The beautiful sounds of the NGU concert choir
Caroline McNeely, Visual Arts Editor
It is more than just music, it is full of passion and storytelling that pulls the audience through songs of love, hope and faith. The Cline school of music presents a student choir on Oct. 10, 2023.
North Greenville University’s Cline school of music presents 31 students in a choir performing a compilation of varying songs with solos throughout. The choir opens the concert with “Festival Sanctus” by John Leavitt.
The alto section of the choir, the ladies singing in a lower female voice, is to the right of the choir for each concert. The ladies wear beautiful navy blue gowns.
The men, singing either tenor, a higher male voice, or a baritone, a lower male voice, find their places in the center of the stands for each concert choir. The men wear professional black suits with black ties to match the formal wear of the ladies’ gowns.
The ladies singing soprano, a higher female voice, stand to the left of the choir group for each performance. The sopranos hit high-pitched notes with angelic qualities to their performance. The sopranos match the altos in wearing a navy blue gown.
Meghan Frady, soprano soloist, presents the first soloist piece of “Be Thou My Vision” by Tom Fettke.
Sarah Delanuez, soprano soloist, passionately sings “The Light in the Piazza” by Andrew Gerle and captivates the audience with her voice and joyful expressions throughout the song.
Darrell Taylor, tenor soloist, sings “Homeward Bound” by Jay Althouse with a strong and steady voice.
Larry McCullough, tenor soloist, confidently performs “Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel” by Harry Thacker Burleigh.
Arianna Wilson, mezzo-soprano soloist, gracefully displays her talent by singing “God Bless the Child” by Billie Holiday.
Matthew Blanton, tenor soloist, bows after his performance of “Every Valley” by George Frideric Handel.
