Briar Cliff University Media Announcement

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University’s Department of Music will present “Christmas at the Orpheum” at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 21 at the historic Orpheum Theatre in Downtown Sioux City.

The concert will feature hundreds of the region’s finest musicians, including the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra and the distinguished choral traditions of Briar Cliff University, Grace United Methodist Church and Morningside Lutheran Church. Soloist Shannon Salyards and pianist Richard Steinbach will be highlighted concert performers.

A program of uplifting seasonal music, “Christmas at the Orpheum” will include a variety of a cappella choral, orchestral, concerto and choral-orchestral selections by composers Georges Bizet, Alexander Gretchaninoff, Edvard Grieg, Howard Helvey, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Arvo Pärt and Mack Wilberg.

“‘Christmas at the Orpheum’ is a sojourn that bears witness to a genuinely inspired tradition of historic Western music composed in the last 500 years,” said artistic director Sean Burton, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities at Briar Cliff. “We are delighted to present a wholly uplifting program of diverse musical literature, which will both engage and entertain. Concertgoers can count on an invigorating musical journey in anxious anticipation of Christ’s birth.”

Tickets are $10 for adults and $8 for senior citizens and students and can be purchased by calling Briar Cliff University (712) 279-5417, Grace United Methodist Church (712) 276-3452 or Morningside Lutheran Church (712) 276-2511. No reserved seating. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 24 states and four countries. Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion.For more information, please visit briarcliff.edu.