Huston-Tillotson choir to perform at Carnegie Hall in April

A group of college students with Huston-Tillotson University Concert Choir will have the experience of a lifetime next month when they perform at Carnegie Hall.

MidAmerica Productions, which puts on concerts at Carnegie and other elite venues, invited the choir to perform at the hall's Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage on April 9 at 2 p.m. for their 40th annual concert season.

“Huston-Tillotson University Concert Choir received this invitation because of the high level and quality of musicianship demonstrated by the singers,” Peter Tiboris, general director and music director of MidAmerica Productions and MidAm International, said in a statement. "We are thrilled to have them on our roster of distinguished and esteemed musicians.”

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The Huston-Tillotson choir will sing in "The Cry of Jeremiah," which is a choral work from composer and conductor Rosephayne Powell. Maestra D'Walla Simmons-Burke of Winston-Salem State University will conduct and the New England Symphonic Ensemble will also lend its talents.

The Austin-based choir's performance is only part of the spectacle. The concert will also include a presentation of composer Stephen Caldwell's "Pre-Existing Condition" and a performance from Homestead and Shorewood High School Chamber Orchestra.

Other performers include:

• North Carolina Central University Choir

• Voorhees University Choir

• Fayetteville State University Concert Choir

• Burke Chorale/Winston-Salem State University Choir

• Apple Valley High School Choirs

This article originally appeared on Austin American-Statesman: Huston-Tillotson University Concert Choir to perform at Carnegie Hall