Chamber Orchestra and Chorale to tour southeast Nebraska and Kansas

Posted on by Rachel McMaster

The Hesston College Chamber Orchestra and Chorale will present a diverse repertoire of musical pieces during their winter tour to southeast Nebraska and Kansas Feb. 12 to 14.

Concerts include:
• Friday, Feb. 12, 7 p.m. at Salem Mennonite Church, Shickley, Neb. 820 Rd V
• Saturday, Feb. 13, 7 p.m. at Bellwood Mennonite Church, Milford, Neb. 520 S B St.
• Sunday, Feb. 14, 10:45 a.m. at First Mennonite Church, Lincoln, Neb. 7300 Holdrege St.
• Sunday, Feb. 14, 7 p.m. at Christ Episcopal Cathedral, Salina, Kan. 138 S 8th St.

Concerts are free and open to the public, though a free will offering will be collected to defer expenses.

Hesston College has a strong tradition of performing arts, specifically choral music. Chamber Orchestra, directed by Rebecca Schloneger, M.M., will perform pieces by Robert Sheldon, Beethoven and Mozart. Chorale, directed by Ken Rodgers M.A., will sing selections arranged by Lloyd Larson, Alice Parker, and Pepper Choplin.

Chamber Orchestra and Chorale members are from 13 states and three international countries.

Chamber Orchestra members are: Erika Byler (Shipshewana, Ind.), Zac Headings (Hutchinson, Kan.), Emily Griffioen (Belmond, Iowa), Misato Oka (Chiba-ken, Japan), DJ Reyes (Wichita, Kan.), Emma Roth (Goshen, Ind.), Caleb Shrock-Hurst (Harrisonburg, Va.), Irenea Soetjoadi (Depok, Indonesia), Kaho Yanagidaira (Chino-shi, Japan), Mackenzie Young (Peabody, Kan.), Brandon Yutzy (Hutchinson, Kan.) and Ali Zuercher (Phoenix, Ariz.).

Chorale members are: Cheri Baer (Apple Creek, Ohio), Christine Bak (Dang-Dong, South Korea), Billy Bass (Hesston, Kan.), Yoel Bobadilla (Lancaster, Pa.), Sarah Booth (Goessel, Kan.), Erin Brubaker (Goessel, Kan.), Elena Buckwalter (Fulks Run, Va.), Renee Buckwalter (Wellman, Iowa), Johanna Burkholder (Warden, Washington), Tori Byler (Belleville, Pa.), Rebecca Delp (Sellersville, Pa.), Abbie DeWild (Kalona, Iowa), Silas Driver (Harrisonburg, Va.), Rachael East (Larned, Kan.), Colton Eby (Fisher, Ill.), Nicholas Eichelberger (Geneva, Neb.), Jessica Fahrenthold (Solomon, Kan.), Cristentia Gregor (Banyuwangi, Indonesia), Lydia Holland (Russell, Kan.), Luke Husbands (Lancaster, Pa.), Christy Kauffman (West Liberty, Ohio), Christian Martin (Milford, Neb.), Anna Miller (Berlin, Ohio), Shelby Miller (Archbold, Ohio), Sophia Miller (Newton, Kan.), Bailee Nichols-Clary (Wichita, Kan.), Caroline Riggenbach (Lafayette, Ind.), Kathryn Roth (Pettisville, Ohio), Emma Schrock (Lakewood, Colo.), Jonah Short-Miller (Bellingham, Wash.), Irenea Soetjoadi (Depok, Indonesia), Christy Swartzendruber (Shickley, Neb.), Kristin Troyer (Shickley, Neb.), Oliver Wisseman (Prineville, Ore.), Rose Yoder (Bellefontaine, Ohio), and Ali Zuercher (Phoenix, Ariz.).