Holiday Madness with Madrigal and Mad River Singers

Are you hip to that Renaissance Christmas jive? That traditional harmonic swing? The holiday madness begins as the HSU Madrigal Singers in Renaissance costume present a program of carols, madrigals, solos and duets. Fulkerson Recital Hall will be transformed into a Renaissance castle, as Clinton Rebik and John Chernoff, two Madrigal royals, serve as Masters of Ceremony for the concert. John Chernoff accompanies on piano.

The revelry continues in a more modern vein as the Mad River Transit Singers render tunes of Simon & Garfunkel, Manhattan Transfer, U2 and The Wizard of Oz, plus jazz, swing and blues standards. Highlights include a “doo-wop madrigal” with solo by Jessica Malone, "Shout Blues” with scat improvisation by Carmen King, Serena Porter, Matt Brogdon and Alex Saslow; the swing classic “Tangerine,” and “MLK”, a haunting song about Martin Luther King written by Bono of U2 (Calista LaBolle is the soloist.)

The Singers are accompanied by the rhythm section of Darius Brotman on piano, Robert Amirkhan on bass and Simon Lucas on drums.