MOUNT VERNON, IA (12/08/2015)-- More than 70 students took part in the Cornell College Holiday Concert on Saturday, Dec. 5 in King Chapel.

The combined Orchestra, Choir and Chamber Singers concert featured works by Franz Josef Hayden, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Eric Whitacre, Felix Mendelssohn, and more.

Stephanie Campbell of Bettendorf performed as a member of the Orchestra.

Matthew Hamma of Davenport performed as a member of the Choir.

The Orchestra, conducted by music professor Martin Hearne, performed the first movement of Haydn's Symphony No. 99, excerpts from "L'Arlesienne Suite #2" by Georges Bizet, and "Dance of the Tumblers" by Rimsky-Korsakov.

The Chamber Singers, conducted by music professor Lisa Hearne, performed several pieces, including "The Lamb" by John Tavener. The Concert Choir, also conducted by Lisa Hearne, performed "Lux Aurumque" by Eric Whitacre and "I Will Lift Mine Eyes" by Jake Runestad.

The combined choir and orchestra performed Mendelssohn's "As the Hart Longs," two traditional carols, and "Make Our Garden Grow" from Leonard Bernstein's "Candide."

One of the select "Colleges That Change Lives," Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, is a national liberal arts college with a distinctive One Course At A Time curriculum. The One Course schedule provides students the chance to dive into their studies, focus more intensely on the disciplines of their choice, and learn authentically with the unique freedom to shed the confines of the traditional classroom to study off-campus, pursue research, or accept an internship--all without missing out on other classes.

Cornell is nationally recognized for its value, including by Kiplinger's, which included Cornell on its list of the 100 best values in private colleges for 2015, and the Fiske Guide to Colleges, which named Cornell College one of the 24 "Best Buys" among private colleges. Ninety-three percent of Cornell graduates earn their degrees in four years. In 2013 Cornell was named one of the 25 colleges with the best professors by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity.

For more information, visit www.cornellcollege.edu.

St. Ambrose professor Marian Lee will be featured in the Quad City Symphony Orchestra's seasonal Masterworks III:  Winter Fun - Mozart and More performances.  Two performances are scheduled.  One is Saturday, December 5 at 8:00 p.m. at the Adler Theatre in Davenport.  The second performance is Sunday, December 7 at 2:00 p.m. in Centennial Hall in Rock Island on the Augustana College campus.

The performances will feature Lee on piano in Mozart's Piano Concerto #21, the slow movement of which was used as the theme song to the movie Elvira Madigan.  Listeners will also catch the the spirit of the season in Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite, Humperdinck's Prelude to Hansel and Gretel and a potpourri of sleigh rides by Mozart, Prokofiev, Delius, and Anderson.

The Quad City Symphony Orchestra has also extended special invitations to the military and music teachers for the performances.  The Rock Island Arsenal USO and the Federated Music Teachers of the Quad Cities will join under the QCSO's new engagement program Communities in Concert.

Mark Russell Smith, QCSO's Music Director, conducts.

Group and student pricing is available for all performances.

More information and tickets for performances and events are available at www.qcso.org