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DMACC Hosts Swingle Singers at Hoyt Sherman
Posted 4/4/08

Iowa Choral Directors Association (ICDA) and Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) announce the Iowa Two-Year Colleges Swingle Singers Event will be held on Sunday, April 20 at Hoyt Sherman Place.

The day-long event will conclude with a 7:30 p.m. concert by the world-famous Swingle Singers.  A choir of singers from five Iowa community colleges will sing with The Swingle Singers during one portion of the concert.  All tickets for the concert are $18 per person and are currently on sale through Ticketmaster.  All seats are reserved and tickets are non-refundable.

In 1962 when Ward Swingle brought together singers who were studio musicians in Paris and who wanted to do more than sing back-up to big-name singers, he created a new approach to choral music: singing instrumental compositions on nonsense syllables using the parts as they were originally composed.  For more information on Swingle Singers and to hear examples of their music go to www.swinglesingers.com.

ICDA Two-Year Colleges Repertoire and Standards Chair, Jim Loos, is the coordinator of this event.  He is also the DMACC Music Program Chair and Choral Conductor.

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