UNIVERSITY CHOIR, ORCHESTRA WILL PLAY MARCH 30

The Southeast Missouri State University Orchestra and the University Choir will present a joint spring concert March 30 at 8 p.m. in Academic Auditorium.

The Lafayette High School String Orchestra from St. Louis also will appear.

The university orchestra is directed by Sara Edgerton, the choir by John Egbert.

Besides the performance by the high school group, which will feature all-state cellist Dan Henderson, the evening's program will include Mozart's Symphony No. 29 in A Major.

Several members of the orchestra will join the choir for Gorczycki's "In Virtute Tue."

Among the tunes the choir will sing are "Morpheus" by early American composer William Billings, and two choral dances from the opera "Gloriana" by Benjamin Britten.

Admission is $4 for adults, $2 for seniors and students, and free with a university ID.