Haywood Choral Society spring concert

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Haywood Choral Society spring concert

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Directed by Don Kirkindoll, the Haywood Choral Society will perform its spring concert, “Cry Out for Peace,” at 4 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at First United Methodist Church of Waynesville.

Accompanying the 68-member group will be chorus pianist Hilda Ryan, FUMC organist Rhonda Furr and guest saxophonist Clifford Leaman.

This season’s concert features songs that call for peace, an end to social injustice and a reminder for us to remember those who lost their lives in the Civil Rights Movement.

Works included will be James Whitbourn’s “Son of God Mass,” Kyle Pederson’s arrangement of “Soon We Will Be Done,” Dan Forrest’s “Abide,” based on a poem by Jake Adam York and gospel original “Praise His Holy Name” by Keith Hampton. Additional musical works evoke feelings of thankfulness, hope and charity.

Leaman has served as a professor of saxophone at the University of South Carolina since 2000. He is in great demand as a soloist and has performed concerts and taught master classes in saxophone worldwide.

Kirkindoll has conducted the Haywood Choral Society since spring of 2023 and serves as the Director of Music and Worship Arts at First United Methodist Church in Waynesville.

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Haywood Choral Society was founded in 1997 by The Junaluskans, with the goal to preserve and present the classical works of the past and present. The chorus performs classical, contemporary, spiritual, folk and gospel music.

Admission is free. Donations are welcome. For more info, visit haywoodchoralsociety.org.

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