Washington Adventist University to Host February 8-11 Choral Festival

Takoma Park, Md. (January 30, 2017)  Choral performances by high school students will be featured at the 2017 Choral Festival that is being hosted by Washington Adventist University (WAU) from February 8-11. Students from seven academies in the Columbia Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church will participate in the festival.  They will stay on campus, take master classes, rehearse and offer two concerts that will be open to the public.

The concerts will be held:

• Friday, February 10, 7:30 p.m. at Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church, 16325 New Hampshire Ave, Silver Spring, Maryland 20905; an

• Saturday, February 11, 11 a.m. during the church service at Sligo Seventh-day Adventist Church, 7700 Carroll Avenue, Takoma Park, Maryland 20912.

Watch the brief video for a festival preview.
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Washington Adventist University is Montgomery County’s only four-year private college. Part of the Seventh-day Adventist system of higher education, Washington Adventist University has been educating college students since 1904 on a 19-acre campus in suburban Takoma Park, close to the nation’s capital. Approximately 1,100 students of all faiths participate in the university’s nine graduate and 42 undergraduate programs. The 2016 edition of U.S. News & World Report ranked Washington Adventist University among the best regional colleges in the north.

Media Contacts:
Angie Crews, 301-891-4134, acrews@wau.edu
Donna Bigler, 240-286-1169, dbigler@wau.edu