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Vester Arranges ‘Down by the Riverside’ for Grammy Award-winning Conspirare

Director and Assistant Professor of Contemporary Music Rod Vester, Ph.D., was commissioned to write a new arrangement for the Grammy Award-winning choral ensemble Conspirare for its Christmas Concert held this week. His arrangement of “Down by the Riverside,” along with the entire concert, is available on YouTube.

Assistant Professor of Voice (Soprano) Fotina Naumenko, D.M.A., was also featured in the performance.

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