Jamestown College Choir presenting Home Concert

The Jamestown College Concert Choir will present its home concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, at St. James Basilica. The concert is free and open to the public. A freewill offering will be collected.

The concert follows the choir’s spring break tour which included performances in Omaha, Neb.; Wichita, Kan.; Westminster, Colo.; Sturgis, S.D. and Hettinger, N.D.

The program includes songs sung in English, German, French and Latin by composers ranging from the 1600s to present-day.

For more than 90 years, the Jamestown College Choir has toured throughout the United States and internationally.

J. Aaron McDermid is director of choral activities at Jamestown College. Before coming to Jamestown, McDermid was the conductor and artistic director of the Tucson Masterworks Chorale. Establishing a reputation as a composer of challenging and accessible works, McDermid has written 15 commissioned works for groups such as The National Lutheran Choir and The Dale Warland Singers.

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