BYU-Idaho Collegiate Singers To Perform At The Basilica Of St. Mary

Online, March 18, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Brigham Young University-Idaho's Collegiate Singers will be performing at The Basilica of Saint Mary, 88 17th Street North, Minneapolis on Saturday, April 16, at 8:00 PM. Admission is $8.00; payment is by cash or check at the door. To reserve tickets, send an email to [email protected]. All seating is general admission. Free Parking is available at the MCTC ramp next door.

This performance is part of the Collegiate Singers 2011 Tour Concert, The Spark of Creation, a two-week tour that began April 10. On this tour, the group is scheduled to perform in Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois, and Nebraska. The Spark of Creation expresses a wide range of emotions and musical styles sure to identify with crowds of varied ages and backgrounds.

The group is directed by Dr. Randall Kempton and represents some of the finest singers and musicians at BYU-Idaho. Selected by audition, each member of the group brings experience and enthusiasm to the stage as he or she participates in concerts of depth and variety.

Since 2009, Collegiate Singers have toured Alaska, provided the Opera Chorus for BYU-Idaho's production of Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, and performed in productions of the Durufle Requiem and Brahms' Ein Deutsches Requiem. The group also appeared on Music and the Spoken Word as a featured guest artist with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

BYU-Idaho is a four-year university located in Rexburg, Idaho. The university serves about 23,000 students yearly from all 50 states and over 50 countries. Prior to September 2001, BYU-Idaho was known as Ricks College which was founded in 1888 by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.