Every spring, the Music Academy Chorus of Northwestern University is transformed into part of a unique course in Russian music and literature, taught jointly by Natalia Lyashenko of the NU School of Music and Irwin Weil, Professor Emeritus of Russian and Russian Literature.
The undergraduate students who take this class find themselves immersed in Russian culture through the experience of Russian music, as they are coached to sing excerpts from famous Russian operas alongside members of the community, who populate the choir for the rest of the academic year.
The choir's upcoming concert on June 3 will feature music of Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Borodin, including the famous "Polovtsian dances" from Borodin's opera Prince Igor. The concert will take place at 8:00 p.m. at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary on the Northwestern University campus in Evanston, IL.
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