WMU HOME > ABOUT WMU > WMU NEWS Concert features Renaissance and Baroque music Nov. 5, 2004 KALAMAZOO--Western Michigan University's "early music" ensemble, Collegium Musicum, presents a concert of French music from the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods, Tuesday, Nov. 16, at 8:15 p.m. in the Dalton Center Recital Hall. Admission is free. The concert features a 17-voice chorus and 12 instrumentalists, playing lute, recorders, harpsichord, viola da gamba, violin, viola, cello, and organ. The program includes motets, chansons, dances, noels, and a sinfonie by some of the finest composers of the day, including Charpentier, De Lalande, and Clerambault. Collegium Musicum is directed by Dr. Matthew Steel, associate professor of music, and the Collegium Singers are under the direction of Robert Vance, a graduate assistant majoring in conducting. Media contact: Kevin West, 269 387-4678, kevin.west@wmich.edu WMU News Office of University Relations Western Michigan University 1903 W Michigan Ave Kalamazoo MI 49008-5433 USA 269 387-8400 www.wmich.edu/wmu/news