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Peoria Lunaire Concert Features the Bradley Chorale

		Peoria, IL (April 11, 2011) Peoria Lunaire, the Bradley University Ensemble for New Music, will give its spring concert on Wednesday, April 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Dingeldine Music Center, located at 1417 W. Barker Avenue. Admission to the concert is free of charge.  

		The concert will be highlighted by performances of new and recent works by the Bradley Chorale, under the direction of Dr. John Jost.  The Chorale will present three pieces: the premiere of Mirage for choir and soprano saxophone by Bradley professor Stephen Heinemann, which sets verse by Peoria poet Mark Liebenow; Fire! by Bradley professor John Orfe, a setting of verse by Langston Hughes, first performed on the Chorale's recent spring tour; and Afro-American Fragments by William Averitt, also setting poetry by Hughes.

		The Bradley Chamber Singers, a select group of singers drawn from the Chorale, will perform Three English Madrigals by 2009 Bradley graduate Jeremy Bell, who is completing a master's degree in music composition at Arizona State University. Compositions by Marian Borkowski and Pulitzer Prize winner Joseph Schwantner will also be heard. 

		As part of Peoria Lunaire's mission to present works by undergraduates along side those of established composers, and in observance of national Undergraduate Research Week, premieres include compositions by Nick Daniel, a senior from Morton; Michael T. Harris, a senior from Farmer City; and Ryan Moore, a sophomore from Mt. Zion. 

		Bradley faculty performers include oboist Alison Robuck, pianists John Orfe and Joshua Russell, and clarinetist/saxophonist Stephen Heinemann, the music director of Peoria Lunaire.

		For more information, call 677-2595.


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Kath Conver
Senior Director of Public Relations
Bradley University
309 677-2242
mkc@bradley.edu
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