OCTC Chorus presents holiday concert

Monday, December 5 @ 7 p.m.

by Bernie Hale

Owensboro, KY (11/21/2022) — The Owensboro Community and Technical College Chorus (OCTC), under the direction of Dr. Connie Ford, Professor of Music, and accompanied by pianist Ann Jeannette Pierce, will perform a Christmas concert at First Christian Church on Monday, December 5, at 7 p.m. Featured composers of the 20th and 21st century programmed works, which cover a wide variety of styles, include Robert Cohen, Robert Batastini, Eric William Barnum, Zebulon Highben, Herbert Howells, John Gardner, Leo Nestor, and John Rutter. The thirty-eight-voice chorus, comprised of community members and college students, has presented fall and spring concerts since the spring of 1987.

Scheduled performers include: Robbin Baughn, Tracey Bivens-Helm, Angela Bruce, Mike Bruce, Linda Burgess, Denise Bushong, Beverly Chelgren, Kirby Chelgren, Janet Corum, Jeanette Ebelhar, Janet Estes, Melinda Francis, Rachael Gasser, Mary Goodman, Cindy Goodrid, Maurice Hanley, Rick Houston, Mary Youngmann, Sam Koon, Carroll Laswell, Leah McDivitt, Bob Meacham, Vicki Meacham, Collin Montgomery, Shannon Muffett, Tristen Muffett, Mary Rummage, Scott Salyer, Christie Stumpf, Sr. Sharon Sullivan, Mike Tichenor, Chris Tolliver, Tony Sparks, Wendy Wells, Alice Welsh, Jim Wilhoyte, Sarah Worth, and Virginia Zoglman.

Owensboro Community & Technical College is one of the sixteen community and technical colleges that make up the Kentucky Community & Technical College System. OCTC serves the KY counties of Daviess, Hancock, Ohio and McLean. OCTC has three campuses in Daviess County and a Center and Annex in Hancock County. OCTC strives to serve the communities in the service area by providing associate degree education for transfer, state of the art technical education for students focusing on entering the workforce, customized business and industry solutions through the Workforce Solutions division, and adult education and business and industry testing through the SkillTrain unit.

The Kentucky Community and Technical College System is the Commonwealth's largest postsecondary institution with 16 colleges and more than 70 campuses. We also are Kentucky's largest provider of workforce training and online education. Through partnerships with business and industry, we align our programs to meet the needs of local employers. We help students fulfill their dreams of creating a better life through programs that lead directly to jobs or help them transfer to one of our four-year partners.

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