A True Concerto Emerges

The voices of the Southern University Concert Choir graced the ears of many at their Fall Concert on Tuesday, November 18 in the Stewart Hall Auditorium. This Concert, themed “We walk in the Light”, included nothing more than a piano and the strong voices of the choir. The concert focused on old school gospel music, but featured opera, solos and, of course, the choir.
The theme for the concert with the choir as well as Director, Charles Lloyd, who gave brief mention to the numerous hurdles that were placed in their way. The music department did fall upon troubling times with the lost of their degree program at one point, but after working diligently for two years, it was reinstated. The celebration was short however, as they soon found out that the music building had accumulated a substantial amount of mold. This forced them into a different building. This did not stop them from meeting every day, Monday through Friday, to prepare a well-put together concert in order to showcase their talents.
Among the performers was classically trained singer, Jacqueline Paige-Green, and she sang a few opera songs. She has been doing so for 20 years. She effortlessly sang three songs, when asked if it was difficult to prepare she responded, “No because that’s in my repertoire because I sing it all the time. If it was new music it might have been.”
The choir ended with a song named “We Walk in the Light”, a nod to their theme.
“This song somehow had meaning to me as well at the student,” said Lloyd. This was no mere concert, this was a statement , and a story of over coming, and this statement was heard loud and clear.