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MATC SHOW CHOIR AND MUNICIPAL BAND TEAM UP
TO PRESENT ANNUAL HOLIDAY CONCERT
The Madison Area Technical College (MATC) Community Show Choir
and the MATC Municipal Band will perform holiday song favorites
at the MATC Annual Holiday Concert on Sunday, December 4, at 2
p.m. The show is held in the Mitby Theater, MATC–Truax, 3550
Anderson St.
Tickets for the concert are $5 for adults, $4 for children
under 12 and seniors, and are available at the Mitby Theater
Box Office or by calling (608) 243-4000.
For additional information, call James Langkamp at (608) 243-4325.
Founded in
1980, the MATC Community Show Choir presents concerts of popular music in the
fall and spring of each year. A volunteer organization open to all who
love to sing, the choir has performed at New York’s Lincoln Center as part
of Irving Berlin’s 100th birthday concert and for Pope John Paul while
on a tour of Italy and Poland. Regionally, the choir performed for the opening
of the Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison, at the Wisconsin State Fair
in Milwaukee and at the Wisconsin State Capitol.
The Madison Municipal Band has
performed year round for more than 50 years for audiences all over the world,
most recently toured France, Belgium and Luxemburg.
The band includes about 80 members and offers a free public summer concert
series. Experience is required for membership, but no audition
is necessary.
MATC is one
of the largest of the Wisconsin Technical College System’s
16 colleges. It provides a comprehensive curriculum of technical, liberal arts
and science, adult basic education and life enrichment studies and activities,
as well as customized employee training. MATC provides training in more than
100 career programs. It awards associate degrees, vocational diplomas and certificates,
and offers non-degree courses. The college serves all or parts of 12 counties
located in south-central Wisconsin and offers instruction through five campuses
and various locations throughout the district.
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Last
Modified:
November 19, 2005
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