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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FEBRUARY 3, 2011
PAM MCEVOY
DIRECTOR OF UNIVERSITY RELATIONS
ACCLAIMED CONDUCTOR TO DIRECT CONCERT AT MU
FAYETTEVILLE, NC—The Methodist University Chorale will combine with the vocal
talents from Sanderson High School in Raleigh and students from Cape Fear High School in
Fayetteville to perform in a concert at 7:00 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 5, 2011 in Reeves Auditorium.
Weston Noble, an internationally acclaimed conductor and music educator, will conduct the
MU Chorale and combined groups in the concert. He will be working with the MU Chorale on the
campus of Methodist University Thursday, Feb. 2 from 5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. and Friday, Feb. 4
from 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. On the evening of the concert, a donation of $5 will be requested at the
door. Students and seniors will be admitted free of charge.
About Weston Noble
Noble’s career includes conducting more than 900 music festivals throughout the United
States, Australia, Canada, Europe, Russia, and South America. The venues include Lincoln Center
and Carnegie Hall in New York, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., the Los Angeles Music
Center, Chicago Orchestra Hall, the Ordway Theater in St. Paul, Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis, and
the Bolshoi, Kremlin and Tchaikovsky Halls in Moscow. He is the only living director to have led
all-state choruses, bands, and orchestras in all 50 states.
In the spring of 2006, Noble conducted the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in a national radio
broadcast. He also received the Distinguished Service Award from the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, making him the only non-Mormon to ever receive this award.
Methodist University is an independent four-year institution of higher education with over
2,300 students from 41 states and 44 countries. Methodist University offers over 70 majors and