Works from Strauss to Shostakovich included in Collage Concert

A rich and eclectic program awaits music lovers at the Collage Concert, Schoolcraft College’s annual collaboration of musical genres, on Saturday, April 14. Composers range from Richard Strauss and J.S. Bach to Pat Metheny, Dizzy Gillespie and Dmitri Shostakovich, with traditional spirituals and folksongs included.

The concert will take place in the VisTaTech Center’s DiPonio Room on the Livonia Campus at 8 p.m. Performers include the college’s Choral Union, Jazz Band, Piano Department, Wind Ensemble and Synthesizer Ensemble. The groups are composed of college students and staff and community residents.

Program selections include Strauss’s Also Sprach Zarathustra, Robert Schumann’s Arabesque, Opus 18, David Holsinger’s On a Hymnsong of Philip Bliss, Robert Lamm’s Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is and the traditional spiritual Shall We Gather at the River. Tickets art $8 for adults; $5 for students with IDs; and $3 for seniors and children under 12 years. For more information call 734-462-4403.

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