NIC chorale concert tonight

North Idaho College will present its Spring Choral Concert today at 7:30 p.m. at the Boswell Hall Schuler Performing Arts Center.

The NIC Spring Choral Concert will celebrate the music of the theater. The NIC Cardinal Chorale and Chamber Singers will present a program of the music of stage and screen.

The concert is free and open to the public.

The Cardinal Chorale will perform medleys from two well-known musicals: "Phantom of the Opera" and "Man of LaMancha." Both of these musicals won Tony awards for Best Musical in 1988 and 1965, respectively, and feature some of the most well-known and beloved melodies from Broadway.

The Chamber Singers will celebrate the European opera tradition by performing Guiseppe Verdi's "Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves" or "Va, pensiero" from the opera Nabucco. They will also perform arrangements of the "Evening Prayer" from Humperdinck's "Hansel and Gretel: and the "William Tell Overture" by Rossini.

Information: (208) 769-3275 or www.nic.edu/events.

From the screen, the Cardinal Chorale will perform arrangements of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from the ageless classic "The Wizard of Oz," and "Pure Imagination" from the children's movie "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory." "Song of the Lonely Mountain" from "The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey" will round out this representation of screen music.