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The Greenville College Choir Will Appear in a Sacred Music Concert at Miller Chapel

The Greenville College Choir, Greenville, Illinois, under the direction of Dr.Jeffrey Wilson,
will appear in a sacred music concert at Miller Chapel located at Princeton Seminary in
Princeton on March 17 at the hour of 8pm. The choir’s Eighty-ThirdConcert Season will
include appearances in the Midwestern United States.

THE GREENVILLE COLLEGE CHOIRwas founded in 1927 by Dr.Robert Woods and
gave its first public performance at the inauguration of Dr.Leslie R.Marston as president of
Greenville College that same year.Since then, the Choir has attained a widespread reputation
for performing sacred choral music of the highest quality. In celebration of its 75th
Anniversary, the Choir took its’ first overseas tour in January, 2002, an extended Heritage
Tour ofEnglandwhere it performed in leading English cathedrals and churches.The Choir
servedas choir-in-residence at the Calvin Symposium on Worship in Grand Rapids,
Michigan during January, 2007. The GreenvilleChoirwas invited to perform inFebruary,
2008at the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Central Division Convention in
Grand Rapids, MI. The Choir’s second international tourwas in March of 2008, when it sang
inAustria, Hungary and Romania. In November, 2009 the Choir performed with the Boston
Camerata in the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis Cathedral Concert Series. Membership
currentlyconsists of undergraduate students from various fields of study;rehearsals are held
four times a week, and as many as twentyoff-campus performances are heardeach year as
part of the annual tour.