The title of Alllison’s dissertation was “A Conductor’s Analysis of Missa votiva (ZWV 18) by Jan Lukáš Ignatius Dismas Zelenka.” Zelenka, who died in 1745, was a Czech composer and one of the most respected musicians of the Baroque period. Because of the inaccessibility of his works after his death and damage to many of his manuscripts during World War II, his creative output is little known and thus rarely performed today.

Allison joined the faculty at 91ֱ�� in August 2016. He is the conductor of C-SC’s collegiate choir, concert choir and chamber choir. Allison also is a tenor in the Quincy Symphony Chorus and plays the violin in the Quincy Symphony Orchestra.

He previously was a K-12 vocal and instrumental music teacher for the Labette County School District, based in Altamont, Kan. Allison’s choirs won numerous awards at the regional and state level, and he had three students perform in choirs at Carnegie Hall. He won awards from the Kansas Music Teachers Association and the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

He also has teaching experience at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kan., Cottey College in Nevada, Mo., Fort Scott Community College in Fort Scott, Kan., and the Olathe School District in Olathe, Kan.

Allison earned his bachelor’s degree in music education in 2005 from Baker University in Baldwin City, Kan., and his master’s degree in choral conducting in 2007 from Pittsburg State University.

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The concert will begin with the 60-voice Collegiate Choir singing a joyful, syncopated processional based on the ancient chant “Veni, Veni Emmanuel” by Michael John Trotta, continue the rhythmic energy with “Noél Ayisyen,” a carol from Haiti, and then showcase seasonal works of John Rutter, Eric Whitacre and Charles Ives.

The Chamber Choir will offer a wide contrast of styles, ranging from the “Hodie Christus natus est” of Heinrich Schütz to the lovely Hugo Distler arrangement of “Lo! How a Rose E’er Blooming” and the more angular and syncopated “Ave Maria” by Javier Busto.

The Concert Choir enters with its own processional to an arrangement of “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel” arranged with a completely different sense of time and grandeur. Capturing the rejoicing of the season with the Parker/Shaw arrangement of “Christ was born on Christmas Day” and “Hallelujah, Christ is Born” by Rosephanye Powell, the Concert Choir charges the tempo with André J. Thomas’s “Rockin’ Jerusalem” before returning to the peace of the season in the Hughes/Loose “Lullaby for a King” and ending with their traditional “Peace, Peace” with candlelight “Silent Night.”

Scotty Allison conducts all the choral ensembles.

A brass quintet and saxophone quartet will provide instrumental interludes under the direction of Aren Van Houzen and Trent Hollinger respectively. A dessert reception in Merillat Chapel and Recital Hall will follow the concert, with light seasonal music provided by various instrumental ensembles.

Admission is free. The concert also will be streamed live on Culver-Stockton’s Facebook page.

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CANTON, Mo. – Faculty members from 91ֱ��’s Department of Music will be featured in two Casual Classics concerts in April at the Hannibal Arts Council, 105 S. Main in Hannibal.

The Faculty Chamber Concert, a vocal and instrumental showcase, will be at 2 p.m. April 13. Performers will be Dylan Marney, piano; Lisa Blake, mezzo-soprano; Aren Van Houzen, trumpet; Trent Hollinger, saxophone; Scotty Allison, tenor; and Joe Skertich, composition.

The second concert will be on April 27 with Marney performing solo works by Bach, Brahms and Kapustin on the piano.

No admission is charged for either performance.  Advance ticket purchases or reservations are unnecessary.

The Casual Classics series is a partnership with the Hannibal Arts Council, Hannibal Concert Association, 91ֱ�� Division of Fine, Applied, and Literary Arts, Area Culver-Stockton Trustees and the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.

For more information on these concerts, contact the Hannibal Arts Council at findit@hannibalarts.com���ǰ���573-221-6545 or go to its website at .

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