Tonight at 7 p.m. in Monumental Chapel, the Center for Sacred Music
will present “An Evening with Bach & Friends” featuring the voices
of Virginia Wesleyan Applied Music Specialist Billye Brown Youmans,
former student Douglas Lynch, Director of Choral Music Bryson Mortensen,
and The Wesleyan Chorale. They will be accompanied by The Wren Masters,
the faculty Baroque ensemble of the College of William & Mary, who
will perform on period instruments.
The performance is part of
the CSM’s Monumental Moments series, which last semester featured
“Crowns: Portraits of Black Women in Church Hats” and the “Reforming!”
Hymn Festival. Unfortunately, the scheduled Indian dance performance by
Padmarani Rasiah Cantu was cancelled, but I am told it is being
rescheduled for the fall.
Thank you to Dr. Sandi Billy for her
continued coordination of this and several other outstanding offerings
in her role as Director of The Center for Sacred Music and Artistic
Director of the Virginia Wesleyan University Concert Series. Our
forthcoming Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center will be a
wonderful addition to this programming.
