in the Ella Fitzgerald Performing Arts Center. 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