Music Department presenting holiday choral concert

Cloud County Community College’s Music Department will present its Holiday Choral Concert on Tuesday, Dec. 6. The concert, which is free, will be at 7 p.m. in Cook Theatre on the Concordia campus.

The concert will feature the Cloud County Community Chorale and the Cloud 9 Jazz Choir, as well as the two newest choirs – the Nephelai Women’s Chorus and the Radiatus Men’s Chorus.

The new women’s chorus is named after the Nephelai, who were Greek nymphs of clouds and rain. Most artists depict them as young, beautiful women pouring water from pitchers. The men’s chorus’ name comes from Radiatus, the Latin word for rays of sunlight that shine through clouds.

The Community Chorale is a non-auditioned, community vocal ensemble that is open to singers from both the college and area communities. Cloud 9 Jazz Choir is an elite vocal music ensemble at Cloud. This auditioned choir consists of only nine singers divided into SATB (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass) parts.

The choirs will perform a wide selection of holiday music, including “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” “On a Peaceful Winter’s Night,” and “A Holly Jolly Christmas.”

For those who cannot make it to the concert, it will also be livestreamed on YouTube. It will be on the college channel, which can be found by searching for “Cloud Thunderbirds.”

All groups are under the direction of Christopher Langsford, instructor in music at Cloud County. He can be reached at chris.langsford@cloud.edu with questions about the event.