The Lakeland Civic Chorus will present their spring concert “The Promise of Springtime” Sunday, April 23, at 4 p.m. in Lakeland’s Dr. Wayne L. Rodehorst Performing Arts Center in D-Building of the main campus at 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, 44094.

Tickets are available at the door, or by calling the Lakeland Box Office at 440.525.7134. Tickets are $7 for adults, $6 for seniors and $2 for students. Tickets are also available online by visiting lakelandcc.edu/arts.

The civic chorus will be performing the song cycle “Frostiana”' by Randall Thompson, which is a set of seven country songs set to poems by famed poet Robert Frost. This commissioned work was created in celebration of the 200^th anniversary of the town of Amherst, Massachusetts, in 1959. The chorus will also delight audiences with a suite of songs from the classic musical “Porgy and Bess” by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Du Bose Heyward. Last, they will perform treasured numbers from “American Tapestry” which is a set of American folk music arranged by Ed Lojeski.

About the civic music programs

Lakeland Community College provides community members the opportunity to express and advance their talents by performing in four music groups: the Lakeland Civic Band, the Lakeland Civic Chorus, the Lakeland Civic Jazz Orchestra and the Lakeland Civic Orchestra. Additionally, the college offers talented high school students Jazz Impact, an all-star high school music group.

For more information about the civic music groups and auditions, contact Jeri Lynn Pilarczyk in the Lakeland Arts and Sciences Division at 440.525.7261 or email jpilarczyk5@lakelandcc.edu.

Lakeland Community College is located at the I-90 East/ Route 306 exit. Free parking is available.

By: Jeri Pilarczyk