Repertory Singers present Abide With Me

The Georgia State University Repertory Singers are performing Abide With Me at the Florence Kopleff Recital Hall on Monday, October 26. It's a choral program that pulls from a wide range of styles, cultures, and traditions, so you'll hear a good mix of voices and sounds rather than one single tradition. The ensemble is guided by Dr. Deanna Joseph, but the conducting is handled by graduate students in the Master of Music in Choral Conducting program. That's a key part of what the group does: the ensemble serves as a laboratory for developing conductors, meaning these students get to step up and lead a full performance in front of an audience. The result is a curated program that works as both a training ground for the conductors and a concert for the public.

If you're not familiar with the venue, the Florence Kopleff Recital Hall is at 15 Gilmer St SE in downtown Atlanta. It's a dedicated recital space, so it's built for this kind of acoustic music. The concert runs from 12 PM to 1:30 PM, which puts it right in the middle of the day—a good option if you're downtown on a Monday and can step away for a bit. Admission is free and open to the public, so there's no ticket to worry about. You can just show up and listen. The performance is an hour and a half long, and since it's a choral program, the focus is on the voices. If you're in the neighborhood on Monday, it's an easy way to catch some live choral music without spending a dime.