Oakland University Chorale in Bratislava

Hear the Oakland University Chorale as they bring an all–a cappella program of powerful sacred music to Europe!

ABOUT THE OAKLAND UNIVERSITY CHORALE

The Oakland University Chorale is an elite mixed-voice ensemble that brings together students from across the university to perform a vast choral repertoire. Known for its vibrant sound and musical versatility, the chorus performs both on campus and in the community, presenting works from classical masterworks to contemporary compositions. Under the direction of Michael A. Mitchell, the ensemble fosters musical growth, collaboration, and a shared passion for choral excellence.

PROGRAM

An all–a cappellaconcert of sacred musicto be chosen from the following:

At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners.................................................Williametta Spencer

Out from the Deep...........................................................................................Thomas Tallis

Sicut Cervus..........................................................................................................Palestrina

Cristus Factus Est.............................................................................................Felice Anerio

Imaginari Pacem.....................................................................................Michael A. Mitchell

Into the Light Deliver Me (Agnus Dei).........................................................Richard Burchard

Lux Aeterna from "Requiem"...................................................................John Michael Trotta

Stand in That River............................................................................................Moira Smiley

Hallelujah.....................................................................................................Shawn Kirchner

Death came a-Knockin'.....................................................................................Ruthie Foster

Ain-a That Good News...............................................................................William L. Dawson

My Soul's Been Anchored in the Lord..........................................................arr. Carol Barnett

Daniel, Servant of the Lord..........................................................................arr. Stacey Gibbs

ABOUT THE CONDUCTOR

Michael A. Mitchell is Professor of Music at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, where he serves as Director of Choral Activities while conducting the Oakland Chorale, the University Chorus, and the Symphony Chorus. In addition, Mitchell supervises the graduate program in choral conducting and teaches choral literature and conducting, as well as a popular summer course on the history of Rock music. In 2019 Dr. Mitchell was appointed the third Artistic Director and Conductor of the internationally renowned Detroit Concert Choir. Since 2005, Dr. Mitchell has been associated with the Academic Choir Ivan Goran Kovacic in Zagreb, Croatia, as its Resident Guest Conductor. He has lectured at Zagreb University, The University of Novi Sad, in Serbia, and was the first American to lecture at the Slovak University of Music and Art in Bratislava, Slovakia. For nine concert-seasons, he served as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Detroit-based Cantata Academy Chorale, leading that group in three acclaimed European concert tours and multiple performances with the Detroit Chamber Winds and Strings. He has led the Oakland Chorale on state, regional, national, and international concert tours. In summer 2022, the Oakland Chorale returns to Europe with a concert tour of Spain. He has conducted masses and full concerts at many of Europe’s leading sacred music venues, including St. Mark’s Basilica and Chiesa San Salvador in Venice, St. Nicholas Church in Prague, Peterskirche in Vienna, St. Matthias Church and St. Stephen’s Basilica in Budapest, the Church of the Holy Redeemer in Bratislava, the Church of St. Jacob in Ljubljana, and St. Catherine’s Church in Zagreb.