ATLANTA - In honor of the inauguration of Dr. Lawrence M. Schall as Oglethorpe’s 16th president, the University Singers and University Chorale will present their spring concert on Friday, April 21, during Inauguration Weekend.

Under the direction of Dr. W. Irwin Ray and accompanied by pianist David Buice, the concert will begin at 8:00 p.m. in the Conant Performing Arts Center. Admission is free. The Singers will be joined by the Oglethorpe University Chamber Orchestra.

The feature selection is Henry Purcell’s Come, ye Sons of Art, featuring soloists Anne-Marie Spalinger, soprano, Donna Carter, mezzo-soprano, and William Borland, bass-baritone. The concert will feature Swedish, French Canadian, Bosnia-Sephardic and American folk songs in addition to choral works by Felix Mendelssohn, Grigory Lvovsky, David Brunner, Alessandro Scarlatti, Jacques Arcadelt, John Dowland and Francis Hutcheson.

Oglethorpe’s Inauguration Weekend, April 20-22, includes An Evening with the Mayors featuring special guests Mayor Shirley Franklin and Ambassador Andrew Young, a symposium in the liberal arts, a day of service with the entire Oglethorpe community at Garden Hills Elementary, an Atlanta Public School, and Saturday’s inauguration ceremony. For complete details on Inauguration Weekend, visit www.oglethorpe.edu (keyword: inauguration).