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2025–2026 Season
Journey Through American Song
This season Areté commemorates the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States. This is an opportunity to pause and reflect on our nation’s past, honor the contributions of all who call America home, and look ahead toward the future we want to create for the next generation and beyond.
Sunday, November 9, 2025
2:00pm
Samuelson Chapel
Brightest and Best
Areté opens its 17th season by sharing the musical innovations of the brightest and best American composers, both native-born and immigrant. This concert features the full ensemble singing music by Ola Gjeilo with piano and string quartet. The amazing members of Areté will also perform as soloists singing arias and art songs by composers including Morten Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre.
Sunday, March 29, 2026
2:00pm
Samuelson Chapel
Shining Shore
In this concert Areté will journey to the roots of American spiritual music, featuring 18th century psalm settings and fuging tunes from New England, 19th century folk hymns and camp revival songs from the rural South, and rousing gospel songs.
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