"Together, We Rise"
Bryon Black II, director of choirs
Sunday, April 19 • 3 p.m.
Green Center, Kresge Auditorium

The DePauw Institute of Music's spring choral concert, "Together, We Rise," brings together the voices of DePauw Chamber Singers, Vox Animae and the Putnam County Festival Choir in a program celebrating unity, resilience and shared purpose. Spanning musical traditions from Johann Sebastian Bach to contemporary composers including Dr. Rosephanye Powell, Jocelyn Hagen and Sydney Guillaume, the concert explores how communities express faith, hope, memory and empowerment through song. Highlights include Bach’s powerful setting of Martin Luther’s Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, vibrant gospel works honoring the legacy of Richard Smallwood, and the joyful combined-choirs finale One by One by Diane White-Clayton, a reminder that meaningful progress happens step by step—and that together, we rise.