Eugene Rogers, director

The Men's Glee Club conclude their bicentennial celebration with the Ambassadors of Song: International Male Chorus Symposium featuring performances by the Michigan High School Bicentennial Male Chorus (Habermann, Lourenco and Pitout, conductors), the MGC Alumni Chorus (Jerry Blackstone, guest conductor) and Michigan Men's Glee Club.

The concert will feature two new works: This Ring of Echoes by Professor Emeritus Theodore Morrison and poet Megan Levad and an arrangement of a Korean work song by composer Hyo Won Woo. Professor Kristin Kuster's new Michigan song: Michigan Unite will also be performed.

Special guests include: Chanticleer, Joshua Habermann (Santa Fe Desert Chorale), Lhente Marie-Pitout (South Africa), Paulo Lourenco (Portugal), Jerry Blackstone, St. Olaf Viking Chorus, The Ohio State Men's Glee Club, Measure for Measure, Notre Dame Glee Club and much more.

For more information about the Symposium and guest performances, please visit the MGC Bicentennial website at: http://bicentennial.ummgc.org

Co-sponsored by the Nam Center for Korean Studies.

PROGRAM:
Monteverdi- Lamento  della Ninfa
Handel: Haste the Nymph featuring Professor Louise Toppin and Professor Joseph Gascho
Poulenc- Quatre petites prieres de Saint Francois d'Assise
Higdon- Our Beautiful Country from Cold Mountain
Morrison- This Ring of Echoes (world premiere)
Hill- From and America Sent
arr. Patriquin- Innoria
Hatfield- Son de Camaguey
Woo: The Fishermen's Song (world premiere)
Kuster: Michigan Unite (world premiere)