Bradley Chorale to give holiday concert

The Bradley University Chorale, accompanied by Bradley instrumentalists and directed by John Jost, will present a concert of holiday music on Sunday, December 7, at 3 p.m., in the Dingeldine Music Center. Admission is $5 for adults and free for students. The Dingeldine Music Center is located at 1417 W. Barker Avenue in Peoria.

The program will include the "Christmas Cantata" for chorus and double brass choir by Daniel Pinkham, "Agnus Dei" from Mozart's "Missa brevis in Bb," K. 275, with string trio, "Elohim Hashivenu" by Jewish Renaissance composer Salamone Rossi, and music by Michael Praetorius, Herbert Howells, Morten Lauridsen, and others. The program will conclude with "El Regio Sendero" (The Royal Road) by Ben Alloway, a rhythmic Puerto Rican-inspired work written to celebrate Three Kings Day, featuring audience participation and accompanied by percussion ensemble.

Bradley student conductors and soloists will be featured in the performance, and the Bradley Madrigal Singers will perform Renaissance Christmas motets and vocal jazz arrangements of Christmas tunes.

The Bradley Chorale has performed extensively across the United States and Europe. In May the Chorale will undertake a nine-day concert tour of Denmark and Sweden, performing in the church of the Royal Family in Copenhagen and presenting joint concerts with Danish and Swedish choirs.