UW Collegiate Chorale to Present ‘Chantez’ Nov. 9

The University of Wyoming Department of Music's Collegiate Chorale will celebrate the elegance, charm and élan of French repertoire through "Chantez: A Francophile Fête" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall.

Tickets are $14 for the public, $10 for senior citizens and $6 for students. A nominal processing fee will be charged for each ticket. To purchase tickets, visit the Performing Arts box office, call (307) 766-6666 or go online at www.tix.com/ticket-sales/uwyo/6984.

The ensemble -- led by conductor Brian Murray and assisted by Alisson Garcia, pianist; Michael Lechner, graduate conductor; and Emily Peterson, graduate conductor -- will explore the multifarious sounds of French music from around the world.

From well-known French composers such as Debussy, Duruflé and Massenet, to works by Haitian composer Sydney Guillaume and Canadian composers Lionel Daunais and Marie-Claire Saindon, the Collegiate Chorale's performance serves as a tour d'horizon of Francophile music.

Soloists for select numbers include UW voice faculty members Eric Erlandson, baritone, and Magdalena Wór, mezzo-soprano.

UW's Collegiate Chorale performed this concert in late October at Walk Festival Hall in Teton Village, organized by the Grand Teton Music Festival.

For more information, call Kathy Kirkaldie, UW Fine Arts coordinator, at (307) 766-2160 or email [email protected].