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- Dr. Jill Wilson warms up her women’s choir before the concert began Sunday afternoon.
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- A Bel Canto singer, McKenzie Reece, warms up. The group sang through sections of each of their song selections before retreating backstage as the audience began filing in.
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- Blair Remmers performs a solo for Eclectix Morningside’s jazz group. In the background, Brittney Andersen and Channing Pick provide backup for Remmers’ rendition of Jason Mraz’s “I’m Yours.”
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- Mr. Watson watches intently as the jazz choir performs, one member short. Watson directs the group, which practices weekly.
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- Nate Hettinger, Kade Herrig, and Scott Kruse perform with Eclectix. Kruse is a four-year senior member.
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- Musicians such as April McCormick often find multiple ways to express their creativity, such as tattoos. Music is more accepting than other majors of student self-expression.
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- Dr. Jill Wilson introduces her women’s choir during the choral concert.
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- Bel Canto singers perform with auxiliary percussion instruments during “Peace on Earth… and lots of little crickets.”
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- Mr. Watson prepares to take the stage and direct the Singing Men. Watson recently completed his 10th tour with the College Choir.
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- Mr. Watson takes a bow after the Singing Men’s final selection on the concert. Eppley Auditorium will undergo renovations beginning April 1. The only unaffected part of the theater will be the pipe organ and the stage floor.
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- Eric Plemel leads Justin Dixson offstage. Dixson, a blind student, serves as a human pitch pipe for the choirs he sings in.
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- Mr. Watson gestures toward an empty stage as the College Choir, out of frame, files up from the back of the auditorium. Watson gave a short account of the group’s travels during their annual tour.
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- The College Choir claps along as Blair Remmers, bottom left, sings a gospel solo. The morning before the concert, the group traveled to South Sioux City, Nebr. to perform a set of religious songs.
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- Seniors Tayler Davis, front, and Karen Hatlestad walk offstage after the concert.
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- Choir members and alumni partake in the choral tradition of singing the Morningside hymn together after every concert. The hymn is often a tearful event.
