THOUSAND OAKS, CA. - The California Lutheran University Choir is embarking on a tour that will begin at Carnegie Hall and end with a performance on campus.

The varied program will include music by Franz Joseph Haydn, Robert Schumann, Vaclav Nelybel, William Hawley, David Dickau and CLU faculty member Mark Spraggins. The concert will conclude with spirituals, gospel songs and crossover pop arrangements of music by U2, Annie Lennox and Dolly Parton. Wyant Morton, chair of the music department, will conduct the 77-voice choir.

For the home concert, the CLU Women’s Chorale will join the choir and the CLU Honors Quintet will perform instrumental music.

The CLU Choir is the university’s premiere choral ensemble. It has performed tours throughout the United States and in England, Italy, Norway and Sweden. The choir has earned a reputation for its commitment to performing the finest in choral literature from all eras in the original languages. While dedicated to performing works that represent the university's Lutheran heritage, the choir also embraces innovative new music and multicultural pieces.

The 2011 Concert Tour includes the following performances:

· 8:30 p.m. Sunday, March 13, at Carnegie Hall in New York, N.Y. The CLU Choir is part of a program headlined by the Masterworks Festival Chorus and the National Festival Chorus. Tickets are available at http://www.carnegiehall.org.

· 8 p.m. Monday, March 14, at Stretansky Concert Hall at Susquehanna University, 514 University Ave., Selinsgrove, Pa.

· 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 1 Trinity Place, Greenville, Pa.

· 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, at Lutheran Church of Our Savior, 204 Wayne Ave., Haddonfield, N.J.

· 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 18, at First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 3604 Chatham Road, Ellicott City, Md.

· 8 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, in Samuelson Chapel at CLU, 60 W. Olsen Road,
Thousand Oaks, Calif.

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