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<p class=MsoNormal><b>32<sup>nd</sup> Annual Holiday Choral Concert at LCCC on
December 4<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>Lorain County Community
College’s Civic Chorale, Collegiate Chorale, Renaissance Singers and
Civic Orchestra will present the 32<sup>nd</sup> annual “Holiday Choral
Concert” at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, December 4, at LCCC’s Stocker Arts
Center. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'>More than 150 performers
representing LCCC students and community musicians from 16 different
communities will perform under the direction of Nancy L. Davis, director of
Choral Music Performance at LCCC.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> The concert will begin with a performance of
the exuberant and joyful “Gloria,” composed by Baroque master
Antonio Vivaldi, and performed by the Civic Chorale and Civic Orchestra. The
concert will also feature familiar holiday carols in the medley, “The
Many Moods of Christmas.” Selections from Handel’s
“Messiah,” including the ever-popular “Hallelujah”
chorus, will be performed by the Collegiate Chorale, Civic Chorale and Civic
Orchestra. A special feature of the concert will be the Renaissance Singers,
who will appear in period costumes and perform 16<sup>th</sup> and 17<sup>th</sup>
century <i>a cappella</i> madrigals, motets, and several newly composed choral
works. “Solid Brass,”<i> </i>an all-brass ensemble, will delight
the audience during the intermission with familiar holiday music in the Stocker
Arts Center lobby.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal> Tickets are $7 each and <span
style='color:#333333'>can be ordered online at </span><a
href="http://www.lorainccc.edu/stocker">www.lorainccc.edu/stocker</a><span
style='color:#333333'>, or by calling the Stocker Arts Center box office at
800-995-5222 (ext. 4040) from 12-6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Tickets are
also available at the box office, located in the lobby of the Stocker Arts
Center. Group discounts are available, call for more information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span
style='color:#333333'>-30-</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Kim Carrasquillo<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Writer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Marketing and Outreach<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Lorain County Community College<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>(440) 366-4822<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>kcarrasq@lorainccc.edu<o:p></o:p></p>
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