Valparaiso
University Chorale, Chamber Concert Band, Symphony Orchestra
2005 Christmas Concert Radio Broadcast
The annual Valparaiso University Christmas Concert will be broadcast on Chicago radio station WFMT 98.7 and more than 70 other radio stations around the country and overseas between Dec. 18 and Christmas Day.
Eleven of the stations broadcasting the Christmas Concert also offer free Internet audio streaming, allowing Valparaiso alumni and friends throughout the world the opportunity to listen to the traditional concert.
The broadcasts, taped during live performances Dec. 2 and 3 in the Chapel of the Resurrection on campus, will feature the world premiere of “Convulsions in the Heavens,” with lyrics by VU’s award-winning writer Walt Wangerin Jr., and music by Dr. Dennis Friesen-Carper, conductor of the VU Symphony Orchestra. Click here for an MP3 download of selections from the Christmas Concert.
The WFMT broadcast will take place at 8 p.m. Dec. 19. Also in the Chicago area, WGVE-FM 88.7 in Gary will broadcast the concert at a time to be announced and WEPS-FM 88.9 in Elgin, Ill., will broadcast the concert at 10 a.m. Dec. 22.
Radio stations in 17 other states will broadcast the concert in its entirety, along with stations in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Broadcast locations and times are listed below, along with those stations offering Internet streaming:
- West Palm Beach, Fla. - WXEL-FM 90.7, Dec. 15 at 1 p.m. EST, visit the station’s Web site at www.wxel.org/ for more information about streaming;
- Mississippi - Dec. 18 at 10 a.m. CST, visit the Mississippi Public Broadcasting Web site at www.etv.state.ms.us/radio/listen_online.htm for information about streaming or listen on air at
- Jackson, Miss. - WMPN-FM 91.3;
- Biloxi/Gulfport, Miss. - WMAH-FM 90.3;
- Meridian, Miss. - WMAW-FM 88.1;
- Booneville, Miss. - WMAE-FM 89.5;
- Bude, Miss. - WMAU-FM 88.9;
- Greenwood, Miss. - WMAO-FM 90.9;
- Mississippi State, Miss. - WMAB-FM 89.9;
- Oxford, Miss. - WMAV-FM 90.3;
- Marietta, Ohio, and Parkersburg, W. Va. – WMRT-FM 88.3 and 104.3, Dec. 18 at 10:30 p.m. EST;
- Mobile, Ala. - WHIL-FM 91.3, Dec. 19 at 2 p.m. CST;
- Washington - Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. PST, visit Northwest Public Radio’s Web site at www.nwpr.org/Listen/listen.aspx for more information about streaming or listen on air at
- Yakima – KNWY-FM 90.3
- Tri-Cities – KFAE-FM 89.1
- Port Angeles and Victoria, British Columbia – KNWP-FM 90.1
- Bellingham – KZAZ-FM 91.7
- Cashmere – KFAE-FM 91.3
- Chelan – KFAE-FM 91.7
- Clarkston – KNWV-FM 90.5
- Ellenburg – KNWR-FM 90.7
- Ephrata – KFAE-FM 93.1
- Goldendale – KFAE-FM 90.5
- Pullman – KRFA-FM 91.7
- The Dalles – KFAE-FM 90.5
- Wallowa Valley – KFAE-FM 100.9
- Idaho – Dec. 19 at 8 p.m. PST, visit Northwest Public Radio’s Web site at www.nwpr.org/Listen/listen.aspx for more information about streaming or listen on air at
- Cottonwood – KNWO-FM 90.1
- Kamiah – KRFA-FM 102.5
- Lewistown – KNWV-FM 90.5
- Moscow – KRFA-FM 91.7
- Orofino – KRFA-FM 102.3
- College Station/Bryan, Texas – KAMU-FM 90.9, Dec. 19 at 11 p.m. CST, visit the station’s Web site at http://kamu-fm.tamu.edu/live.php for more information about streaming;
- Yuma, Ariz. – KAWC-FM 88.9 and KAWC-AM 1320, Dec. 20 at 8 p.m. MST;
- Michigan's Upper Peninsula - Dec. 21 at 8 p.m. EST, visit the Public Radio 90 Web site at www.publicbroadcasting.net/wnmu/ppr/index.shtml for information about streaming or listen on air at
- Marquette, Mich - WNMU-FM 90.1;
- Escanaba, Mich. - WNMU-FM 107.1
- Manistique, Mich. - WNMU-FM 91.9;
- Marquette, Mich. - WNMU-FM 102.3;
- Menominee, Mich. - WNMU-FM 91.3;
- Newberry, Mich. - WNMU-FM 91.1;
- Stephenson, Mich. - WNMU-FM 107.3;
- Marinette, Wis. - WNMU-FM 91.3;
- Waterloo and Mason City, Iowa – KHKE-FM 89.5 and 90.7 and KRNI-AM 1010, Dec. 22 at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. CST, visit the station’s Web site at www.khke.org/ for more information about streaming;
- Wichita, Kan.– KMUW-FM 89.1, Dec. 22 at 11 a.m. CST, visit the station’s Web site at http://www.kmuw.org/Listen.html for more information about streaming;
- Amery, Wis. - WPCA-LP 95.7, Dec. 22 at 6 p.m. CST;
- Lafayette, Ind. - WBAA-FM 101.3, Dec. 23 at noon EST, visit the station's Web site at www.purdue.edu/wbaa/listen_online/index.shtml for information about streaming;
- Decorah, Iowa - KWLC-AM 1240, Dec. 24 at 10 p.m. CST, visit the station's Web site at kwlc.luther.edu/listen.php for information about streaming;
- Grand Rapids and Muskegon, Mich. – WBLU-FM 88.9 and WBLV-FM 90.3, Dec. 25 at noon EST, visit the station’s Web site at www.bluelake.org/radio.html for more information about streaming;
- Port-au-Prince, Haiti - HATI 92.1 FM, Dec. 25 at 4 p.m. EST;
- San Juan, Puerto Rico – WIPR-FM 91.3, Dec. 25 at 8 p.m. AST;
- Lafayette, Ind. – WBAA-AM 920, Dec. 29 at 2 p.m. EST, visit the station’s Web site at www.purdue.edu/wbaa/listen_online/index.shtml for information about streaming;
- Memphis, Tenn. – WYPL-FM 89.3, time to be announced;
- Albany/Schenectady, N.Y. – WRPI-FM 91.5, time to be announced, visit the station’s Web site at www.wrpi.org/realaudio/index.html for information about streaming;
- Corpus Christi and Victoria, Texas – KEDT-FM 90.3 and KVRT-FM 90.3, time to be announced;
- Texarkana, Texas – KTXK-FM 91.5, time to be announced, visit the station’s Web site at www.texarkanacollege.edu/ktxk/listen.html for information about streaming;
- Erie, Pa. - WMCE-FM 88.5 and 104.9, and WYNE-AM 1530, time to be announced, visit the station's Web site at wmce.mercyhurst.edu/ for information about streaming;
- Great Falls, Mon. - KGPR-FM 89.9, time to be announced;
- Ontonagon, Mich. – WOAS-FM 88.5, time to be announced;
In addition to "Convulsions in the Heavens," the concert features selections from Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" Suite, "Gloria" by Vivaldi, "Hodie" by Ralph Vaughn Williams, "Celebrations" by Zdechlik and "Magnificat" by Pärt. The concert closes with the audience participating in a grand finale of familiar hymns and carols of the season arranged by Alfred Reed.
Valparaiso's premier vocal and instrumental ensembles, the Chorale, Chamber Concert Band and Symphony Orchestra, performed together and individually.
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