Posted by Sean Flynt on 2011-05-27

Samford's A Cappella Choir and University Chorale began their Spring Tour May 24 and will end it with an 8 p.m. concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City May 28.

The group took part in a service project with Graffiti Church in New York on May 25 and rested Thursday in preparation for the weekend concert.

Samford A Cappella Choir director Philip Copeland will conduct a combined choir of 195 choristers and New England Symphonic Ensemble for a performance of Maurice Duruflé's "Requiem".

The performance will mark Copeland's second time on the stage at Carnegie Hall under the auspices of MidAmerica Productions. The first was with a similar Birmingham-area combined choir. This time, in addition to Samford's A Cappella Choir, the choirs will include Alabama Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Mountain Brook Jr. League Choral Group, Whippany Park High School, (New Jersey), White Plains High School (New York) and Christopher Dock Mennonite High School (Pennsylvania). Samford alumna Dale Whitmire Reynolds will be performing her last concert with the Alabama Symphony Chorus for the event.

 

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Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 5,791 students from 49 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.