OCTC Community Chorus Holiday Event

Mon., Dec. 6 @ 7 PM

by Bernie Hale

Owensboro, KY (11/22/2021) — The Owensboro Community and Technical College Community Chorus (OCTC), will perform a holiday concert at First Christian Church, 700 JR Miller Blvd. Owensboro, on Monday, December 6, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. The chorus is under the direction of Dr. Connie Ford, Professor of Music, and accompanied by pianist Ann Jeannette Pierce.

The event features composers of the 19th, 20th , and 21st century programmed works, which cover a wide variety of styles, include Robert Cohen, Fred Gramann, Robert Young, Alfred Fedak, Andre Thomas, Harold Darke, Norman Dello Joio, Javier Busto, and Felix Mendelssohn.

The thirty-five-voice chorus, comprised of community members, high school students, and college students, has presented fall and spring concerts continually since the spring of 1987. This, however, is the chorus' first concert since the fall of 2019 due to COVID-19.

Scheduled performers for the holiday event include: Robbin Baughn, Amy Beck, Tracey Bivens, Linda Burgess, Beverly Chelgren, Kirby Chelgren, Janet Corum, Jeanette Ebelhar, Janet Estes, Melinda Francis, Chris Freels, Gavin Gargus, Mary Goodman, Rachel Keeley, Sam Koon, Justin Kurz, Shelia Kyle-Reno, Carroll Laswell, Leah McDivitt, Bob Meacham, Vicki Meacham, Natalie Moss, Shannon Muffett, Tristen Muffett, Chelsea Rector, Mary Rummage, Christie Stumpf, Sr. Sharon Sullivan, Janet Tichenor, Mike Tichenor, Chris Tolliver, Tony Sparks, Wendy Wells, Jim Wilhoyte, and Virginia Zoglman.

In order to ensure a healthy environment, masks will be required for audience members and distanced seating will be practiced. For more information, please contact Dr. Connie Ford at connie.ford@kctcs.edu.

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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