THOUSAND OAKS, CA. - Areté Vocal Ensemble will conclude its second season with a concert devoted to the music of Leonard Bernstein at California Lutheran University.

“Tribute to Leonard Bernstein: Part 2” will be performed at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 3, in Samuelson Chapel.

The program will begin with the full ensemble singing Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms” in Hebrew. The piece is scored for organ, harp and percussion. Then individual Areté members will perform solo songs from several of Bernstein’s Song Cycles. The program will conclude with music for the Broadway stage including two of Bernstein’s biggest hits, “Candide” and “West Side Story.”

Areté is an innovative professional ensemble of vocal artists in residence at the Thousand Oaks university. Music Director and Conductor Wyant Morton, CLU’s music department chair, created the ensemble to perform and record the widest possible choral repertoire, including works from essentially all periods of music history. Special attention is given to contemporary, experimental, improvisatory, crossover and ethnic music.

The ensemble was designed to fill a need in Southern California for groups that can perform the many vocal works that visionary composers are creating today. Areté, which takes its name from the Greek word meaning striving for excellence, focuses on performing the new, the unknown and the unconventional with energy, passion, expertise and virtuosity.

The chapel is located south of Olsen Road near the corner of Campus Drive in Thousand Oaks. Additional parking is available at the corner of Olsen and Mountclef Boulevard.

Tickets purchased in advance are $15, $10 for seniors 65 years and older, and $5 for students with ID. Tickets purchased at the door are an additional $5. Children under 12 are free. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit http://www.aretevocalensemble.org, e-mail aretevocalensemble@me.com, or call (805) 493-3308.