LAKELAND, Fla. (March 12, 2009) — Florida Southern College and the Festival of Fine Arts present the FSC choral ensembles performing on March 26. The event takes place at 7:30 p.m. in Branscomb Auditorium on the FSC campus.

Choral director Dr. Carol Krueger conducts works by Hildegard von Bingen, Palestrina, Janequin, Charpentier, Jacob Handl, Mozart, Rheinberger, Mendelssohn, and Brahms, as well contemporary composers, Joshua Shank and Greg Jasperse. The concert will also feature four famous opera choruses: "O Belle Nuit" from Offenbach's "Tales of Hoffman," "Habanera" from Bizet's "Carmen," "Call of the Flowers" from Delibes's "Lakmé," and "Libiamo ne'lieti calici" from Verdi's "La Traviata."

Tickets are $15. FSC students are admitted free of charge; non-FSC students pay half price. For ticket information, please contact the Branscomb Auditorium box office at (863) 680-4296.