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The Willamette University Music Department presents the Willamette Singers in their final performance this year for a night of vocal jazz on Friday, April 16th at 7:30 pm. The concert will feature guest performances by South Salem High School’s Southernaires directed by Carol Stenson and Sprague High School’s Framework directed by David Brown. The Willamette Singers will continue in their long standing tradition of presenting a broad variety of literature in many different contemporary and swing era styles. Some of the literature of note in this performance will include the well-known jazz standards “I’m Beginning To See the Light” in a typical swing style, and “You’re Makin’ Me Crazy” arranged in a New Orleans street beat version. The Willamette Singers is a 18-member vocal jazz ensemble, along with an instrumental combo consisting of piano, double bass, and drums. The Singers’ thirteenth CD, “Come Rain or Come Shine,” was released in the fall of 2009. Proceeds from this concert will go to support this season’s recording project. Several members of the Willamette Singers from the Salem area and Willamette Valley will be performing in this concert: Stephen Branch and Kate Thurber from South Salem High School, Jordan Miller from Sprague High School, Natalie Yonkman from West Salem High School, and Christiana Zollner and Taylor Buchheit from Silverton High School in Mt. Angel, OR.