Posted by Mary Wimberley on 2007-04-27

The Samford University Orchestra and Combined Choirs will present a concert Tuesday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Wright Center Concert Hall. The public is invited free of charge.

Dr. Milburn S. Price will conduct, with Kathryn Fouse, pianist. Singers will be members of Samford's 54-member A Cappella Choir and 45-member University Chorale.

The program will include Jean Sibelius' Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Pietro Mascagni's Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana, Engelbert Humperdinck's (German composer 1854-1921) Overture to Hansel and Gretel, and Beethoven's Fantasia for Piano, Chorus and Orchestra in C Minor, Op. 80.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, 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 6,324 students from 44 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 is widely recognized as having one of the most beautiful campuses in America, featuring rolling hills, meticulously maintained grounds and Georgian-Colonial architecture. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks with the second-highest score in the nation for its 98% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.