Described by conductor Dr Alan McClung as, "probably the most delightful group of 75 college students I've ever had the opportunity to work with," this year's Concert Choir will grace the Winspear Performance Hall tonight with its textured vocals.

With almost half of the 75 auditioned members being freshman, it is the first full group and full concert performance of the semester.

The concert opens at 8 p.m. and will consist of an hour's worth of enchanting, layered vocals varying from William Byrd's late Renaissance "Haec dies" to John Rutter's "Gloria." The Winspear Performance Hall, inside the Murchison Performing Arts Center, seats approximately 1,108 spectators and McClung said he is hopeful for a successful evening.

"We would always like to have a full house and normally we do get a good house but there are always a few seats still available," McClung said. He explained why he believed these seats were not fully taken up by students.

"There is so much quality here available and so students generally take that for granted," he said. "It's like living in New York. You never see the Statue of Liberty or a Broadway show, because you take it for granted that you'll do it next week, but you never get round to it." Concert Choir conductor, undergraduate teacher of conducting and secondary choral methods, McClung said he believed going to this show, and others like it, is very beneficial.

"Quality artistic experiences are important in our lives because they teach us the difference between the ordinary and the extraordinary," he said. "By unveiling ourselves to the extraordinary, we learn that difference which changes us and the way we perceive our world."

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