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Photo Highlights: Ensembles Present 'Resonance'



More than 250 guest high school performers joined 100 Alma College students on the DeVos Performance Hall stage in Grand Rapids during "Resonance: A Celebration of the Performing Arts" on March 3.

Featuring the Alma College Choir, Percussion Ensemble, Pipe Band, Kiltie Dancers and Dance Company, "Resonance" delighted prospective students and alumni in attendance from the west Michigan area.

                                            Photo Highlights

 

The mass choirs perform in DeVos Hall, which Choir Director Will Nichols describes as "a beautiful hall with great acoustics."

 

Will Nichols directs the choir, accompanied by pianist Tony Patterson.

 

Director Dave Zerbe conducts the Percussion Ensemble. 

  Alma Kiltie Dancers

 

Members of the Alma College Dance Company dance to the opening chorus of "Carmina Burana."

 

Tony Patterson accompanies a soloist. 


The pipers prepare backstage for the concert.

 

DeVos Hall welcomes Alma College.

                                                    -mjs-

 

 

 

Posted: Tue, March 5th, 2013 at 8:02AM

 

Spring Term at Alma is a one-month immersion on a single academic topic that offers learning experiences not typically available during the more traditional 15-week fall and winter terms. For example, during Spring Term 2012, students observed lizards in Bermuda, studied modern economic development in India, performed dance in Taiwan, examined renewable energy in Europe and investigated medicinal plants in the Amazon rainforest.

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Dr. Joanne Gilbert

Dr. Joanne Gilbert
Departments: Communication

Dr. Joanne Gilbert, Professor of Communication teaches courses in Interpersonal Communication, Intercultural Communication, Performance, Advocacy, Humor, and many other areas of the field. She is deeply committed to service learning and often includes student-community interaction in her classes.

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