Mount Marty University to present annual Vespers concert

Celebrate the holiday season with Mount Marty University's 43rd Vespers performance held on Saturday, Dec. 6, in the Bishop Marty Memorial Chapel. There will be two performances at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. 

This year's performance, titled “An English Cathedral Christmas,” will be led by Tyler Thress, Ph.D., assistant professor of music and director of choral activities. The concert will feature music from the British Isles and showcase performances from the Mount Marty Chamber Choir and Choral Union, Weed Brass, and Communiversity Concert Band.  

"For many years, our Vespers program was presented as English-style lessons and carols," Thress said. "We're keeping the traditional Vespers form, but I wanted to expose our community to the excellent Christmas music that the Anglican tradition has produced."

Mount Marty University thanks the Yankton Benedictines of Sacred Heart Monastery for graciously sponsoring this event. Tickets to the performance are free — and required — and available here. South Dakota Public Broadcasting will televise the performance on Dec. 24 at 10 p.m. It will be available to view at sdpb.org.

For more information, please contact Tyler Thress at tyler.thress@mountmarty.edu or (605)-668-1539.

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About Mount Marty University

Founded in 1936 by the Sisters of Sacred Heart Monastery, Mount Marty University is South Dakota's only Catholic, Benedictine institution of higher education. Located along the bluffs of the Missouri River in Yankton, with additional locations in Watertown and Sioux Falls, Mount Marty offers undergraduate and graduate degrees focusing on student and alumni success in high-demand fields such as health sciences, education, criminal justice, business, accounting, recreation management, and more. A community of learners in the Benedictine tradition, Mount Marty emphasizes academic excellence and develops well-rounded students with intellectual competence, professional and personal skills and moral, spiritual and social values. To learn more, visit mountmarty.edu.