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Galesburg Community Chorus Rehearsals
August 27, 2018 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Galesburg Community Chorus will begin rehearsals for the 2018-2019 season on Monday, August 27 from 7:00-9:00 p.m. in Jay Rehearsal Hall, Ford Center for the Fine Arts, on the campus of Knox College. All are welcome to join, and no auditions are necessary. Dues are $10 a semester, and music fees are $5 a semester. Students are not required to pay dues.
The first concert of the season, entitled Over There: A Remembrance of the War to End All Wars, will take place on Sunday, November 11, 2018. Taking place exactly 100 years after the end of WWI, the event will feature songs from the war as well as those based on poems written during the war. There will also be readings of poetry from the WWI era.
Other events of the 2018-19 season include a Sing-Along Messiah on Friday, December 7, 2018; a guest performance by the North Park University Gospel Choir on Friday, March 22, 2019; and a performance of Mozart’s Requiem on Saturday, May 4, 2019.
Sponsors of this season’s concerts include Blick Art Materials, OSF Healthcare, the Register-Mail, Walmart, Wells Fargo, the Galesburg Community Foundation, the City of Galesburg, and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
The Galesburg Community Chorus, directed by Dr. Tim Pahel, is the oldest community music organization in the Galesburg area and is currently celebrating its 74th anniversary. It was founded in 1945 at Knox College, and the chorus retains its affiliation with the college, which provides rehearsal facilities.
