SFCC is home to talented musicians and holds concerts for students, faculty, and the general public in order to demonstrate these talents.

Nathan Lansing, SFCC choir director, has been preparing his students for their upcoming concerts in late November and December.

The choir is made up of five groups. The chamber choir, which also includes the flagship choir, is made up of 13 highly experienced singers. This group has done a lot of traveling; including a trip to New York City. The chamber choir is mostly made up of students who want to be involved in music, even though most have chosen different majors.

The mens’ and womens’ choir groups are separate from the Chamber choir, and about  20 singers are in each group. They are always looking for those interested in joining. These choirs also come together to make the Corral choir.

The Jazz choir has only five members, but the small number of people does not affect their performance.  “We substitute voices for instruments but have a piano, bass and drums for backup,” Lansing said.

The scheduled choir performance is themed for a Fall and Christmas currently. They will be singing in different languages and music from different time periods.

“From the renaissance to modern day tunes, even a little barber shop mix,” Lansing said, “the human voice is the best instrument there is,”.

The SFCC orchestra will be playing some original pieces including Beethoven Symphony No.8 and a Hungarian Dance song. Gerald Krumbholz, chairman of the music and arts department, believes the SFCC music department has a place for any student.

“We are the only place in town that includes the entire community; we have people who are young and talented, and people who have done music all of their life,” Krumbholz said. “You can come take a class for a credit under the Health B portion.”

Continuing on with jazz, Kevin Woods, Professor of Jazz studies, is head of the ensemble of a large jazz group with over 15 members including trumpets, saxophones, trombones, piano, guitar, bass and drums.

On November 13, a New York jazz guitarist is performing from 11:30- 1 pm, free for SFCC students. “Mark Elf is a world-class guitarist and from the jazz capital of the world,” Woods said.

All shows will be held in the Music Auditorium in building 15. General admission to the public is $5, $2 for senior citizens, and free for CCS students and faculty (donations are accepted).

“You can’t beat a free music performance!” Woods said.