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The Bachelor of Arts in Music can provide preparation for many career options. Classes providing essential skills for the comprehension and performance of music are offered alongside courses designed to create an appreciation for music's changing role in our communities.

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SCU Student Composer Commision

Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009

Music Major, Sally Mitchell has been commissioned by the SCU Ignation Center to compose a choral work commemorating the the legacy of the Jesuit martyrs who were assassinated at the University of Central American in 1989.

This work, Plegaria de Liberación (Prayer of Liberation), will be premiered on November 5th by the SCU Chamber Singers as part of a President Speaker Series lecture by Jon Sobrino, S.J.

This piece is also being featured as part of the SCU New Music Festival, with a performance on Friday Nov 6th (http://www.scu.edu/cas/music/nmf2009.cfm).

For more information on Sally and this composition, please visit http://www.scu.edu/ignatiancenter/events/conferences/slmitchell.cfm

Posted by Rob Kathner
 
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