On Oct. 15 at 7 p.m. Delta hosted“The Fall Festival of Choirs” at the Atherton Auditorium.
The show was led by conductor Dr. Bruce Southard and pianist Matthew Baer.
The show included performances by the Delta Vocal Jazz, Delta Singers and Delta Concert Choir.
The first opening songs of the show were “Oye Como Va,” “I Say a Little Prayer” and “Ain’t No Sunshine,” all performed by Delta’s Vocal Jazz group.
For the second handful of songs played were Chi, la Gagliarda, Jenny Kiss’d Me, Weep, O Mine Eyes, “Tipitin” and “Big Yellow Taxi”.
The last handful of songs for the Delta Concert Choir group were “Magnificent Horses,” “Herbstlied,” “If Music Be the Food of Love” and “A Brand New Day” from the Wiz.
“I think the main reason for this performance today was to kinda show what all of our ensembles are currently capable of and to let the audience look forward to what our winter performance will be like just like a taste test and reaching out through singing,” said Madison Klein, a member of the Delta Singers.
The performers were all wearing all black attire, a choice that comes down to professionalism.
“The all black is sort of just a professionalism thing,” said Klein. “I know Delta singers has a special dress and it’s kinda of just to make us look more like a cohesive unit considering we are like the audition group but the all black is just more of a formal thing.”
Southard took the time to show gratitude for Jan Cariati, an Instructional Support Assistant working for the Arts, Humanities and Multimedia department.
“Jan has done so much for our department. She started shortly before we got sent home with COVID and just kept us running checking out tech packs to students she keeps everything going for us, and I don’t know how I would get everything done without her. She helps just organizing and keep us together but I rely on her heavenly because she helps me with the music majors to making sure they are in the right classes,” said Southard after the show.
