The Knox College Choir presents its spring concert at 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 6 in Kresge Hall, Ford Center for the Fine Arts, on the Knox campus in Galesburg, Illinois. The concert is free and open to the public.

Directed by Laura Lane, professor of music, the 45-voice choir will perform works from a variety of cultures around the world, including Haiti, Brazil, Israel, Lithuania and French Canada.

"Alélouya, Emile Desamours," which will be sung in Creole, is a rarely performed work from Haiti that combines the spiritual traditions and languages of Haiti, Europe and West Africa.

Daniel Hall's "Reflections from Yad Vashem," featuring Knox College student Saville Bloxam, viola, was written following the composer's visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem, as a memorial to children who died in the Holocaust.

"To the Mothers in Brazil: Salve Regina" is dedicated to the mothers in Brazil who have lost their children in violence. The work features Knox students Stevie Hawes, flute, and Dakota Stipp, percussion.

"Anoj Pusej Dunojelio" is a Lithuanian folk song featuring Knox student Madeline Pape, alto soloist. "J'entends le moulin" is a French-Canadian folk song that features the Choir's accompanist Casey Dierlam, piano.

The Knox Chamber Singers will perform "Esto Les Digo," a Spanish song about love; Norman Luboff's "Much Ado About Nothings"; and "I'm a Train," The King Singers' arrangement of song written from the point of view of a train.

Knox College Choir, Spring 2016 Concert
Laura Lane, conductor
Casey Dierlam, accompanist

Name, Hometown ~ Major(s), if declared
* - Member of Chamber Singers

Soprano
Jessica Beckman, Owatonna, MN ~ Creative Writing
*Lara Braverman, Vernon Hills, IL ~ Chemistry/Theatre
Rosie Castle, Denver, CO ~ Elementary Education/Theatre
Hannah Cloh, Northbrook, IL ~ English Literature
*Miranda Curtis, Raleigh, NC ~ Theatre
*Danielle Freeman, Buffalo Grove, IL ~ Creative Writing
Makenzie Goldstein, Denver, CO ~ Anthropology/Sociology
*Becky Hixon, Davenport, IA ~ English Literature
*Mary Houlihan, Aurora, IL ~ Psychology
Stephanie Nikitenko, Mundelein, IL ~ Creative Writing/ Pre-Law
Ashaunti Roby, Galesburg, IL ~ Music Education
Cassidy Snyder, St ~ Louis, MO ~ International Relations
*Catlin Watts, Chicago, IL ~ Spanish/International Relations

Alto
Stephanie Austin, Evanston, IL
Jenn Erl, Glen Ellyn, IL ~ Human Rights
*Emma Frey, Park Ridge, IL ~ English Literature
Erin Frey, Louisville, KY ~ Elementary Education/Anthropology/Sociology
Hansini Krishna, Roselle, IL ~ Biochemistry/Music
*Mara Lane, Eau Claire, WI ~ Music/Art History
Michiko Li, Tokyo, Japan ~ Integrated International Studies
*Caitlyn Morgan, Geneva, IL ~ Neuroscience/Psychology
*Madeline Pape, Portland, OR ~ Music
Haley Richter, Minneapolis, MN ~ Psychology
Kati Stemple, Rockford, IL ~ International Relations

Tenor
Abenicio Casias, Denver, CO ~ Music
*Samuel Fredericksen, Highland, IL 
*Danni Gilmour, Mount Morris, IL ~ Classics
*Tommy Hintz, Geneva, IL ~ Environmental Studies
Alex Kellogg, Yellow Springs, OH ~ Music
*Ben Lambert, La Grange, IL ~ Biology
David Petrak, Darien, IL

Bass
*Eric Coats, Chicago, IL ~ Economics
Edward Freeman, Chicago, IL
Alex Gallo, Glen Ellyn, IL ~ Music
Alex Heston, Los Angeles, CA ~ Computer Science
Zak Metalsky, Appleton, WI ~ Theatre
Shubham Moitra, Mumbai, India ~ Economics/ International Relations
*Aidan Murphy, Prairie View, IL ~ Creative Writing
*Gabriel Ochoa, Phoenix, AZ
Benjamin Rezko, Chicago, IL ~ Theatre
Dakota Stipp, Galesburg, IL ~ Computer Science
McLeod Sumner, Portland, OR ~ Anthropology/Sociology
Tom Trudeau, Raleigh, NC ~ Integrated International Studies
*Max Wallace, Watseka, IL ~ Political Science/Economics