Featuring
popular music by Sam Smith, Bruno Mars, Adele, Florence and the Machine and
others, three University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point choirs will perform a Pops
Concert on Sunday, May 3. Student choreography and dance will be included.
The
Women’s Choir, Concert Choir and Choral Union will perform at 3 p.m. at
Michelsen Hall in the Noel Fine Arts Center. The choirs are conducted by music
professors Judy Bond and Lucinda Thayer, with assistance from choral education
student Allycia Zalac of Stevens Point. Mary Ellen Mitchell of Stevens Point
will provide piano accompaniment, and music faculty member Ryan Korb will play
drums.
Several
choir members will have solos, and others will be featured dancers. The program
includes arrangements of songs, including “Count On Me” by Bruno Mars, “The
Sound of Silence” by Paul Simon, “Happy” by Pharrell Williams, “All of Me” by
Sam Smith, “Stronger (What Doesn’t Kill You)” by Kelly Clarkson and “Pompeii”
by Bastille.
Tickets are $8.25 for adults, $5.25 for senior citizens,
$4.25 for students and free the day of the concert for students with a
UW-Stevens Point I.D. Tickets are available at the University Information and
Tickets Office in the Dreyfus University Center, by calling 715-346-4100 or
800-838-3378 or at http://tickets.uwsp.edu.
Tickets also may be purchased at the door if available.