University of Portland’s University Singers, Women’s Chorale, and Jazz Band to perform February 17 concert

The University of Portland will present three of its premier musical groups in a concert slated for Sunday, February 17 at 3 p.m. in Buckley Center Auditorium on campus, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd. The performance is free and open to the public.

The University Singers will take on popular music, including contemporary a cappela arrangements and stirring pieces for women’s and men’s voices alone. They will be joined by the beautiful sounds of the Women’s Chorale, singing a varied program including several contrasting choral styles: a setting of “Ave Maria” by Portland composer Joan Szymko; “I Am In Love,” a haunting arrangement of an Appalachian folksong by Laura Parrotta; and a fun set of jazz standards, “Swing Around Suite,” featuring “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” in the style of Ella Fitzgerald, “God Bless the Child,” and “How High the Moon.” The suite will also feature individual soloists from the Chorale. The concert will conclude with a rousing performance by the dynamic, roof-raising University Jazz Band.

For more information contact the performing and fine arts department at (503) 943-7228 or pfa@up.edu.

The University of Portland is an independently governed Catholic university guided by the Congregation of Holy Cross. U.S. News & World Report ranks the institution as one of the top ten regional universities in the West. It is the only school in Oregon to offer a College of Arts & Sciences, a graduate school, and nationally accredited programs in the schools of business, education, engineering, and nursing.

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