The Lakeland Civic Chorus will embark on the 2017-2018 civic music season with a celebration of fall when they present “The Second Spring: Where Every Leaf is a Flower.” The concert is slated for Sunday, Oct. 29, at 4 p.m. in the Dr. Wayne L. Rodehorst Performing Arts Center, on the college’s main campus at 7700 Clocktower Drive, Kirtland, 44094.

The concert will present American and British compositions from the Baroque area to American popular song, and will include works by composers and arrangers such as Henry Purcell, Stephen Foster, John Rutter and Hoagy Carmichael. The Lakeland Women’s Choir will also perform and guests will be treated to the premiere of the Lakeland Chorale, an equal voice ensemble that will perform Aaron Copland’s “The Promise of Living” from the opera “The Tender Land.”

Tickets are $7 for adults, $6 for seniors and $2 for students. Tickets can be purchased at the college’s box office on the date of the concert or in advance by calling 440.525.7134 or online through lakelandcc.edu/arts.

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 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