CONWAY, Ark. (May 7, 2014) – The Hendrix College Music
Department's Harold Thompson Recital Series presents a performance by the Choir
of Clare College Cambridge, conducted by Graham Ross, on Friday, Sept. 26 at
7:30 p.m. in Greene Chapel during Fall Family Weekend at Hendrix.
The
event, which is free and open to the public, is co-hosted by Hendrix music
professors Dr. Andrew Morgan and Dr. Karen Griebling and First United Methodist
Church Conway Chancel Choir conductor Janet Gingerich.
There will be a reception in Trieschmann Gallery, organized by the Office
of Alumni and Constituent Engagement, following the concert.
For more information,
contact Dr. Griebling at 501-450-1249 or email Griebling@hendrix.edu.
Since
the founding of a mixed voice choir in 1971, the Choir of Clare College has
gained an international reputation as one of the leading university choral
groups. In addition to its primary function of leading services three times a
week in the College chapel, the choir keeps an active schedule recording,
broadcasting and performing throughout the UK and the world.
Read
more about the Choir of Clare College here.
Founded in
1876, Hendrix College is a national leader in engaged liberal arts and sciences
education. For the sixth consecutive year, Hendrix was named one of the
country’s “Up and Coming” liberal arts colleges by U.S. News and World Report. Hendrix
is featured in the latest edition of Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools
That Will Change the Way You Think about Colleges, as well as the 2014 Princeton Review’s The Best 378 Colleges, Forbes magazine's
list of America's Top Colleges, and
the 2014 Fiske Guide to Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United Methodist
Church since 1884. For
more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.