Chicago native to sing in Beloit College Holiday Choral Concert

BELOIT, WI (12/09/2011)(readMedia)-- Moira Harden of Chicago is a chamber singer in Beloit College's Holiday Choral Concert called "A Winter Garden" on Sunday afternoon. Harden is a senior and a graduate of University of Chicago Laboratory High School. She is the daughter of Allen Harden and Patricia MacClarence.

This annual concert features performances by the Beloit College Chamber Singers and the Masterworks Chorus. Conducted by Assistant Music Professor Susan Rice, the concert embraces texts that employ floral and plant imagery. The Chamber Singers, comprised of 27 student voices, will sing settings of shorter works in English, Russian, Latvian and Polish. The Masterworks Chorus, comprised of 70 student, faculty, staff and community singers, will perform movements from John Rutter's "Magnifcat."

Beloit College is a residential, liberal arts college offering 40 majors to its 1,250 students. Located 90 miles northwest of Chicago, Beloit is one of the nation's most international colleges, drawing students from 41 nations as well as 48 states. For more information, see www.beloit.edu.