The West Texas A&M University Chorale is hitting the road following a free concert Feb. 27 in Canyon.

The choir’s concert will begin at 2 p.m. Feb. 27 in Mary Moody Northen Recital Hall.

Afterwards, the students will board a bus that will take them to the Southwest American Choral Directors Association in Little Rock, where they will perform March 1.

The choir also will perform Feb. 28 at Oklahoma Christian University on its way to the conference.

“Our choral students will learn from six conductors as they perform at the association’s graduate masterclass and competition,” said Dr. Sean Pullen, associate professor of music and director of choral activities. “Singing for this session also may open doors for the chorale to perform as an invited gust in the future.”

The program will include works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Scubert, Gyorgy Orban, Fredrick Sixten, Eric Barnum, Kazimerz Serocki, Kim Andre Arnesen and Kyle Pederson.

Fostering an appreciation of the arts is a key goal of the University’s long-range plan, WT 125: From the Panhandle to the World.

That plan is fueled by the historic, $125 million One West comprehensive fundraising campaign. To date, the five-year campaign — which publicly launched Sept. 23 — has raised more than $85 million.

-West Texas A&M University