Members of the Department of Music will join faculty, student and community artists to present "Dona Nobis Pacem: A Concert for World Peace," at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 5, in Mitchell Hall. Admission is $8 adults, $4 students.

The program features three major works on themes of the ravages of war and the desire for world peace–Dona Nobis Pacem by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Pavane by Gabriel Fauré and Choral Fantasia, Op. 80 by Beethoven.

Two major Department of Music ensembles, the Schola Cantorum and the University Orchestra, will perform together for the first time. The Schola Cantorum is a town and gown chorus, with nearly half of its membership comprised of community members. Serving as guest concertmaster of the University Orchestra is violinist and assistant professor of music Xiang Gao.

Faculty guest soloist in Beethoven's Choral Fantasia is pianist Christine Delbeau. Soprano Nicole Clouser and baritone Jeffrey Chapman are soloists for the Vaughan Williams work.

For information, call 831-2577.

May 3, 2002