The Hesston College Music Department invites all community singers (high school age and above) to join the Hesston College choirs to present the college’s Masterworks Concert during Thanksgiving Weekend.

Featured for this year’s concert at 8 p.m. Thursday, November 27, is Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria , conducted by Bradley Kauffman, music faculty member.

Rehearsals are scheduled Monday evenings from 7 to 9 p.m., beginning October 27, in Hesston College’s Northlawn building.

Kauffman, chair of the Music Department and director of the instrumental and vocal music programs, says community singing is one of the most profound ways to explore and celebrate the shared values of a community.

“Our college students benefit tremendously from the generational cross-pollination we experience when singers young and old join us to interpret a masterwork,” Kauffman said. “We achieve something artistic that seems to exceed the sum of its parts. Vivaldi’s Gloria provides a powerful opportunity for this to happen.”

In addition to Gloria, the combined choir will perform several short works, including Beethoven’s “Hallelujah” from Mount of Olives .

For more information, or to reserve a score, call 620-327-8141.