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- High school choirs from the Greater Birmingham Area will join University of Alabama at Birmingham choirs to perform traditional holiday favorites and standard classics.
- This community-wide celebration of the holiday season, which began in 2001, is presented by the UAB Department of Music at the Alys Stephens Center.
- Featured will be the UAB Concert Choir directed by Brian Kittredge, DMA, along with high school choirs from Helena, John Carroll Catholic, Ramsay, Spain Park, Springville and Thompson.
Christmas at the Alys Stephens Center.Local high school choirs will join University of Alabama at Birmingham choirs Monday, Nov. 30, for “Christmas at the Alys Stephens Center.”
This annual concert celebration is a festive performance of traditional holiday favorites and standard choral classics presented by the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Music. The 7 p.m. performance will be in UAB’s Alys Stephens Performing Arts Center, 1200 10th Ave. South.
Selections will be performed from various points inside the Jemison Concert Hall, so the audience will be surrounded by sound, says UAB Director of Choral Activities and Professor of Music Brian Kittredge, DMA. All 250 voices will join in singing “Carol of the Bells” and “O Holy Night.”
“This community-wide celebration of the holiday season, which began in 2001, is a wonderful way to start the season,” Kittredge said.
Tickets are $15; free for students and senior citizens. For tickets, call 205-975-2787 or visit AlysStephens.org.
Accompanying the choirs will be the UAB Trumpet Ensemble, conducted by James Zingara, DMA, and the UAB Flute Ensemble, conducted by Lisa Weinhold.
Featured with the UAB Concert Choir, conducted by Kittredge, will be:
- Helena High School Combined Choirs, conducted by Alice LaGrone
- John Carroll Catholic High School Chamber Singers, conducted by Maria Wilson
- Ramsay High School Concert Choir, conducted by Zachary Banks
- Spain Park High School Combined Concert Choir, conducted by Martez Tidwell
- Springville High School Tiger Chorale, conducted by Harrison Hornsby
- Thompson High School Madrigals, conducted by UAB music graduate Madison McCugh