Music ensembles schedule Spring Tour 2007

Release Date: 2/26/2007

Clarksville, Ark. --- The University of the Ozarks Chorale and music ensembles will perform in 10 churches in three states from March 11 to April 1 as part of their Spring Tour 2007.

U of O Assistant Professor of Music Dr. G. Mikael Lindström will direct the Ozarks Chorale, Chamber Singers and University Handbell Ringers during their tour of Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Jeanine Myers, an adjunct professor of mathematics at Ozarks, is serving as pianist and rehearsal accompanist during the tour. The Spring Tour will begin with a performance at First Presbyterian Church in Clarksville on Sunday, March 11. It will conclude with a concert in Munger Chapel on the U of O campus at 5:30 p.m., Sunday, April 1.

Among the selections the groups are expected to perform are As Torrents in Summer, by Elgar; Ave Maria, by Biebl; Prelude to Peace, by Stroope; If Ye Love Me, by Tallis; The Silver Swan, by Gibbons; and When the Saints Go Marching In, by Sherman.

The tour performances include:

• First Presbyterian Church in Clarksville, Ark., at 10 a.m., Sunday, March 11


• First Presbyterian Church in Hugo, Okla., at 11 a.m., Sunday, March 18


• Westminster Presbyterian Church in Arlington, Texas., at 7 p.m., Sunday, March 18


• Presbyterian Village North in Dallas, Texas., at 11 a.m., Monday, March 19


• Grace Presbyterian Village in Dallas, Texas, at 2 p.m., Monday, March 19


• Central Presbyterian Church in Waxahachie, Texas, at 7 p.m., Monday, March 19


• John Calvin Presbyterian Church in San Antonio, Texas, at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 21


• Northwoods Presbyterian Church in Houston, Texas, at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 22


• First Presbyterian Church in Arkadelphia, Ark., TBA


• University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Ark., at 5:30 p.m, Sunday, April 1

University of the Ozarks is a four-year, Presbyterian-affiliated university located in Clarksville, Ark.