Central College will host several music performances throughout October that are open to the public.

Central’s music department will welcome eighth- and ninth-grade vocal students from across Iowa for the annual SingFest performance on Tuesday, October 8th. The public is invited to the concert directed by M. Joan Kuyper Farver Endowed Chair in Music Mark Babcock at 6 pm in Douwstra Auditorium. Seventh- and eighth-grade band students from across Iowa will present the BandFest concert, directed by lecturer of music Brad Lampe in Douwstra Auditorium at 6 pm on Thursday, October 10th.

A Cappella Choir, directed by Babcock, will embark on a mini-tour in Central Iowa with public concerts at 7 pm on Friday, October 25 at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Des Moines; 11 am Saturday, October 26th at the Des Moines Art Center; and 4 pm Mass at St. Ambrose Cathedral in Des Moines. As part of the tour, the choir will also perform at two schools in the Des Moines area.

Central will host the Music Teachers National Association State Competition, where students from across Iowa will compete for the opportunity to advance to the district competition later this year. Pianists, wind instrument players, and string instrument players will compete over the course of two days on Saturday, October 26th and Sunday, October 27th, and the public is welcome to attend the competition.