To Have and to Hold

South Bend Chamber Singers present To Have and to 
Hold, Marriage Music

This late May concert anticipates the wedding season with a varied collection of choral music either composed for wedding ceremonies or celebrating the institution of matrimony. Works by John Tavener, Paul Mealor, William Matthias, William Walton, Benjamin Britten, Eric Whitacre, Owain Park, Susan LaBarr, Janika Vandervelde, and John Legend will be featured.

About the South Bend Chamber Singers:
The South Bend Chamber Singers, an ensemble-in-residence at Saint Mary’s College, is in its 28th season. Over the past 20-plus years the Singers have presented major choral-orchestral works such as Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Magnificat, B Minor Mass, and St. John Passion; Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Brahms’ Requiem and Orff’s Carmina Burana. Yet, the ensemble concentrates primarily on works by living composers and regularly commissions new works and unusual and complex arrangements.