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Ouachita Singers and Ouachita Concert Choir to perform April 19

April 11, 2022

Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music will present the Ouachita Singers and Concert Choir in concert Friday, April 19, at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Performing Arts Center, 409 Ouachita St. The performance, featuring both choirs collaborating on composer John Rutter’s masterwork, “Requiem,” is free and open to the public.

Tiger for Life Podcast
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Tiger for Life Podcast: Barrett Baber ('02), Singing and songwriting online during COVID-19

August 03, 2020

On this episode of the Tiger For Life podcast, alumnus Barrett Baber ('02) shares about performing and songwriting during the pandemic, his experience on "The Voice" and Ouachita memories including being a Tiger Tunes host and surviving the crash of American Airlines flight 1420. Barrett also performs one of the most recent songs he's written entitled "No Man's Land."

Ouachita Singers flight 1420 reunion
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Alumni profile: Flight 1420 Crash

February 27, 2020

It’s been 20 years since the Ouachita Singers, returning from a mission trip to Europe, crashed on the final leg of their trip in Little Rock on American Airlines Flight 1420. Survivors returned to Arkadelphia in June 2019 to mark the 20th anniversary of that night, June 1, 1999.

Ouachita Singers and Rachel Fuller amphitheater
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Behind the names: Rachel Fuller & Ouachita Singers Memorial Amphitheater

February 06, 2020

Pep rallies, classes, the freshman beanie ceremony – these are a few of the many Ouachita events held in the ampitheater outside of McClellan Hall. Often called “the amp” by current students, the Rachel Fuller and Ouachita Singers Memorial Ampitheater has great significance to Ouachita’s recent history.

Pictured left to right, front to back – Row 1: Jim Simmons, Caroline Golden Simmons, Mark Simmons, Susanna Biegert Berrones; Row 2: Amy Gaden Taylor, David Stanley, Aaron Hawley, Etta Waller Linton, Kristen Clark Hutchins, Luke Hollingsworth; Row 3: Natalie Putnam Jaggers, Misha Perkins Parker, Anna Lloyd, Jon Merryman, Barrett Baber; Row 4: Dustin Taylor, Tad Hardin, Kristin Maddox Cheng, Cindy Fuller, Charles Fuller, Sarah Fuller Phillips, Becky Fuller, Dave Ozmun.
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Flight 1420 crash anniversary brings Ouachita Singers home

June 03, 2019

It’s been 20 years since a group of Ouachita Baptist University students and three of their professors, returning from a mission trip to Europe, crashed on the final leg of their trip in Little Rock on American Airlines Flight 1420.

Women’s Chorus and Ouachita Singers to present spring concert April 18.
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Women's Chorus and Ouachita Singers to present spring concert April 18

April 15, 2019

Ouachita Baptist University’s Division of Music will present the Women’s Chorus and Ouachita Singers in their spring concert Thursday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m. in McBeth Recital Hall.

Barrett Baber promo photo
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Former Ouachita student Barrett Baber wins Grammy Gig of a Lifetime ??

January 23, 2014

It’s been quite a week for former Ouachita Baptist University student Barrett Baber (’02) as one of his dreams comes true – performing at the Grammys. Baber, who recently won the nationwide Grammy Gig of a Lifetime competition, will perform live at Club Nokia in Los Angeles and be featured in the Grammy Live coverage on Sunday, Jan. 26.

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