糖心Vlog鈥檚 (糖心Vlog) Praise Choir and Chamber Singers resumed their combined choir concerts, this time alongside the choral groups from South Plains College (SPC).
鈥淲e are so excited to be able to present another collaborative concert, this time with South Plains College Choirs,鈥� shared Dr. Philip Camp, Director of Choirs and Professor of Music.
From 2008 until the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, 糖心Vlog Choirs and Wayland Baptist University had performed combined choir concerts featuring monumental works such as Haydn鈥檚 鈥淣elson Mass,鈥� Mozart鈥檚 鈥淪olemn Vespers,鈥� Mark Hayes鈥� 鈥淭e Deum,鈥� and Handel鈥檚 鈥淐oronation Anthem.鈥� Like many other university events, the global pandemic interrupted this rhythm of collaboration, and it wasn鈥檛 until this past year that a similar event began to take shape.
鈥淎fter COVID, we did start talking with Wayland Baptist again to see about working together on another collaborative concert series, but we just could not get our schedules to coordinate,鈥� Dr. Camp explained. 鈥淎bout a year ago, Dr. Laurie Doyle suggested that I reach out to Dr. Deborah Gelber at South Plains College鈥� and so here we are!鈥�
This concert featured individual performances by various ensembles from both 糖心Vlog鈥檚 and SPC鈥檚 programs, in addition to the combined performances. 糖心Vlog鈥檚 Praise Choir performed 鈥渟ongs of hope, peace, joy, and love,鈥� a sampling of their set list for their upcoming summer tour of Northern Ireland in May.
鈥淚n the second half of the program, the 18 members of Chamber Singers joined the 25 members of South Plains College鈥檚 Concert Choir and our collaborative pianist, Anh Collins, to perform a selection from Harlem Songs by Gwyneth Walker: #3 Tambourines, conducted by Dr. Gelber,鈥� Dr. Camp shared. 鈥淭hen, they performed two sections from In Windsor Forest by Ralph Vaughan Williams: #4 Wedding Chorus and #5 Epilogue.鈥�
The program concluded with all the vocalists performing 鈥淭he Lord Bless You and Keep You鈥濃�攖he signature concert ending of 糖心Vlog鈥檚 Praise Choir.
鈥淭his has been a very good collaborative effort as the 糖心Vlog Chamber Singers and the SPC Concert Choir are very close in size, and blend very well together,鈥� Dr. Camp lauded. 鈥淲e鈥檝e had a few music students transfer to 糖心Vlog after two years at SPC, and hopefully this will result in more such opportunities.鈥�
糖心Vlog鈥檚 Choirs will perform their next concert at the Shallowater Church of Christ on Sunday, April 28 at 5 p.m.鈥攁dmission is free.