{"id":3696,"date":"2015-04-21T15:31:21","date_gmt":"2015-04-21T15:31:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/2016\/02\/17\/fso-oratorio-chorus-perform-april-24\/"},"modified":"2022-09-07T14:47:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T18:47:17","slug":"fso-oratorio-chorus-perform-april-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/fso-oratorio-chorus-perform-april-24\/","title":{"rendered":"FSO &#038; Oratorio Chorus perform April 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/newsimg.furman.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/thomas-joiner-portrait-sized.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-14502 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/218\/2022\/08\/thomas-joiner-portrait-sized-medium.jpg\" alt=\"thomas joiner, portrait, sized\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 211px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 211\/300;\" \/><\/a>The Furman University Symphony Orchestra and Oratorio Chorus will present a concert Friday, April 24, at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOld Testament Heroes,\u201d is a Sound Quality Concert Series performance and is part of Furman\u2019s Cultural Life Program. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students.<\/p>\n<p>For the performance, Dr. Thomas Joiner conducts the combined forces of the Furman Symphony Orchestra, Furman Singers, Chorales, and student soloists who present Saint-Sa\u00ebns\u2019 &#8220;Danse Bacchanale&#8221; from <em>Samson and Delilah<\/em>, and Arthur Honegger&#8217;s 1921 oratorio <em>King David<\/em>, the seminal work that established his reputation as a foremost composer.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hugh Ferguson Floyd narrates the Old Testament story of David. Theatre Arts Professor Maegan McNerney Azar appears as Witch of Endor.<\/p>\n<p>Soloists for the performance are:<\/p>\n<p>Jessie Barnett, <em>mezzo-soprano<\/em>, Greenville<br \/>\nCarmen Beam, <em>soprano<\/em>, Greenville<br \/>\nElli Caterisano, <em>mezzo-soprano<\/em>, Greenville<br \/>\nJames Arthur Douglas, <em>tenor<\/em>, Rome, Ga.<br \/>\nAbigail Hart, <em>soprano<\/em>, Asheville, N.C.<br \/>\nKira Kaplan, <em>soprano<\/em>, Mechanicsburg, Penn.<br \/>\nCaroline LeGrand, <em>soprano<\/em>, Durham, N.C.<br \/>\nAlex Mason, <em>tenor<\/em>, Easley<br \/>\nKristen Murdaugh, <em>mezzo-soprano<\/em>, Smoaks<br \/>\nAlicia Russell, <em>soprano<\/em>, Asheville, N.C.<br \/>\nElliot Stegall, <em>tenor<\/em>, Gilbert<br \/>\nKaty Wilson, <em>soprano<\/em>, Raleigh, N.C.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets may be ordered <a href=\"https:\/\/app.furman.edu\/MusicSeasonTickets\/\">online<\/a>. For more information about the concert, contact the Furman Music Office at (864) 294-2086.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Furman University Symphony Orchestra and Oratorio Chorus will present a concert Friday, April 24, at 8 p.m. in McAlister Auditorium on campus. \u201cOld Testament Heroes,\u201d is a Sound Quality Concert Series event and is part of Furman\u2019s Cultural Life Program. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students. Dr. Thomas Joiner conducts the combined forces of the FSO, Furman Singers, Chorales, and student soloists in works by Saint-Sa\u00ebns and Arthur Honegger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":257,"featured_media":13785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3696","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-department-page","category-music"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/257"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.furman.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}