Professors provide music ministry around region and world

Huntington, Ind. " Members of the Music Department faculty will keep busy this coming semester with more than just their hectic schedule of classes and performances. Dr. Janice Fulbright, music department chair and director of vocal studies, will start a music ministry at the Anchor Room in Fort Wayne, as she will provide coffee house entertainment on a regular basis. Her first performance is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 9, at 7:30 p.m. On the evening of Aug. 24, she will perform at the Agape Church of the Brethren in Fort Wayne.

Dr. Fulbright also plans to attend the College Music Society's Annual National Conference in Kansas City from Sept. 26-28, and the National Association of Schools of Music Annual Conference from Nov. 21-23, in New Orleans.

Prof. Ben Kendall will travel with the International Crusades, a traveling music ministry, to Norway from Oct. 4-13. He will serve as the worship team's tenor soloist at the Missionary Crusade.

It has also been announced that the vocal soloists for the annual community performance of Handel's Messiah, will be a full count of HC music faculty. Dr. George Killian, choral education and choir director, will serve as conductor for the Nov. 24 performance at St. Mary's Cathedral in Huntington. Featured soloists include Prof. Joni Killian singing soprano, Dr. Janice Fulbright singing alto, Prof. Ben Kendall singing tenor, and Prof. John Thompson singing bass. The HC Concert Choir and Orchestra will join with the Community Festival Chorus for the 48th annual presentation of the most beloved of all sacred choral works.

Huntington College is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 60 academic concentrations. Founded in 1897 by the Church of the United Brethren in Christ, Huntington College is located on a contemporary, lakeside campus in Huntington, Indiana.