Alex Ager, Music Director of Andover Elementary/Middle School, will conduct his own arrangement of The Long Day Closes by Sir Arthur Sullivan at the Kearsarge Chorale fall concert to be held on Sunday, November 18th at 3:00 PM at the Sawyer Center Theater at Colby-Sawyer College. The program, titled All of Us, will include the lovely and melodic Sunrise Mass with string orchestra by contemporary composer Ola Gjeilo as well as the final movement of Craig Hella Johnson’s epic work Considering Matthew Shepard, a tribute to the young gay man who has become an American icon and a symbol for hope and redemption.

The concert will conclude with Seasons of Love from the musical Rent.  A number of singers with residences or occupations in Andover will be participating, including Molly Kidane, a teacher at AE/MS, Linda Barnes, Jesse Schust and Nancy Tripp.  Tickets ($15 each and $5 for students) will be available at Tatewell Gallery and Morgan Hill Bookstore in New London, at MainStreet BookEnds in Warner, at www.kearsargechorale.org and at the door.