The San Francisco-based Grammy award-winning ensemble, Chanticleer, takes the Howard Auditorium stage at 7 p.m. on Oct. 11 at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College.

Celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, Chanticleer’s 12-man group performs original interpretations of vocal literature ranging from Renaissance to jazz and popular genres, as well as contemporary compositions.

ABAC Arts Connection Director Wayne Jones looks forward to Chanticleer’s return to Tifton as a part of the ABAC Presents! Arts Series.

“Chanticleer is among the most celebrated professional male choruses in the world,” Jones said. “I'm thrilled to have them back in Tifton."

Other performances in the ABAC performing arts series include “Broadway’s Next H!t Musical” on Nov. 29, “The Crucible” on Feb. 7, the Albany Symphony Orchestra featuring Chris Brubeck’s Triple Play on March 3, the Turtle Island String Quartet on March 28, and Byron Stripling with the ABAC Jazz Ensemble on April 18.

Tickets can be purchased online at www.purplepass.com/abac  or at the box office at the concert.  Tickets for Chanticleer’s performance will be available at the door at a cost of $30 for adults and $15 for students who are 18 and under.

PB2 Foods is the ABAC Presents! series sponsor. Tift Regional Health System is a Premium Event sponsor. Single Event sponsors are Hilton Garden Inn Tifton and Ponder’s Office Products. Preferred sponsors include Captain D’s, McDonald’s, South Georgia Banking Company, the Tifton Housing Authority, and the Tifton Rotary Club.

Community partners are Colony Bank, Bowen Donaldson Home for Funerals, Dave’s Bread and Coffee House, the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village, The Local, 41 and Main, Chicago Pizza and Pasta, and Southern Station.

ABAC Presents! is supported in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency, the National Endowment for the Arts.