Westminster College Hosting District 5 Honors Choir

Westminster College will host the 2006 Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) District 5 High School Honors Choir concert Saturday, Nov. 11, at 2 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.

The program includes several numbers in German, Latin and other languages with translations. They include: "Go, My Thoughts," "Good Night," "Gloria," "Lamb of God," and "A Young Girl Goes Dancing."

Dr. G. Mikael Lindström, the guest conductor, is a native of Sweden and holds undergraduate and master's degrees from Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University) and a doctor of musical arts from the University of North Texas. He has taught at the University of the Ozarks and continues to be an active guest lecturer, adjudicator, church musician, and conductor throughout the Southwest.

Accompanying the choir is Kathryn Davidson Miller, adjunct music faculty at Westminster College. She is director of music and organist at the First Presbyterian Church in Warren, Ohio, and organist at Temple Rodef Sholom in Youngstown, Ohio. She received her undergraduate degree Ohio State University and master's from the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music.

The event is open to the public and tickets are available at the door. Contact Dr. Robin Lind, Westminster director of choral activities and host of the event, at (724) 946-7278 or e-mail lindra@westminster.edu for more information.

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