The Knox College Choir, directed by Laura Lane, presents its Fall Concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, November 6, in Kresge Recital Hall, Ford Center for the Fine Arts on the Knox College campus. The concert is free and open to the public.

The concert features a new work by British composer Jonathan Dove, "Seek Him That Maketh the Seven Stars." The piece features Casey Dierlam on a virtuosic piano part and the choir in rhythmically and harmonically complex parts that build to a dramatic climax. "This is one of the most challenging works we've tried to do in the Knox College Choir and the students are doing a terrific job," says Lane, professor of music and director of choral activities at Knox. "It's thrilling to stand in front of them and hear their beautiful, strong sound at the climax of the piece."

Concert selections span musical eras and genres, including a movement from Brahms' greatest choral masterwork to a Mongolian folk song to a moving tribute by a Scottish composer written after a shooting in a Dunblane Primary School. Featured soloists include Madeline Pape, Meghan Mohn, Samuel Fredericksen, Miranda Curtis, Ellie Baird, and David Petrak.

The Knox College Choir tours every year, with a European tour every three years. The choir has performed regularly in Barcelona and the Catalán region of Spain, with other concert tours to England, Austria, Czech Republic, Washington, D.C., Memphis, Nashville, and New Orleans. In 2005 and 2013, the Choir performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Fall 2016 Concert

By the Knox College Choir:

• "Venite exsultemus Domino," Sweelinck
• "Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen," Brahms
• "A Child's Prayer," James MacMillan; solos by Miranda Curtis and Ellie Baird, sopranos
• "Seek Him That Maketh the Seven Stars," solos by Jonathan Dove and Madeline Pape, soprano
• "Lullaby," Daniel Elder
• "Naiman Sharag," Se Enkhbayar; solo by David Petrak, tenor

By the Knox Chamber Singers

• "Ave Regina Caelorum," Isabella Leonarda; solos by Madeline Pape, soprano, Meghan Mohn, mezzo-soprano, and Samuel Fredericksen, tenor
• "Mille regretz," Josquin Des Prez
• "Grace Before Sleep," Susan LaBarr
• "How Can I Cry?" Moira Smiley

The Knox College Choir, Fall 2016

Laura Lane, conductor
Casey Dierlam, accompanist

(Name, hometown, major if declared; * indicates member of Knox College Chamber Singers)

Soprano

• *Ellie Baird, La Grange, IL: Theatre
• Jessica Beckman, Owatonna, MN: Creative Writing
• *Lara Braverman, Vernon Hills, IL: Chemistry/Theatre
• *Miranda Curtis, Raleigh, NC: Theatre Maggie Decker, St. Louis, MO: Undecided
• *Danielle Freeman, Buffalo Grove, IL: Creative Writing
• Courtney Harris, Tinley Park, IL: Psychology/Biology
• Mari Hockett, Warrenville, IL: Writing
• Ashaunti Roby, Chicago, IL: Music Education
• *Cassidy Snyder, St. Louis, MO: International Relations
• Sarah Schierbeek, Skokie, IL: Anso/Psychology

Alto

• *Lydia Allen, Chicago, IL: Chemistry/French
• Stephanie Austin, Evanston, IL: Nutrition
• Liliana Coelho, Iowa City, IA: Sustainable Social Change
• Francesca Downs, Chicago, IL: Anso/Creative Writing
• *Erin Frey, Louisville, KY: Elementary Education/Anthropology/Sociology
• *Rachel Horne, Redmond, WA: Elementary Education
• Hansini Krishna, Roselle, IL: Biochemistry/Music
• *Meghan Mohn, Kansas City, KS: Creative Writing
• *Madeline Pape, Portland, OR: Music
• Sarah Smith, Maryville, MO: Music
• Anya Wang, Xuzhou, China: Philosophy

Tenor

• Abenicio Casias, Denver, CO: Music
• *Samuel Fredericksen, Highland, IL: Undecided
• *Danni Gilmour, Mount Morris, IL: Classics
• *Tommy Hintz, Geneva, IL: Environmental Studies
• Morgan Jellison, Minneapolis, MN: Theatre
• *Ben Lambert, La Grange, IL: Psychology
• Tanner Nelson, Webster Grove, St. Louis, MO: Undecided
• David Petrak, Darien, IL: English Literature
• Noah Zand, Kenosha, WI: Undecided 

Bass

• *Eric Coats, Chicago, IL: Economics
• Benjamin E. Dolezal, Columbia, MO: Biology/Environmental Science
• Edward Freeman, Chicago, IL: Music Education
• Alex Gallo, Glen Ellyn, IL: Music
• Alex Heston, Los Angeles, CA: Computer Science
• *Graham Holmes, Galesburg, IL: English Literature 
• Errol Kaylor, Lombard, IL: Undecided
• Zak Metalsky, Appleton, WI: Theatre
• Shubham Moitra, Mumbai, India: Economics/International Relations
• *Gabriel Ochoa, Phoenix, AZ: Music Composition
• Benjamin Rezko, Chicago, IL: Theatre
• *Jared Smith, Seneca, WI: Chemistry
• Dakota Stipp, Galesburg, IL: Computer Science
• Tom Trudeau, Raleigh, NC: Neuroscience
• *Max Wallace, Watseka, IL: Political Science/Economics