Matthew Butt of Marriottsville, Md. Performs in College Choir Concert at McDaniel College

2014 Nov 18

Matthew Butt , a senior from Marriottsville, Md., performs in the annual College Choir Concert at McDaniel College, 2 College Hill, Westminster, Md. The performance, which is free and open to the public, takes place Sunday, November 23, 7 p.m., in Baker Memorial Chapel.

The college choir presents "An International Holiday Celebration" under the direction of Margaret Boudreaux, music professor and department chair, with David Kreider serving as accompanist. The concert features music all over the world. Audience participation is encouraged.

The highlight of the concert will be the finale, featuring Masterworks Chorale of Carroll County, the Baltimore Recorders, the Washington Cornett and Sackbutt Ensemble, and the Maryland Boychoir for the modern premiere of "Lob se idem AlmAchtigen Gott" by Michael Praetorius and edited by Boudreaux specifically for this performance.

According to Boudreaux, "The diverse ensembles will be placed throughout the hall with the College Choir in the balcony filling the hall with early Baroque splendor. Prior to that closer, each group will individually perform short Baroque pieces throughout the concert, leading up to the dramatic finale."

For more information, call 410-857-2599. Visit www.mcdaniel.edu/music for information about the college and the music department.

McDaniel College, recognized nationally among 40 Colleges that Change Lives and U.S. News top-tier liberal arts colleges, is a four-year private college of the liberal arts and sciences offering more than 70 undergraduate programs of study, including dual and student-designed majors, plus 25 highly regarded graduate programs. Its hallmark faculty-student collaborations in research, teaching and mentoring plus hundreds of leadership and service opportunities enrich a lively learning experience that is rooted in a personalized interdisciplinary and global curriculum. Innovative January courses take students to points all over the world while McDaniel's degree-granting European campus offers a unique opportunity for international study at the only American university in Budapest, Hungary. A diverse and close-knit community of 1,600 undergraduates and 1,560 part-time graduate students, McDaniel also boasts a spectacular 160-acre hilltop campus in Westminster, Md., an hour or less from Baltimore, D.C., the Chesapeake Bay, an Amtrak station and BWI international airport.