A Cappella Choir, Brass Ensemble To Perform In Basking Ridge

BASKING RIDGE, NJ — The Lenoir-Rhyne University's A Cappella Choir and Brass Ensemble will perform at Somerset Hills Lutheran Church in Basking Ridge on March 18 at 7:30 p.m.

Under the direction of Dr. Ryan Luhrs, the 55-voice choir will present a wide-ranging program, including a full performance of Jubilate Deo by Dan Forrest, a multi-movement setting of Psalm 100. The concert will also feature music by G.P. Palestrina, Alexandre Gretchaninov, Stacey Gibbs, and Jocelyn Hagen. This concert is free and open to the public.

Founded in 1935 by St. Olaf Choir alumnus Kenneth Lee, the Lenoir-Rhyne A Cappella Choir has toured throughout the United States and abroad, including a 2015 music-mission trip to Costa Rica and 2019 performance tour of Ireland.

The choir has performed at the installations of two national ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) bishops and for the 200th Anniversary of the North Carolina Synod. During the 2017-18 school year, the choir participated in a worship event commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation in Charlotte. Recent collaborations with the Western Piedmont Symphony Orchestra, the Hickory Choral Society, and Catawba Valley Community College Choirs include Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 (2018) and Dan Forrest’s Jubilate Deo (2020).

Somerset Hills Lutheran Church is at 350 Lake Road in Basking Ridge. For more information, go to www.shlc.net.