Talented young singers in the West Virginia University Community Music Program’s elementary and youth choirs will present a spring concert Monday, May 1, at the Creative Arts Center .

The program, which is free and open to the public, begins at 6:30 p.m. in Room 200B.

Both groups will be performing music from various cultures. Under the direction of Deborah Morgan, the Elementary Choir will perform Irving Berlin’s �€?I Love a Piano,�€? �€?Cherokee Lullaby�€? and a Midwest Cherokee Alliance earth-honoring song, �€?The Earth is Our Mother.�€?

Selections will also feature a story about �€?Dragons,�€? the poetry of Carl Sandberg in �€?Fog,�€? and a challenging four-minute musical tribute to longer days and warmer weather.

The two choirs will collaborate in a performance of Vivaldi’s �€?Gloria�€? and the Caribbean calypso �€?Shake the Papaya Down.�€?

Carol Roskos will direct the Youth Choir in additional selections.

Pianist Andrew Harris will accompany both choirs.

For more information, contact the Community Music Office at (304) 293-4841 ext. 3185.