SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Briar Cliff University invites the public to attend the Student Conductors’ Recital at 7:30 p.m. on May 8 in Our Lady of Grace Chapel on campus. 

The Student Conductors’ Recital will feature Briar Cliff University music majors conducting a program of varied choral works with BCU’s Cliff Singers and Chamber Choir.  The student conductors for this event are Katie Lehmann from Sioux City; Justin Ranek from Council Bluffs, Iowa; Christina Simons from Larchwood, Iowa; and Ellen Osborn from Hinton, Iowa.

The recital is a culminating project in which students directly apply concepts learned in Conducting I, Conducting II and Choral Procedures courses at Briar Cliff University. “The fact that we offer students the opportunity to conduct an entire recital program with our own choral ensembles is extremely unique not only among institutions of higher education in Northwest Iowa, but throughout the entire country,” commented Dr. Sean Burton, Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at BCU.    

The recital is free and open to the public.

Briar Cliff University is a Catholic institution with an enrollment of more than 1,100 students from 26 states and four countries.  Students are educated in the Franciscan tradition of excellence in the liberal arts and career preparation in an environment of care and compassion.