The Minot State University Concert Choir will present “Peace Will Come: Songs of Hope and Love” Wednesday, March 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Ann Nicole Nelson Hall on the MSU campus.

This spring concert is a fundraiser for the concert choir’s trip to perform at the Helena Cathedral in Montana. A freewill donation will be taken during the concert on Wednesday.

“The concert focuses on the journey from dark to light, from hate to love, from war to peace,” said Eads, director of Choral Activities and assistant professor of music at MSU.

Soloists for the concert are Kylee Cook, Megan Klebe and Tyler Irmen. Steffen Dauwalder, percussion, and Danica Rumney, clarinet, also will be featured in selections during the concert.

“‘All Hail the Power’ by Amy Beach, might be one of my favorite pieces in this program,” said Cook. “Not only is it such a powerful piece to listen to, but it’s powerful to sing. It pushes me close to my limits and allows for so much musicality. It also takes me back home to singing hymns in my church with my mom, which is always a fond memory.

“My favorite piece during this concert is “Prayer of St. Francis,” said Klebe. “A lot of truly awful things are happening in the world recently, but this piece reminds me and inspires me to try and see and be the kindness that we all need right now.”

“‘Bashana Haba’ah’ would be my favorite piece in this concert,” said Irmen. “The piece brings me so much joy. The voicing of the chords shows the upper ranges of the tenor voice along with giving the other voices their own special moments in the music.”

“Our music this spring focuses on transition- war to peace, health to wellness, sadness to joy, darkness to light. Having just weathered the storm of a world pandemic, we now face uncertainty abroad. The peace of our brothers in Eastern Europe is threatened. The world remains on the precipice of great turmoil, but as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

“So we lift our voice today to bring hope to the hopeless, and to bring love to those who seek it. Music has that power,” said Eads.