Voices of the Earth Tour 2020

The 2020 Goshen College tour features the Voices of the Earth Choir traveling to Puerto Rico Feb. 22 – March 1.

Voices of the Earth, a treble choir established at Goshen College 15 years ago by the late Dr. Debra Detwiler, is open to Goshen College student treble voices of all years and majors by audition. Originally named the Women’s World Music Choir, its focus continues to be the authentic performance of the music from many cultures and countries. Voices of the Earth performs in numerous on-campus and off-campus concerts each year and tour routinely. This choir also combines with other GC choirs to perform standard choral and orchestral works.

The choir is directed by Marcia Yost, director of the arts: engagement & outreach.

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 Tour Poster  | Program (English) | Program (Spanish) | Press release

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Tour Itinerary

Saturday, Feb. 22

Arrive in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Visit the Beach and El Morro

Sunday, Feb. 23

9 a.m.
Sing during La Cumbre Christian Missionary Alliance Church, first service
1992 Cam Romani, San Juan, 00926

 11 a.m.
Sing during La Cumbre Christian Missionary Alliance Church, second service

6:30 p.m.
Performance at Disciples of Christ Church
Sierra Linda, Bayamon

Monday: Feb. 24

10 a.m.
Sing at Academia Menonita Betania Chapel
Plaza Aibonito, Aibonito

1-5 p.m.
Service project – hurricane restoration

7 p.m.
Performance at Iglesia Evangélica Menonita de Aibonito
Calle José C Vázquez 106, Aibonito

Tuesday: Feb. 25

11:30 a.m.
Performance at Carribean School
1689 Calle Marginal, Ponce

1:30 – 5 p.m.
Master class & concert at University of Puerto Rico, Ponce Campus

Wednesday: Feb. 26

9:50 – 10:40 a.m.
Concert at Robinson School
5 Nairn Street,  San Juan

1 p.m.
Depart for El Yunque National Rainforest

Thursday: Feb. 27

8-9:40 a.m.
Sing at Summit Hills Mennonite Academy Chapel

     2:30 PM

Hospital del Niño (Guaynabo Children’s Hospital)

Friday: Feb. 28

Free day on Isla Verde Beach

Dinner at Raices Restaurant (PR Coliseum site)

Saturday: Feb. 29

Fly Home

Sunday: 3/1

7:30 p.m.
Tour Home Concert, Music Center’s Sauder Concert Hall

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Singers

Soprano 1

Nithya Abraham, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Katie Baer, Villa Ridge, Missouri

Eden George, Bangalore, India

Emily Hilton-Nickel, San Francisco, California

Alexa Kennel, Souderton, Pennsylvania

Mackenzie Miller, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Augusta Nafziger, Weyers Cave, Virginia

Lisa Nalliah, Huntington, Indiana

Nasim Rasoulipour, Tehran, Iran

Kailey Rice, Frisco, Texas

Lisa Rosado Rivera, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Haley Willis, Chicago, Illinois

Ainslee Zou, Bristol, Indiana

Emma Zuercher, Apple Creek, Ohio

Soprano 2

Elizabeth Breckbill, Kidron, Ohio

Caroline Brunk Greaser, Goshen, Indiana

Claire Franz, Denver, Colorado

Haley Kirkton, Goshen, Indiana

Elsie Koop Liechty, Goshen, Indiana

Anna McVay, Geneseo, Illinois

Laura Miller, Arlington, Kansas

Lauren Myers, North Manchester, Indiana

April Pollock, Goshen, Indiana

Willa Smucker Beidler, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Angela Ticen, Chalmers, Indiana

Clara Unzicker, Benson, Illinois

Sharada Weaver, Hyattsville, Maryland

Bek Zehr, Carthage, New York

Alto 1

Abigail Brunk Greaser, Goshen, Indiana

Megan Graber, Stryker, Ohio

Natalie Graber, Wellman, Iowa

Greta Klassen, Goshen, Indiana

Corrie Osborne, North Manchester, Indiana

Janell Preheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Caroline Robling-Griest, Chicago, Illinois

Dali Rodriguez, Aibonito, Puerto Rico

Savannah Roth Walter, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Samantha Shank, New Paris, Indiana

Anna Smucker, Goshen, Indiana

Marieke van Bergeijk, Hesston, Kansas

Kaci Yoder, Goshen, Indiana

Emma Bontrager, Goshen, Indiana

Olivia Ewry, Wapakoneta, Ohio

Yejin Kim, Seoul, South Korea

Alto 2

Cadence Lee, Elkhart, Indiana

Elena Meyer Reimer, Goshen Indiana

Emmalene Rupp, Wooster, Ohio

Mary Schmauss, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Olivia Smucker, Harrisonburg, Virginia

Brooke Stutzman, Walnut Creek, Ohio

Priscilla Tanujaya, Jakarta, Indonesia

Katy Thornthwaite, Black River, New York

Annelise Wiebe, Goshen, Indiana