COSHOCTON – The Coshocton Community Choir's Spring Concert, "Song of Peace," will be held on Sunday, April 30, at 3 p.m. at Coshocton High School's McKinley Auditorium. The 100-voice adult choir, under the direction of Charles R. Snyder, will perform a mix of sacred and secular choral music.
Now in its 51st season, the Community Choir was organized in 1971 by Snyder, a longtime Coshocton teacher, choral director and church musician. Snyder said the theme for this concert, "Song of Peace," began as a concern about what is going on in the world – the pointed fingers and the unwillingness of many to sit down, listen and talk with each other.
"We hope that our audiences will leave the concert filled with joy and with appreciation for all the arts in our communities and our schools," Snyder said.
Snyder said the choir is excited to share three new songs chosen for this concert.
"A recent anthem based on the old hymn, 'O Love, That Will Not Let Me Go,’ is new to the choir," Snyder said. "Composer Elaine Hagenberg has written a beautiful new tune for it and added a cello part to be played by Coshocton High School music teacher Abigail Adams."
Two other new songs are “O Lord, Our God” by Ovid Young and John Rutter's “A Gaelic Blessing,” both new to the Community Choir. Snyder noted that the latter song was a favorite of Helen L. Wright, the church organist from 1967 to 2007 (and the Community Choir's first accompanist).
“We sing it at this concert to honor her,” he said.
Other Community Choir favorites to be performed at this concert include Mary McDonald's "Make Me an Instrument of Thy Peace," Ken Medema's "Lord, Listen to Your Children," Hal Hopson's arrangement of "All Creatures of Our God and King," which he titled "Canticle of Praise," and Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Pie Jesu," from his Requiem.
Tickets for the concert are $10 for adults and $5 for students and are available at the door or on the choir website at CoshoctonCommunityChoir.org.
To learn more, call the choir office at 740-623-0554, check out the Coshocton Community Choir Facebook page or visit its website.
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