THOUSAND OAKS, CA. - In keeping with tradition, the California Lutheran University choral ensembles will present an eclectic program of exciting and innovative music at the Homecoming Choral Concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24, in Samuelson Chapel.

The Women’s Chorale will open the concert by singing Rachmaninoff’s beautiful and melodic “Six Choruses, Op. 15” in the original Russian. The CLU Choir will take the stage singing New York composer William Hawley’s “Two Motets” scored for four separate choirs performing in surround sound. The choir and soloists will then sing “Missa Brevis,” which Haydn wrote when he was 18. They will also perform Robert Schumann’s “Zigeunerleben” (“Gypsy Life”) in honor of the 200th anniversary of his birth. Rounding out the program will be lighter fare including “MLK” by U2 and “A Thousand Beautiful Things” by Annie Lennox.

Wyant Morton, chair of the CLU music department, will conduct.

Samuelson Chapel is located near the corner of Olsen Road and Campus Drive in Thousand Oaks. Additional parking is available in the lots at the corner of Olsen and Mountclef Boulevard.

Donations will be accepted. For more information, call the Music Department at (805) 493-3306 or visit http://www.callutheran.edu/music