Sergio A. Mims: Barbara Wright-Pryor: Concerts involving CMA members as conductors or performers have been scheduled for this Holy Season.

Sergio A. Mims forwards this release from Barbara Wright-Pryor:

Dear CMA and NANM Members and Friends:

The following concerts involving CMA members as conductors or performers have been scheduled for this Holy Season.

Saturday, December 6 at 2:00 p.m. - St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 2649 N. Francisco   AND

Saturday, December 13 at 7:00 p.m.- West Point Baptist Church, 3566 S. Cottage Grove Ave.  "Songs of the Season" featuring "The Many Moods of Christmas" arr. Robert Shaw and Robert Russell Bennett (performed and recorded by the Fred Waring Singers, circa 1950s)-The Chicago Community Chorus, Keith Hampton, Founder/Conductor. Adults-$20; Students with ID-$10 Children under 12 - FREE

Friday, December 12 at 7;00 p.m., The First Baptist Church of Chicago Choir and the "Born to Die" Choir present Glenn Burleigh's Christmas cantata at First Baptist Church, 935 E. 50th St.  Virginia A. Prince, Choir Director. FREE

Handel's Messiah will be performed:

Sunday, December 7 at 3:30 p.m.

The Chancel Choir of Morgan Park Presbyterian Church and guests, 2017 West 110th Place.  Soloists are: Vickie D. Johnson, soprano; Joy Denise Moore, mezzo-soprano; Jeffrey Burish, tenor; and Arthur D. Griffin, Jr., bass-baritone.  Charles Thomas Hayes, conducting choir, soloists and orchestra.  Advance Donation-$20.00 - $22 at the Door.

Sunday, December 14 at 3:30 p.m. 

The Sanctuary Choir of First Baptist Congregational Church, 1613 W. Washington Blvd.  Soloists are Felicia Coleman-Evans, soprano; Kamaran-Alexis Madison, contralto; Jeffrey Burish, tenor; Antonio Watts, bass.  Mattie L. Robertson, conducting choir, soloists and orchestra. FREE

Tuesday. December 16 at 7:00 p.m. - Chicago Music Association presents the 2nd annual Southside Do-It Yourself Messiah South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Drive. Charles T. Hayes, music director; Renee' Baker, conducting The Chicago Modern Orchestra Project.  Soloists are Elizabeth Norman-Sojourner, soprano; Cynthia Clarey, mezzo-soprano; Jeffrey Burish, tenor; Brandon Brown, Baritone.  Bring your own score.  Doors open at 6:15 p.m. FREE 

Sunday, December 21 at 10:30 a.m. The Sanctuary Choir of Hartzell United Methodist Church and soloists, 3330 S. Dr. M. L. King, Jr. Drive. Delano O'Banion, conducting choir, soloists and orchestra. FREE

Sunday, December 21 at 5:00 p.m. The Chancel Choir of St. Mark United Methodist Church, 8441 S. St. Lawrence Ave., Soloists- Jonita lattimore, soprano; Gwendolyn Brown, contralto; Henry Pleas, tenor; Arthur D. Griffin, Jr., bass-baritone.  Charles G. Kendrick, organist/conductor with orchestral ensemble. FREE

Allow the beauty of music to enhance your celebration of the birth of Our Lord and Savior during this Holy Season.

Musically yours,

Barbara Wright-Pryor
PRESIDENT
Chicago Music Association,
Branch No. 1, NANM Inc. (since 1919)

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Please note Maestro Renee' Baker will conduct Tuesday, December 16 at 7:00 p.m. - when the Chicago Music Association presents the 2nd annual Southside Do-It Yourself Messiah South Shore Cultural Center, 7059 S. South Shore Drive. Maestro Renee' Baker  will also conduct Roy Harris "Bicentennial Symphony" and speak the part of the female narrator during the 150th anniversary concert to celebrate the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution Ending Slavery on January 17, 2015 at Luckman Fine Arts Complex in Los Angeles. The work was written for orchestra with large chorus.  Roy Harris "Bicentennial Symphony" is the strongest musical statement on U.S. History, slavery, and race relations ever made by an American composer.  Thanks, John Malveaux