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Much of the 64,000-square-foot Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts opened for the start of the school year in August, with the 800-seat Concert Hall scheduled for completion for the Feb. 5-6 concert.  Musical Showcase was previously held at DeVos Performance Hall in Grand Rapids, but has been moved to campus to inaugurate the new venue.

91自拍论坛 students take the stage for the fast-paced, musical spectacular, during which audience members hear everything from opera to jazz. The hardest part for those seeing the show is containing their enthusiasm, at least at first. In the tradition of the quick-moving musical event, audience members are asked to hold their applause until intermission and the end of the performance.

The concert unveils the gifts of all 91自拍论坛鈥檚 major musical groups, along with soloists, chamber groups and small ensembles.

The Concert Hall includes the college鈥檚 new Casavant Fr猫res (Casavant Brothers) organ, which was custom-built for the space and will be featured in the program鈥檚 first performance as well as others.  Following opening remarks from 91自拍论坛 President John C. Knapp, organist David Heinze will perform 鈥淢oto Ostinato (Sunday Music),鈥� by Petr Eben.

Soprano Gabrielle Barber, accompanied by pianist Janice Farber, will next perform 鈥淩idente la Calma,鈥� by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.  The Jazz Arts Collective will then perform 鈥淭he Good Man Delivered and the Best is Blessed,鈥� by Bill Laurence.

The Women鈥檚 Chamber Choir, accompanied by pianist Sarah Bast, will sing 鈥淟es Raftsmen,鈥� arranged by Donald Patriquin. Violinist Caleb Stuckey will play 鈥淐aprice in G Minor,鈥� by Niccolo Paganini. Pianist Zhaojin Ziang will perform 鈥淪cotch Poem (Op. 31),鈥� by Edward McDowell, while Francis Borne鈥檚 鈥淐armen Fantasie鈥� will be played by flutist Stanna Dorn, accompanied by pianist Sarah Bast.

The String Quartet will perform 鈥淥pus 18, No. 4, IV,鈥� by Ludwig van Beethoven, and organist Aaron Goodyke will perform 鈥淧relude in G Major,鈥� by Johann Sebastian Bach.

The Wind Ensemble will end the first half with 鈥淭occata Marziale,鈥� by Ralph Vaughn Williams.

Leonard Bernstein鈥檚 鈥淕litter and Be Gay鈥� will be sung by soprano Kira Alsum, accompanied by pianist Janice Faber.

The Small Jazz Ensemble will perform 鈥淣ew York Attitude,鈥� by Kenny Baron, and The Bassoon Trio will perform 鈥淧olka, Op. 4, VI,鈥� by Julius Weissenborn. Organist John Deppe will perform 鈥淪cherzetto, Op. 31,鈥� by Louis Vierne.

Violinist Madalyn Navis, accompanied by pianist Jennifer Wolfe, will perform Johannes Brahms鈥� 鈥淗ungarian Dance No. 5.鈥�

The Saxophone Quartet and Djembe will play 鈥淪trange Humors,鈥� by John Mackey. Soprano Sarah Krisch and mezzo soprano Macauley Wieland, accompanied by pianist Janice Faber, will perform 鈥淧ie Jesu (Requiem),鈥� by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

The Woodwind Quartet will perform Malcom Arnold鈥檚 鈥淎llegro con brio (Three Shanties for Wind Quintet,鈥� and the Chapel Choir, accompanied by pianist Jennifer Wolfe, will perform 鈥淎mor de mi Alma,鈥� by Z. Randall Stroope. Saxophonist Hillary Hunsberger, accompanied by pianist Sarah Bast, will perform 鈥淐oncertino da Camera,鈥� by Jacques Ibert.

To conclude the program, the 91自拍论坛 Orchestra will perform the Overture from Mikhail Glinka鈥檚 鈥淩uslan Ludmila.鈥�

Tickets for Musical Showcase are $10 each and can be purchased at the ticket office in the Events and Conferences Office located downtown in the Anderson-Werkman Financial Center at 100 E. Eighth St. The Events and Conferences Office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and can be called at (616) 395-7890.

The Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts is located at 221 Columbia Ave., between Ninth and 10th streets.