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Approved for 5th-hour credit:

Into the Woods, directed by Lee Orchard, will be performed at the University Theatre Oct. 19 and 26 at 8 p.m., Oct. 20 and 27 at 2 p.m., and Oct. 21 and 28 at 7 p.m. A talk back session with the director, cast and crew will immediately follow the Oct. 20 and 27 matinee performances.

One of Sondheim’s most popular works, characters from numerous popular fairy tales intermingle during the musical. While being a lively and irreverent fantasy, director Dr. Lee Orchard says Into the Woods also is a moving lesson about community responsibility and the stories we tell our children.

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Morten Lauridsen’s luminous Lux Aeterna will be the centerpiece of a Sunday, October 7, 3 pm concert featuring the Valpo Chorale and Bach Choir in the Chapel of the Resurrection. Accompanying the Chorale, one of the nation’s top Lutheran collegiate choirs, and Bach Choir for the performance is guest organist David Eicher.

During the second half of the concert program, the Chorale will perform J.S. Bach’s motet, Lobet den herrn, William Byrd’s Justorum Animae and contemporary music by Swedish composers Hugo Alfven and Sven-Erik Bäck.

Saturday, October 6, 7:30 pm in the Chapel of the Resurrection. Free and open to the public.

Valpo’s Symphony Orchestra will perform works by some of Russia’s most influential classical composers, including Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in D Major.