Limestone University and Community Chorus To Present “The Work of Christmas” On November 24

The Limestone University and Community Chorus will present its fall concert on Sunday, Nov. 24, at 3 p.m., in Fullerton Auditorium. Admission is free and open to the public.

Limestone University’s student chorus members will be joined by members of the community in singing classic choral pieces, current compositions, and seasonal favorites. Conductor Dr. Gena Poovey will be joined by pianists Dr. Michael Langer and Jim Simmons, student instrumentalists, and other community volunteers to present “The Work of Christmas.”

The chorus will perform one movement from Vivaldi's “Gloria,” Mendelssohn's “Behold a Star from Jacob Shining,” Peter Wilhousky’s “Carol of the Bells,” Hal Hopson's “Love Came Down at Christmas,” a gospel-style piece “Come, Follow that Star,” a pop-style piece called “Angel Song,” an arrangement of “Angels We Have Heard on High” by Gwyneth Walker, and Dan Forrest’s “The Work of Christmas.” Additionally, the chorus will sing popular titles such as “O Christmas Tree,” “Must be Santa,” and “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas.”

Students singing in the Limestone University and Community Chorus represent a wide variety of majors including music, music education, business, art, health sciences, and liberal studies.

Community members participating represent churches including Cherokee Avenue Baptist, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Corinth Baptist, the Episcopal Church of the Incarnation, First Baptist, Grace Baptist, Grassy Pond Baptist, Greater Hope Ministries, Limestone Presbyterian, and Tyger River Presbyterian.