The Cal Poly Humboldt School of Dance, Music and Theatre presents University Singers and Humboldt Chorale, led by conductor Rachel Samet, in two live concerts featuring 120 voices and chamber orchestra. This widely anticipated event is titled "Music of the Americas" and includes a range of compositions from across North and South America, as well as from across cultures and musical eras. The focal point of the evening is a rarely heard Mass by Afro-Brazilian composer José Maurício Nunes Garcia, who was a prolific and celebrated South American contemporary of the great European classical composers including Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.