Performance Ensembles

CONCERT CHOIR

The LMC Concert Choir under the direction of Dan Hendrickson is a mixed choir of community and student singers who perform music from the standard choral repertoire. Major works performed in recent years include Gabriel Faure's Requiem; Mass in F by Franz Schubert; Liebeslieder Walzer, Op.52 by Johannes Brahms, and the Gloria by Francis Poulenc. Performances are often accompanied by a chamber orchestra or guest musicians. The choir also performs smaller works including spirituals and folk songs. The Concert Choir performs annually with the Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestra and Symphony Chorus. Past performances have included such works as Symphony No. 9 by Ludvig Van Beethoven, Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, Alexander Nevsky by Sergei Prokofiev, and Verdi Opera Choruses. The Concert Choir is open to all students and community members with vocal ability through audition.

Sound Clip
Every Time We Say Goodbye
Susani

JAZZ BAND

The Jazz Band regularly performs in concert each semester and is under the direction of Mr. James Cooper. Their performances include music in all styles of the jazz and rock idioms. They have performed at LMC Bertrand Crossing Campus, the Box Factory for the Arts in St. Joseph and recently opened for the Western Michigan University Jazz Orchestra for a Visiting Artist Concert. The jazz band rehearses on Monday evenings from 6:30-8:30p.m. and is open to all students by audition.

SOUTHSHORE CONCERT BAND

Instrumental students at LMC perform in the Southshore Concert Band for academic credit. The Southshore Concert Band is a community band that is in residence at Lake Michigan College. They rehearse on Thursday evenings from 7-9p.m.and perform 4 concerts each year. The band's rehearsal and performance season coincides with the LMC semester schedule from September through June. The Southshore Concert Band, under the direction of Dale Reuss, has grown into a respected musical organization. The Band has enjoyed great success and performs at a very high level. Guest conductors have included Kenneth G. Bloomquist, from Michigan State University, Richard Suddendorf, from Western Michigan University, and internationally known composer David Shaffer. Mr. Shaffer composed and dedicated a piece entitled "The Quest" to the Southshore Concert Band.

VOICES LMC

Voices LMC is a dynamic, a capella chamber ensemble that performs regularly in concert each semester. The repertoire performed each semester is drawn from the standard choral repertoire and includes madrigals, motets, folk songs, spirituals, and jazz. Voices LMC performs for such events as the WAUS "Second Sunday Music Series" at the Fernwood Botanical Garden, they have appeared on WNIT's Open Studio, and performed in concert with Rita Coolidge on the Mendel Center Mainstage. Ensemble membership is open to all students and community members through audition. Voices LMC is directed by Dan Hendrickson.

Sound Clips
Tant Que Vivray
My Romance

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