Published April 25. 2023 02:45PM
The Tamaqua Senior High School Vocal Music Department will present its annual Spring Choral Program at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Tamaqua Area Auditorium.
The concert will feature performances by the high school Concert Choir and the Jazz and Concert Chorale.
The concert choir will open with “Go Ye Into All the World” by Eugene Butler followed by “Skye Boat Song” arranged by Jay Althouse. Students selected to participate in the Schuylkill County Chorus in 2022 will be featured in the third selection, “Choose Something Like a Star.”
The Jazz and Concert Chorale will take the stage with a wide variety of musical styles and selections. The chorale will begin with a partner song arrangement of two classic folk songs, “Danny Boy” and “Shenandoah” arranged by Greg Gilpin.
The female students will sing “It’s Rainin’ Men” as performed by The Weather Girls. The male students will sing a doo-wop version of “Kiss the Girl” from Disney’s “The Little Mermaid.” The jazz chorale will close its set with “I Will Sing You the Stars” by Mark Burrows.
The concert choir will take the stage again to sing a medley of songs from the Broadway musical “Les Miserables.” The concert comes to a close with a traditional Irish blessing “May the Road Rise to Meet You.”
Accompanists for the choirs are Cecilia Ulicny and Debra Sweeney. The choirs are under the direction of John D. Buglio.
Admission to the concert is $5 for adults and $2 for children and senior citizens. Doors to the auditorium will open at 6:45 p.m.