The Coastal Carolina University Concert Choir joins a consortium of professional and student musical groups to present Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" Sunday, Sept. 24, at 4 p.m. at the Myrtle Beach High School Music & Arts Center. Tickets are $25, with discounts available.

The performance will feature the Long Bay Symphony, directed by Charles Jones Evans, teaching associate in CCU's Department of Music; the Carolina Master Chorale and the CCU Concert Choir, both directed by Timothy Koch, teaching associate in the Department of Music; the Hartsville Community Chorus, directed by James Beaumier, chair of the Arts Department at Hartsville High School; and the Waccamaw Intermediate and Middle Schools Treble Choir, co-directed by Bethany Stearns-Miller, choir director at Waccamaw Intermediate School, and Timothy Forline, choir director at Waccamaw Middle School.

Guest vocal soloists will include Louis Otey, baritone; Amanda Horton, soprano; and Khary Wilson, tenor.

"Carmina Burana," written in 1935, is an epic cantata based on 24 poems from the medieval collection of the same name.

"The piece is based on a collection of romantic, bawdy and irreverent Medieval-era texts," said Evans. "It is one of the most popular and iconic choral works, the 'O Fortuna' excerpt, which opens and closes the cantata, having been used in everything from movies such as 'Excalibur' to television ads for Domino's Pizza."

"There's nothing else quite like it," said Koch. "It's kind of its own genre and has almost a cult following. There are a lot of people for whom it's not only their favorite piece of classical music, but also the only one they like. It's visceral; it has a primal kind of quality to it in many ways."

Otey, originally from South Dakota, has performed at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London; the Metropolitan Opera in New York City; the San Francisco Opera; the Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Italy; the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland; and other major international companies and festivals.

Horton, from Asheville, N.C., performs frequently with the Long Bay Symphony as well as the Asheville Symphony Orchestra and the Asheville Choral Society and Orchestra. She has appeared at the Asheville Symphony Amadeus Festival, Piccolo Spoleto Festival and guest recitals across the Southeast.

Wilson, from Baton Rouge, La., has performed with the Opera Studio Melbourne/Gertrude Opera in Australia; the Capital City Opera in Atlanta; the GLOW Lyric Theater in Mauldin, S.C.; the Louisiana State Opera; the Peach State Opera and the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh.

Evans is in his 21st season as music director and conductor of the Long Bay Symphony and has held conducting positions with numerous professional orchestras and music festivals across the country.  Koch is music director and conductor of the Carolina Master Chorale, based in Myrtle Beach. Now in his 17th season as music director, Koch has led the group in tour performances in New York and Europe.

Beaumier directs the Hartsville High School singers, the Red Fox Choir, and the Freshmen Select Choir at Hartsville High School. He has directed the Hartsville Community Choir in Hartsville, S.C., for more than 27 years. He is a 2018 quarterfinalist for the national Grammy Music Educator of the Year award. Miller has been choir director at Waccamaw Intermediate School for 10 years and played principal clarinet with the Long Bay Symphony for 15 years.

Forline is in his first year at Waccamaw Middle School and graduated from CCU with a bachelor's degree in music in May 2017.

General admission tickets are $25. CCU/HGTC student tickets (21 and under with student ID) are $10. For tickets, call the box office at 843-448-8379, or purchase them online at longbaysymphony.com or in person at 1107 48th Ave. N., Suite 310-E, Myrtle Beach.

The Myrtle Beach High School Music & Arts Center is located at 3302 Grissom Parkway in Myrtle Beach.