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Maureen Briare

Join Campus Ministry For Bells In The Ballroom, Dec. 5

New employee and staff portraitsAll faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends are welcome to come to Bells in the Ballroom, an annual musical celebration of the Christmas season, on Friday, December 5, at 7 p.m., in Mehling Ballroom. The event will feature Christmas cookies, cocoa, and music from the UP Chapel Choir, Handbell Choir, and the groups Call Our Bluff and Under A Rest. The Hallelujah Chorus will be accompanied by members of the UP Orchestra.

For more information contact Maureen Briare, campus ministry, at briare@up.edu.

 

Hallelujah Chorus, Anyone?

New employee and staff portraitsAll musically minded and inspired UP faculty, staff, alumni, and friends are invited to lend their voices to the UP Chapel Choir’s annual Christmas concert, the “Bells in the Ballroom,” on Friday, December 5, at 7 p.m., in the Mehling Ballroom lounge, according to Maureen Briare, campus ministry. The choir will be singing the “Hallelujah Chorus” as the finale, and all who have sung it before are invited to join in the choir. Members of the University Orchestra will be accompanying several of the selections.

The concert is a fun time for UP families to enjoy Christmas cookies, hot cocoa, and the musical joy of the season, including the all-male UP accapella sensation, “Call Our Bluff.” Please contact Briare at 7335 or briare@up.edu if you would like to be a part of this chorus. All members will receive the musical score, and a web link to re-learn their parts.

Christmas Bells in the Ballroom

choir2Nov25Come enjoy the festive music of the season with the Chapel Handbell Choir and Chapel Choir on Friday, December 6, at 7 p.m., in the Mehling Hall Ballroom. “Hallelujah Chorus,” “Carol of the Bells,” carols by request, and a special guest performance of the UP all-male singing sensation, Call Our Bluff, will be part of this fun evening for all UP students, community, and families. Christmas cookies, hot cocoa, and prizes will be served. Please contact Maureen Briare, campus ministry, at briare@up.edu for additional information.

Hallelujah Chorus, Anyone?

choir2 copyAll musically minded and inspired UP faculty, staff, alumni, and friends are invited to lend their voices to the UP Chapel Choir’s annual Christmas concert, the “Bells in the Ballroom” on Friday, December 6, at 7 p.m., in the Mehling Ballroom lounge, according to Maureen Briare, campus ministry. The choir will be singing the “Hallelujah Chorus” as the finale, and all who have sung it before are invited to join in the choir. Members of the University Orchestra will be accompanying several of the selections.

The concert is a fun time for UP families to enjoy Christmas cookies, hot cocoa, and the musical joy of the season, including the all-male UP accapella sensation, “Call Our Bluff.” Please contact Briare at 7335 or briare@up.edu if you would like to be a part of this chorus. All members will receive the musical score, and a web link to re-learn their parts.

A “Mass Tour,” Nov. 2-3

choir copyThe University of Portland Chapel Choir will be ministers of music at two local parishes the weekend of November 2-3. The choir will sing for the 5 p.m. Vigil Mass at Holy Redeemer on Saturday, November 2, and then again at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, November 3 at St. Patrick’s Church in NW Portland. Please come pray and sing with us! Alleluia! For more information, please contact Maureen Briare, campus ministry. at 7335 or briare@up.edu.