INA, Ill. (May 23, 2025) — Rend Lake College was able to showcase the talent and hard work of the RLC students, specifically those with an aptitude for music, at the RLC Theatre on May 8.
The talented choirs from RLC and Southeastern Illinois College and the brilliant RLC concert band performed for the public during the 2025 Spring Concert: Traveling Harmony. This annual concert has become a much-anticipated event in the college community.
Five pieces of music were performed by the RLC concert band, including "Mount of Night" by Eric Osterling, "Star of the County Down" arranged by David Mateyka, Mt. Vernon Township High School band director, and "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Freddie Mercury. The band was directed by RLC Conductor William Reynolds.
RLC's concert band conducter, William Reynolds, directing the band through "Mount of Night."
The concert continued with the combined RLC and SIC choir, conducted by Sara Alstat-Sanders, RLC music professor, and Clinton Cory Garmane, SIC music instructor. A total of 9 songs were sung by the student choir. Alstat-Sanders and Garmane performed "Before and After You/One Second and a Million Miles" from the Broadway musical, The Bridges of Madison County.
Combined concert choirs of RLC and SIC, directed by Sara Alstat-Sanders.
Sara Alstat-Sanders (left) and Clinton Cory Garmane (right) singing "Before and After You/One Second and a Million Miles."
The RLC music program acknowledges and appreciates the contributions of the Carl Schweinfurth Foundation Trust and the RLC Foundation.
For more information about the RLC Music program, please contact Alstat-Sanders at alstats@rlc.edu. View the music program online at rlc.edu/music.
