Kira Gaudynski performs in Concert Choir concert

2015 Apr 27

Kira Gaudynski of Milwaukee performed in a concert April 19 as a member of the Concert Choir.

The Cornell College Concert Choir and Chamber Singers performed "Love in Spring," a concert of songs based on texts about love, on Sunday, April 19, at 3 p.m. in King Chapel. The Concert Choir performed Johannes Brahms' "Neue Liebeslieder," his second set of love waltzes based of a varied group of folk poems from Europe and Asia, and "MLK," a piece made popular by U2 and arranged for choir. The Chamber Singers performed Eric Whitacre's "Five Hebrew Love Songs," a vocal jazz piece, "Come Home," from Peter Eldridge of New York Voices, works by Daniel Pinkham and Healy Willan, madrigals, and romantic songs.

One of the 40 "Colleges That Change Lives," Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, is a national liberal arts college with a distinctive One Course At A Time curriculum. The One Course schedule provides students the chance to dive into their studies, focus more intensely on the disciplines of their choice, and learn authentically with the unique freedom to shed the confines of the traditional classroom to study off-campus, pursue research, or accept an internship - all without missing out on other classes.

Cornell has been recognized by numerous publications for the value its education offers and for academic excellence. This year it was named of the 100 best values in liberal arts education by Kiplinger's, one of the "Best Value Schools" among national liberal arts colleges by U.S. News and World Report, and one of the 100 Affordable Elite Colleges by Washington Monthly. Ninety-three percent of Cornell graduates earn their degrees in four years. In 2013 Cornell was named one of the 25 colleges with the best professors by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity.

For more information, visit www.cornellcollege.edu.