USU Choirs Get Totally Awesome Performing Songs from the '80s

The combined choirs of the Utah State University music department will present “That Totally Awesome ‘80s Concert” Friday, Feb. 10, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kent Concert Hall located in the Chase Fine Arts Center.

“It’s certainly not a typical evening of scholarly music from long-gone composers,” said Cory Evans, director of choral activities at USU. “The songs will have the audience longing for the days of leg warmers, boom boxes and mullets.”

That Totally Awesome ‘80s Concert is a follow-up to last year’s That ‘70s Concert, also presented by the USU choirs.

“The ‘80s were such a rich period of popular music so it’s been hard to decide what pieces to choose, but I think we’ve got a good mix of everyone’s favorites,” said Evans.

The evening will feature tunes such as Phil Collins’ In the Air Tonight, Journey’s Faithfully, Foreigner’s I Want to Know What Love Is and The Proclaimers’ I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles).

The USU Chamber Singers, University Chorale and the Women’s Choir will join forces with guitarists from the USU guitar program and members of the newly-formed instrumental ensemble Out Of The Blue for the evenings “awesome” entertainment.

“The audience is invited to show up in classic ‘80s outfits and can expect to hear some really rad music,” said Evans.

Tickets are $10 general admission, $8 for seniors and youth, $5 for USU faculty and staff and free for USU students with ID.

More information and tickets are available at the Caine College of the Arts Box Office in room 139-B of the Chase Fine Arts Center, online at the college’s website or by calling 435-797-8022.

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Writer: Rachelle Nielson, 435-797-9203, rachelle.nielson@usu.edu

Contact: Denise Albiston, 435-797-1500, denise.albiston@usu.edu