NIC Choral Union, guest to perform 'High Lonesome Mass' [CDA Press.com]

COEUR d'ALENE - North Idaho College will present Dr. Tim Sharp and NIC Choral Union in a performance of "High Lonesome Mass" at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 9 in the Boswell Hall Schuler Performing Arts Center.

As part of a three-day residency at NIC, Sharp will also give a presentation on American Bluegrass, the origins of the music of the "sacred harp" and "shape note" singing traditions at 11 a.m. Oct. 8, in Boswell Hall room 102. From Oct. 7-9, Sharp will be working with choral students and the community as they prepare to perform his "High Lonesome Mass."

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All events are free and open to the public, but non-perishable food items will be taken at the door for the NIC Food Pantry.

Sharp is a distinguished conductor and composer, as well as the executive director of the American Choral Director's Association. This is his fifth season as artistic director of the Tulsa Oratorio Chorus, where critics characterize his performances as having "stunning power" and "great passion and precision."

Sharp previously served as the dean of fine arts at Rhodes College in Memphis. He also served as director of ... continue reading