Attend the final concert of the 2008-2009 Choral Studies Program season, Hope and Guidance, on Sunday, April 26 at 7 p.m. in Gusman Concert Hall. The Frost Women’s Chorale, Frost Women’s Chamber Ensemble, Frost Maelstrom men’s chorus, and Frost Chamber Singers will perform a varied selection of contemporary and crosscultural choral music that highlights the inspirational and celebratory role that music plays in many facets of our lives. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 305-284-4162, e-mail  [email protected], or visit www.music.miami.edu/choralstudies.

The University of Miami Frost Chorale, under the direction of Joshua Habermann, presents a spring concert, Eternal Light, featuring five centuries of sacred a cappella choral music, on Sunday, April 19 at 4 p.m. at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Coral Gables.  The concert will begin with Renaissance and Baroque works by Orlando Gibbons and Antonio Lotti, followed by double-choir music from Heinrich Schütz, Felix Mendelssohn, and Frank Martin.  The program will include a 2001 composition by the rising Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo, setting a mystic medieval Easter text.  The afternoon concludes with a sampling of American choral music and spirituals by Randall Thompson and Moses Hogan.