Southeastern Bella Voce to perform November 14
Tuesday, November 6, 2018
by: Tonya Lowentritt
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University’s Department of Music and Performing
Arts will present Bella Voce in a choral performance at St. Joseph Abbey, 75376 River
Road in Covington, Wednesday, Nov. 14.
Titled “Meditationes Sacrae” (Sacred Meditations), the free performance is scheduled
at 7:30 p.m. Director of Choral Activities Alissa Mercurio Rowe will direct the choir
with the assistance of undergraduate student conductor Hannah Orgeron of Boutte.
Rowe said the concert is a completely a cappella program of sacred motets written
by contemporary composers.
“The music is incredibly stunning,” said Rowe. “We will be accompanied by crystal
tuned water glasses during ‘Meditationes Sacrae’ that hark back to medieval times
with chant-like singing and later accompanied by violins, bongos and tambourine in
‘Jubilate Deo.’”
Sopranos performing in the concert include Caroline Abadie of Luling, Sara Cage
and Hannah Turner of Baton Rouge, Carley Duet of Cut Off, Elizabeth Langley and Vivian
McCalman of Mandeville, Elizabeth Robbins of North Royalton, Ohio, and Orgeron.
Altos performing in the concert include Deondra Bell and Madison Wilson of Baton
Rouge, Sydney Finneman and Kaylin Guillory of Covington, Anna Labranche and Claire
Putnam of Mandeville, Cheyenne Moore of Slidell, and Madelyne Taylor of Watson.
For more information about the concert, contact the Department of Music and Performing
Arts at 985-549-2184.
