Rachel Gollhardt
  • Journalism and Digital Media
  • Class of 2015
  • North East, PA

Rachel Gollhardt is a Member of the University Choir at Ashland University

2012 Oct 18

Rachel Gollhardt of North East, PA is a member of the University Choir at Ashland University.

Gollhardt is majoring in political science. She is the daughter of Daniel and Susan Gollhardt of North East. Gollhardt is a 2011 graduate of North East Senior High School.

The Ashland University Choir, directed by Dr. Rowland Blackley, professor of music, is composed of sixty-six singers representing many academic majors across campus. They are selected by private audition and rehearse three days a week. The ensemble regularly performs programs of unaccompanied literature of all eras as well as major works with orchestra. The choir has made numerous concert tours of the United States and Europe. They are the principal choral ensemble on campus.

Recent repertoire has included these larger works: Mendelssohn's Elijah, the Verdi Requiem, Carmina Burana, the Chichester Psalms, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, the Mozart Requiem and Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, the Faure Requiem, Bach Magnificat, and Vivaldi Gloria. The Ashland University Choir regularly performs with Maestro Arie Lipsky and the Ashland Symphony Orchestra.

Ashland University, ranked in the top 200 colleges and universities in U.S. News and World Report's National Universities category for 2013, is a mid-sized, private university conveniently located a short distance from Akron, Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio. Ashland University (www.ashland.edu) values the individual student and offers a unique educational experience that combines the challenge of strong, applied academic programs with a faculty and staff who build nurturing relationships with their students.