GRANTHAM, Pa. (April 5, 2007) — The Messiah College Brass Choir will perform its annual spring concert on April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in Hostetter Chapel on the college’s Grantham campus. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call the music department at (717) 766-2511, extension 3310.

The Brass Choir, under the direction of Michael A. Harcrow, assistant professor of music at Messiah College, will present a program which will include sacred and secular music for the full brass choir in addition to smaller ensembles like brass quintet, horn trio and trumpet ensemble. The Brass Choir will also be joined by, Michael Clayville, adjunct instructor of trombone as a soloist on James Kazik’s impressive “Concerto for Trombone and Large Brass Ensemble.”

The department of music at Messiah College is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. The department offers majors in music and music education with concentrations in church music, performance, composition, commercial music and arts management. Through a variety of junior and senior recitals and choral and instrumental ensembles, students gain performing experience both on- and off-campus.