College Station native to perform on tour with Centenary College Choir

SHREVEPORT, LA (01/03/2014)(readMedia)-- Garrison Liles, a native of College Station, will perform at Christ United Methodist Church on January 17, at 7:00 p.m. with the Centenary College Choir as they tour United Methodist congregations in Texas and Louisiana. Liles is a senior majoring in Sacred Music and is the tenor section leader.

This tour is a part of the over 30 performances the choir planned for the 2013-14 academic year. The current leg of their tour will take them from Plano down through the Houston area.

The 2013-2014 program exemplifies the unique nature of the Choir's programming with the theme, "There and Back Again," presenting a musical journey of creation. Highlights include Rene Clausen's All that Hath Life and Breath, Rosephanye Powell's The Word was God, and Eric Barnum's ethereal Dawn. Two spirituals offer a glimpse of God's people crying out in the wilderness: Moses Hogan's robust Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel and Mack Wilberg's exquisite Deep River. The Choir will also present sets from two Broadway musicals, Children of Eden and Into the Woods.

Hailed as "America's Singing Ambassadors," the Centenary Choir has traveled for seven decades with a repertoire ranging from Bach to Broadway, world folk music to contemporary church music, and oratorio to opera. The Choir was organized in 1941 by Dr. A. C. "Cheesy" Voran, and has performed throughout the world, giving concerts in 32 nations on six continents.

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About Centenary College of Louisiana

Centenary College of Louisiana is a selective, residential, national liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1825, it is the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi river and is a member of the Associated Colleges of the South.