DURANT — Southeastern Oklahoma State University’s Chorale will be featured in concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Fine Arts Recital Hall on campus.

This will be the first concert presentation of the Chorale since the Carnegie Hall performance in June. The event is free and open to the public.

The concert, titled “Missa Harmonia Sarcalogos,’’ will present works within the structure of a traditional Mass, moving from sacred to secular, from contemporary to Renaissance motets.

Dr. Stacy Weger, director of choral activities at Southeastern, said, “The Mass has long been a major cornerstone for choral composition. Whether for liturgical setting or concert presentation, the Mass is a form full of dramatic character, color and contrast. It embodies a vibrant spectrum of emotion, expressing the human condition unique to its structure. The selections for this concert, contrasting in texture and style, are formatted to capture the inherent expressive qualities present within this structure.

“These segments include the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Benedictus, and Agnus Dei. While none of these actual titles are included in the concert, the intent and dramatic quality of each segment comes to the forefront of the programming, so we have in essence a traditional form transformed.”

A feature of the concert will be an encore presentation, “Of Fire and the Rose,” the piece commissioned to mark Southeastern’s Centennial. Composed by the internationally known David Childs, the text comes from T.S. Eliot’s “Little Gidding” from Four Quartets. Other highlights include “O Vos Omnes” by Alberto Ginastera, “1st Katisma” by Einojuhani Rautavaara; “Hope Faith, Life, Love” by Eric Whitacre; and “Psalm of Life” by Craig Hella Johnson.

Each section of the concert will begin with a solo styling of a hymn tune from The Christian Harmony, published in 1973.

Members of the Southeastern Chorale include 16 students from Oklahoma and nine from Texas:

Oklahoma — Jocelyn Batts, J.T. Hazelton, Logan Russell, Ardmore; Aaron Williams, Bartlesville; Justin Britt, Bristow; Kirk Prucha, Comanche; Charli Jo Haggard, Dickson; Courtney Johnson, Sally Pickens, Durant; Marcus High, Hominy; Cheri Conway, Jeremiah Light, Marissa Musgrove, Matt Rizzo, Jimi Word, Lone Grove; Joshua Smith, McAlester.

Texas — Sara Hudson, Stefan Walton, Allen; Katie Herron, Hunter Sitz, Celina; Marissa Eddins, Denison; B. Weslee Vance, Nicholas Vance, Denton; Essie Jefferson, Garland; Cynthia Estrada, Perryton.