Grinnell Singers Spring Tour

The Grinnell Singers, the premier choir of Grinnell College in Iowa, will perform in six Midwest cities during a spring concert tour that runs from March 14-20. All of the concerts are open to the public.

Each concert will include a repertoire of music spanning five centuries, with works by Rachmaninoff, Whitacre, Handel, and Lassus.

The Grinnell Singers also will perform Thomas Tallis’ 40-part Renaissance motet “Spem in Alium,” a masterful work in which each singer has a unique part. The grandeur of this work, and the vast musical landscape it evokes, has stood as an unrivaled artistic monument — a cathedral in sound — for more than four centuries.

Under the direction of John Rommereim, Blanche Johnson Professor of Music, the Singers have toured to Finland, Estonia, Russia, and Turkey. The choir has produced two recordings, including a CD of Rachmaninoff's “All-Night Vigil,” which was praised for its “consummate artistry” by Iowa Public Radio.

The concerts will take place:

7:30 p.m Saturday, March 14

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 2730 E. 31st St., Minneapolis, Minn.

Free will offering collected at the door.

7:30 p.m. Monday, March 16

First Congregational United Church of Christ, 1609 University Ave., Madison, Wis.

$15 for adults. $10 for students and seniors. Children are free. Tickets may be purchased at the door or online.

7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 17

St. John Cantius Church, 825 N. Carpenter St., Chicago, Ill.

Free and open to the public.

UPDATE: Listen to a recording the Chicago concert performance of "Idumea." Austin Morris, tenor solo, Sasha Middeldorp, soprano saxophone.

7 p.m. Wednesday, March 18

St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 808 N. Mason Road, Creve Coeur, Mo.

Free and open to the public.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 19

Boston Avenue United Methodist Church, 1301 Boston Ave., Tulsa, Okla.

Free and open to the public.

7:30 p.m. Friday, March 20

St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 127 Seventh St., Oklahoma City, Okla.

Free and open to the public.