In between songs at the annual fall choir concert, conductor C. Michael Porter rode his bike through the greenbelt around Boise watching the leaves change colors and fall to the ground as he thought about what songs best represented the changing of seasons. The songs he decided on were performed Sunday, Oct. 21 when the Boise State Department of Music presented “A Fall Choral Collage”, a performance by three different choir groups at Boise State. The night began with a performance by Vox Angelis, the audition-only, all-female choir. “Before the concert, I was nervous,” said Libby Stewart, freshman biology major who sang with Vox Angelis. “Afterward I was really pleased with the performance. It was fun to listen to the other choirs.” Vox Angelis sang a wide variety of music, from their opener, Johann Michael Haydn’s “Dixit Dominus”, to their closer, the British Columbia Folk Song “Savory, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme”. “I was excited to get to sing and have fun, but I’m relieved it’s over,” said Aryssa Hutchinson, freshman... ...
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