Monmouth College Chorale to sing in New Orleans on March 10
Monmouth, Ill. (03/02/2026) — The Monmouth College Chorale will make a Gulf states swing for this year's spring break, performing in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
The group's final stop will be in New Orleans at 7 p.m. March 10 at Lakeview Presbyterian Church, 5914 Canal Boulevard.
Chorale is a 50-voice, highly selective ensemble that performs a wide range of music from the Renaissance to recently composed classical works, and from multicultural music to pop and gospel. The group has toured extensively nationally and internationally, singing in nearly half of the states in the nation, including performances at Carnegie Hall in 2013 and 2018. Internationally, Chorale has traveled in recent years to Austria, the Czech Republic, Greece, Italy and Spain.
Monmouth music professor Tim Pahel directs the Chorale and the 18-voice Chamber Choir - a select group of Chorale members - which will both perform during the tour.
The program for the spring tour will include a motet and a madrigal from the Renaissance as well as selections by two 20th-century composers - Arvo Part's mysterious and haunting "Nunc dimittis" and Hrusovsky's fast and frenetic "Rytmus." Multicultural pieces include "Kaisa-Isa Niayn" by Phillipine composer Alcala and "El Almuercero" by Cuban composer Ferrer. Chorale will perform an arrangement of Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are A-Changin'" and will end with what Pahel called "an upbeat and joyous piece with percussion, clapping and stomping" titled "Hope," by Zachary J. Moore.
Prior to New Orleans, the groups will also sing in Huntsville, Alabama, and Hattiesburg, Mississippi.
"Our yearly tours are wonderful experiences for the group," said Pahel. "We work intensely together learning great music and then get to share it multiple times with difference audiences, making it a little bit better in each concert. We have these meaningful musical experiences while traveling together to incredible cities like New Orleans, which almost none of the students have visited before. When we do that while spending time together and becoming more close-knit, we really are making memories that will last a lifetime."
Founded in 1853 and affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Monmouth is a residential liberal arts college that is the birthplace of the women's fraternity movement. Monmouth empowers students to realize their full potential, live meaningful lives, pursue successful careers and shape their communities and the world through service and leadership.
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Tim Pahel directs the Monmouth College Chorale last fall during a concert on campus.
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