The Marshall Community Chorus is proud to announce its upcoming 35^th season
of free performances. Under the direction of Ron Sayer, the chorus will present
a series of not to be missed concerts for the public.

The season opens with what promises to be an inspiring and memorable concert of
sacred choral music. Exploring the ever-growing treasury of music for the church, its seasons and celebrations, the concert is titled With Heart and Voice.

According to Sayer, the concert will “focus on the richness and beauty of sacred choral music. Representative of many denominations, cultures, and nationalities, we will
explore over a thousand years of sacred music”.

While a concert devoted entirely to sacred music is not a regular menu for their concerts, Sayer related that there was a good reason to approach it now.

“This is the 35th anniversary of the choir, which grew out of an ensemble created and led by the late Marie Boedeker as part of the Marshall Sesquicentennial Celebration’s Religious Heritage Day.”

“I thought it was fitting to pay tribute to that seed which grew into today’s choir
by returning to its purpose. To make the point more meaningful our concert will take
place at the First Christian Church of Marshall, where the performance took place thirty-five years ago, and where the Marshall Community Chorus’s concerts took place for about the first decade. So, this is a homecoming for us.”

The concert will feature about fifteen selections representing the many genres of sacred choral music, and showcasing well-known traditional hymns as well as music from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and modern eras.

Several guests will also join the performance. “We’re pulling out the stops,
both figuratively and literally, for this concert” remarked Sayer. In addition to the usual piano accompaniment, the choir will be accompanied by brass, strings, and organ on several selections.

Guest organist for the concert will be Dr. Andrew Meagher, who is the recently installed
organist and director of music at St. Joseph Cathedral in Jefferson City. Dr. Meagher is
a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he earned his doctorate in organ performance.

The concert begins at 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, October 22, in the sanctuary of First Christian Church of Marshall, 130 N. Jefferson Ave. As always, the concert is free and
open to the public.

For further information contact Ron Sayer, 660-815-1917