ABERDEEN, S.D. – Northern State University will present its annual Winter Choral Concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4, at First Presbyterian Church, 318 S. Kline St.

The performance will feature the Northern State University Concert Choir, Chamber Singers and Early Musick Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Timothy Woods.

The concert will open with the Concert Choir performing a South African piece that incorporates light choreography. The choir’s set will conclude with works from Mongolia and Scandinavia.

The Chamber Singers will follow with two of the “North Country Folk Songs” and a major work by composer Eric Whitacre.

The Early Musick Ensemble will present four pieces from the late 16th century, leading into the seasonal portion of the program. That portion will begin with two works the Chamber Singers will also perform at this year’s Christmas on the Prairie concert: Christ the Appletree by Scriven and O Magnum Mysterium by Hawley.

The Concert Choir will close the evening with a John Rutter piece celebrating food, the other setting of In the Bleak Midwinter, and Jeff Haskell’s arrangement of O Holy Night, featuring the seniors in the choir as soloists.

The event is free and open to the public, though donations will be accepted for the music scholarship fund. 

The concert will also be livestreamed at facebook.com/MusicNSU/.

For more information, contact the Northern State University School of Fine Arts at 605-626-2497.