NAU's Women's Chorale will be among the performers at the Spring Festival of Choirs.

NAU presents annual
Spring Festival of Choirs

Northern Arizona University's Choral Studies will present its annual Spring Festival of Choirs, an afternoon concert featuring four ensembles.

The diverse program of traditional, contemporary and multicultural choral music will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 27, in Ardrey Auditorium.

Performers include:

• the Harold M. Harter Memorial Handbell Choir, conducted by graduate teaching assistant Robert McGrath—known as one of the finest university handbell ensembles in the Southwest
• the University Singers, conducted by graduate teaching assistant Erica Kragness—a mixed chorus of predominantly non-music majors
• the Women's Chorale, conducted by Ryan Holder, associate director of choral studies, which will perform a repertoire tailored for women's voices
• the Men's Chorale, conducted by graduate teaching assistant John Pollmann

Selections will include Hava Nageela, a Hebrew folk song; She Moved through the Fair, an Irish ballad; Stephen Foster's Oh Susannah!; and Spell Against Sorrow by NAU vocal studies professor Judith Cloud.

Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for NAU employees/seniors, and free for NAU students with an ID. Tickets are available in advance by calling NAU Central Ticketing at (928) 523-5661 or can be purchased at the door.