QU music department to present Christmas concert Dec. 5 at St. Francis Solanus Church

QUINCY, Ill. – The Quincy University music department will present “Gloria! A Christmas Concert” at 3 p.m. Dec. 5 at St. Francis Solanus Parish, 1721 College Avenue. The concert is free and open to the public.

Under the baton of Kristin Ramseyer, director of choirs, and accompanied by Laura Kammerer on the piano and organ, the Quincy University choirs will sing “Gloria, RV 589” by Antonio Vivaldi, and works by Matthew Culloton, the Fleet Foxes, G.F. Handel, Shawn Kirchner and Chrysogonus Waddell. Featured soloists are Lisa Blake, alto; Grace Crowcroft, soprano; and Avery Nabholz, soprano.