Bethel Holds War and Peace Con­cert

MISHAWAKA—On April 6 Bethel Col­lege will hold the War & Peace Con­cert. The con­cert will fea­ture groups like the Bethel Con­cert Choir, the John Glenn High School Mu­sic De­part­ment, and the Ves­per Chorale & Cham­ber  Or­ches­tra.

Ac­cord­ing to Jeshua Franklin, Di­rec­tor of Choral Ac­tiv­i­ties, the groups will come to­gether for a 35-minute can­tata ti­tled, “Dana no­bis pacem” (grant us peace) by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Each choral group will also have the op­por­tu­nity to per­form their own pieces in­clud­ing Bethel’s Wom­en’s Chorale and Bethel’s dance troupe Spirit in Mo­tion.  

When asked how the event came to be, Franklin said, “The event came about for sev­eral rea­sons. Bethel’s Con­cert Choir, along with some friends and alumni of the col­lege and mem­bers of Ves­per Chorale, will all be per­form­ing the “Dona no­bis pacem” in Carnegie Hall in May. Once I knew we were singing that work in New York in May, I wanted to see if there was a way to per­form it here on cam­pus as well”

Ac­cord­ing to the pro­vided press re­lease, Franklin also said, “The year 2018 marked the 100-year an­niver­sary of the end of World War I, the war that was to end all wars. Yet the world re­mains plagued by threats of ter­ror­ism, nu­clear es­ca­la­tion, civil war, and geno­cide. Too much of the world's pop­u­la­tion lives in daily fear of vi­o­lence,”

Ac­cord­ing to the press re­lease, the con­cert will be paired with an art Ex­hi­bi­tion that fea­tures copies prints fo­cused on the sub­ject of war and peace. The Mu­sic De­part­ment will also be screen­ing “The Singing Rev­o­lu­tion” on Wed., April 3 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ever­est-Rohrer Au­di­to­rium.

The con­cert will take place April 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ever­est Rohrer Au­di­to­rium. Tick­ets are $15 for adults and $12 for stu­dents and se­niors. Tick­ets are avail­able on­line at Bethel­Col­lege.edu/​Tick­ets or you can call (574) 807-7080.