The Johns Hopkins Choral Society will present its annual Spring Concert this year at the Interfaith Center on Saturday, April 24th, at 8 p.m. Along with the Baltimore School of Arts choir and the Hopkins Symphony Orchestra, the Choral Society will be performing Mozart's requiem and other pieces from the Classical and Baroque eras that are sure to delight.
The Choral Society is one of the oldest student groups on campus . One of its largest attractions it its "non-auditioned full chorus." They welcome anyone with a desire to sing, regardless of experience and range. The no-audition membership into the group also lessens the pressure on the singers.
The Society meets once a week to practice and rehearse, giving the opportunity to any to improve not only their singing but also their sight-reading skills. Dr. Mark Hardy is the director of the Choral Society and is also Director of Choral Activities at the Baltimore School of Art. Throughout the year, the group performs at various Baltimore venues and puts on, along with the Spring Concert, a Fall concert and Holiday concert, which is held in conjunction with ECCO, a special offshoot of the Choral Society. ECCO is the audition-based chamber chorus that performs in most of the Choral Society's concerts.
The concert will last around an hour and is free of all costs. Saturday's concert is dedicated to the memory of Chris Elser. For more information, contact Reiri Sono at rsono1@jhu.edu or (410) 516-2215, or check out http://www.jhu.edu/~choral/index.htm for more information about the Society, its background and how to get involved.
