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Students perform during last year's "A Grand Night for Singing" concert. |
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP – Fort Smith students will take the stage for a wide selection of musical numbers during “A Grand Night for Singing,â€� the annual musical event held as the final show of the university’s Season of Entertainment 36.
The performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. May 2 in the ArcBest Corp. Performing Arts Center of the Fort Smith Convention Center, located at 55 S. 7th Street. Tickets are $6 for general admission and free for Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP students and employees.
Musical genres performed in the concert include choral works as well as jazz and Broadway tunes, including a medley of show tunes by famed Broadway duo Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.
Ensembles participating in the concert are Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Chorale and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Women’s Chorus, both directed by Bill Cromer; Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Jazz Catz, under the direction of Don Bailey; and Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Opera and Musical Theatre students, under the direction of Dr. Elizabeth Momand.
Niki Waters of Booneville, a freshman who will perform in the concert, said she was excited to perform.
“I love to sing, and since I’m in all four of the featured ensembles, I get to sing songs in many different styles and genres,� Waters said. “It’s going to be a great concert.�
The concert is part of Season of Entertainment 36, a yearlong lineup of entertainment sponsored by the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP - Fort Smith featuring a variety of plays, musicals and symphonic performances.
For tickets or to find out more information, visit or contact the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµAPP Box Office at 479-788-7300.
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