THIBODAUX ā The ¹ū¶³APP Concert Choir will present āA Concert for Holy Weekā at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in the sanctuary of First United Methodist Church of Houma, 6109 Highway 311. The concert, featuring a multi-movement āStabat Materā by Franz Joseph Haydn, is free and open to the public.
Student soloists will include soprano Sarah Sullivan, vocal music and accounting double major from Woodstown, N.J.; altos Jessica Frickey, vocal music major from Des Allemands, Michelle GauthƩ, education major from Houma, and Danika Malmberg, MBA graduate student from Solvang, Calif.; tenor Devin Fields, vocal music major from Morgan City; and Devin Verrette, vocal music education major from Houma.
Additional pieces on the program include the Gregorian Easter Sequence āVictimae Paschali Laudes,ā recently deceased Grammy Award winning composer Henryk GĆ³reckiās āTotus Tuus,ā French composer Francis Poulencās motet āSalve Regina,ā cellist and composer Pablo Casalsā āO vos omnes,ā and two selections from the 19th century Southern hymnody tradition, āWondrous Loveā and āMy Song in the Night.ā Student conductor Devin Verrette will conduct āO Vos Omnes.ā
The ¹ū¶³APP Concert Choir is conducted by Dr. Kenneth Klaus and accompanied by Casey Haynes, staff accompanist in the Department of Music.
For additional information, go to www.nicholls.edu/perform.