Iowa Central Vocal Music Department Presents Easter Performances: Triton Singers to Premier 'It is Finished'

The Iowa Central Vocal Music Department will present two performances before Easter. The first, 'It is Finished,' is a composition by the department's Director, Will Lopes. The Triton Singers will perform the piece, with accompaniment from the Fort Dodge Symphony's chamber orchestra and narration by Teresa Jackson, Iowa Central's Theater Director. The composition narrates Christ's journey from the garden to the cross, featuring adaptations of the Requiem Sequence and a poem by Sharon Irving.

Lopes composed 'It is Finished' in 2011, and it will premiere in Iowa with a live recording by the Triton Singers on Monday evening. The performance will be broadcast at 6 p.m. on March 29, Good Friday, on the Iowa Central Music and Theater social media pages. Lopes stated that the recording aims to reach a wider audience and that the work narrates Jesus' arrest to his death on the cross, with songs in Latin and poems in English.

The second performance will occur on Tuesday evening, March 26. Lopes, Iowa Central choirs, community musicians, and the student organization, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, will host a worship music evening in the Bioscience and Health Science Building Auditorium. The event, open to the public, will start at 7 p.m.

Lopes stated that these performances mark the first time they have undertaken a musical project for the holy week. The broadcast of 'It is Finished' will be available on the Iowa Central Music and Theater's Facebook page from 6 p.m. on Friday evening, allowing the Triton Singers to present this original work to a larger audience.

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