OCTC Community Chorus Presents Spring 2026 Concert
Mon. May 4, 2026 at First Christian Church at 7 p.m.
Owensboro, KY (04/27/2026) — The Owensboro Community and Technical College Chorus (OCTC), under the direction of Dr. Connie Ford, Professor of Music, and accompanied by pianist Anna Sparks, will perform a spring concert at First Christian Church on Monday, May 4 at 7:00 p.m. Featured composers of the 20th and 21st century programmed works, which cover a wide variety of styles, include Bill Froom, Ola Gjeilo, John Rutter, Andre Thomas, Morten Lauridsen, Karen Marrolli, Sarah Quartel, Bob Dylan, and Peter Anglea. Guest artists include violinist Adrienne Vallandingham and percussionist Danny Huffman. The forty-seven-member OCTC Chorus has presented fall and spring concerts since spring 1987.
Scheduled performers include
Robbin Baughn, R. D. Bramschreiber, Bonnie Brown, Angela Bruce, Mike Bruce, Linda Burgess, Marla Carter, Maddie Case, Alex Clark, Katherine Cooke, Janet Corum, Leigh Crume, Jeanette Ebelhar, Susanne Eineigel, Billy Elkins, Crystal Elkins, Chris Gutierrez, Melinda Francis, Beth Holmes, Chris Holmes, Rick Houston, Debi Wade Jordan, Elizabeth Kline, Ellie Kline, Sam Koon, Rachel Kurz, Carroll Laswell, Aaron Lundy, Leah McDivitt, Bob Meacham, Calvin Mindrup, Allison Price, Scott Salyer, Christie Stumpf, Sr. Sharon Sullivan, Mary Ann Thompson, Chris Tolliver, Tony Sparks, Cathryn Tupy, Philip Webster, Wendy Wells, Alice Welsh, Bella Whear, Shannon Wilder, Jim Wilhoyte, Janna Woodfall, and Benjamin Wright.
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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.
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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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Dr. Connie Ford directs last year's Spring Concert, May 2025