The year-long BGSU College of Musical Arts 50th Anniversary celebration will culminate in a gala concert featuring the BG Philharmonia, all the choruses and faculty soloists. Tickets for this performance are $10, and can be purchased here. Free admission for BGSU students with ID card at the door. This event will be livestreamed.

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PROGRAM (not digital)
Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Weber.......Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
       I. Allegro
      II. Turandot, Scherzo
     III. Andantino
      IV. Marsch

Remarks: Dean William Mathis

The Vision of Isaiah, a Biblical Scene for baritone solo and mixed chorus................Samuel Adler (b. 1928)
Keith Phares, baritone
Collegiate Chorale and A Cappella Choir

~intermission~

Choral Fantasy in C minor, opus 80 for piano, chorus and orchestra.............Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Laura Melton, piano
Sarah Luebke & Sujin Lee, soprano
Katherine Pracht Phares, mezzo
Christopher Scholl & Todd Graber, tenor
Keith Phares, baritone
Collegiate Chorale, A Cappella Choir and University Choral Society

Special Presentaion, 2026 Ditson Conductor’s Award
Paul Moravec, Advisory Committee of the Alice M. Ditson Fund
Columbia University

Remarks: Dean William Mathis

Overture to Candide.............Leonard Bernstein (1900-1990)

“Make Our Garden Grow,” Final Chorus from Candide.............Bernstein
Sarah Luebke and Sujin Lee, soprano
Katherine Pracht Phares, mezzo-soprano
Christopher Scholl, tenor
Todd Graber and Geoff Stephenson, tenor
Keith Phares and Lance Ashmore, baritone
Collegiate Chorale, A Cappella Choir, UCS, Volare and Men’s Chorus