Christine Gallagher tours with Dordt College Concert Choir

2014 Mar 14

Christine Gallagher of Hornick, Iowa, is embarking on a spring music tour with the Dordt College Concert Choir during the school's spring break. She is a junior majoring in elementary education with an emphasis in mathematics. She also has a minor in Spanish. Gallagher sings alto.

This free concert is part of a spring tour with performances scheduled in Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, and Ontario.

Directed by Dr. Benjamin Kornelis, the 52-person Concert Choir will perform a variety of piece including works by Johannes Brahms, Aaron Copland, and even Dolly Parton.

Dordt College has approximately 300 U.S. and international students who participate in the music program, with opportunities to perform in four choral groups, two orchestras, and three bands. Music scholarships are available to qualified students.

Dordt College in Sioux Center, Iowa, is a comprehensive Christian college rooted in the Reformed tradition. U.S. News & World Report, Forbes.com, Washington Monthly, and Princeton Review all list Dordt on their best colleges lists. At Dordt, 98 percent of enrolled students receive financial aid, thanks in part to generous alumni committed to the mission of the college. Dordt offers more than 90 programs of study to a student body of approximately 1,400. See www.dordt.edu for more information.