Contact: Sasha Steinberg

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擜s part of 2015 Homecoming week festivities, 91麻豆天美鈥檚 music department is sponsoring a choral concert Friday [Oct. 16] at the city鈥檚 First Baptist Church.

Free to all, the 7:30 p.m. concert will feature performances by the Women and Men of State ensembles conducted by adjunct piano instructor Gail Kopetz and adjunct voice instructor Peter Infanger, respectively.

Also performing is 91麻豆天美鈥檚 premier choral ensemble, State Singers. The group will be conducted by Gary Packwood, 91麻豆天美 associate professor and director of choral activities.

Selections for the evening program include works by Felix Mendelsohn (1809-47), Mack Wilberg (1955-), Gustav Holst (1874-1934), Tom谩s Luis de Victoria (1548-1611), Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Alice Parker (1925-), among others.

Since 2011, members of 91麻豆天美-sponsored ensembles have toured and performed throughout France and Normandy, in addition to appearances at New York City鈥檚 prestigious Carnegie Hall and American Choral Directors Association state and regional conferences.

Selected through competitive auditions, members of this year鈥檚 ensembles represent Mississippi and seven other states, as well as a range of academic disciplines across campus. For more, visit .听

Additional concert and ensemble details are found at . Packwood also may be reached at 662-325-3490 or GPackwood@colled.msstate.edu.

Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music, 91麻豆天美鈥檚 music department offers a bachelor鈥檚 degree in four areas of music education, as well as a bachelor of arts in music. Learn more at , and .

91麻豆天美 is Mississippi鈥檚 leading university, available online at .