{"id":54608,"date":"2025-11-26T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=54608"},"modified":"2025-11-11T14:07:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T20:07:41","slug":"tarleton-states-holiday-masterworks-concert-slated-for-dec-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-states-holiday-masterworks-concert-slated-for-dec-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton State\u2019s Holiday Masterworks Concert Slated for Dec. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 The 46<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;annual Charles and Cynthia Rives Masterworks Concert, featuring Tarleton State University&#8217;s Singers and Chamber Choir, guest orchestral musicians and the Cross Timbers Civic Chorale is set for 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, in the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center Auditorium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s program pairs a radiant holiday work, Ralph Vaughan Williams\u2019<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>\u201cFirst Nowell,\u201d&nbsp;with selections from Handel\u2019s \u201cMessiah,\u201d including \u201cAnd the Glory of the Lord,\u201d \u201cFor Unto Us a Child Is Born,\u201d and the triumphant \u201cHallelujah\u201d chorus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The performance will feature outstanding student soloists, with special guest Dr. Heather Hawk performing the virtuosic \u201cRejoice Greatly.\u201d The concert will be conducted by Dr. Troy Robertson, Director of Choirs and Department Head of Performing Arts, and Dr. Debbie Seitter, Assistant Professor of Choral Activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets are $25 and available at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/tarleton.evenue.net\/event\/2526FA\/MU1206\">tarleton.evenue.net\/event\/2526FA\/MU1206<\/a>&nbsp;or through the Ticket Office at 254-968-9634.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 The 46th&nbsp;annual Charles and Cynthia Rives Masterworks Concert, featuring Tarleton State University&#8217;s Singers and Chamber Choir, guest orchestral musicians and the Cross Timbers Civic Chorale is set &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":51665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":422,"footnotes":""},"categories":[422],"tags":[453],"class_list":["post-54608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-morestories","tag-performing-fine-arts"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"priddle","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/priddle-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2024\/08\/ULTRA_2024-300x200.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/morestories\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">_morestories<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">_morestories<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/morestories\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Performing &amp; Fine Arts<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Performing &amp; Fine Arts<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 5 months ago","modified":"Updated 5 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on November 26, 2025","modified":"Updated on November 11, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on November 26, 2025 8:00 am","modified":"Updated on November 11, 2025 2:07 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Brick building with abstract white sculpture and a tree, surrounded by flowers.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54609,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54608\/revisions\/54609"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}