CRESTVIEW — The Schola Cantorum community choir, based at Northwest Florida State College, performs its Christmas concert “The Marvel of This Night” in Crestview this evening.
From the opening “Bells at Speyer” to the American spiritual “Go, Tell It on the Mountain,” the 15-voice choir presents a program of sacred and secular, traditional and contemporary Christmas music.
The group is directed by John Leatherwood, a member of NWFSC’s performing arts faculty, who took the concert’s title from composer Carl Schalk’s lyrical “Before the Marvel of This Night.”
Familiar selections include the 14th-century German carol “In Dulci Jubilo,” the traditional Irish “The Wexford Carol,” and “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.”
Schola Cantorum will also perform the traditional “Masters in This Hall” carol, released by Mannheim Steamroller on their 2012 album “Christmas Song,” and two movements from Richard Shephard’s “Mass of the Nativity.”
Accompanists include Carolyn Schlatter on piano, Carole Hayes on violin and Robin Horne on flute. Admission is free, and donations are accepted.
Last week, the group performed “The Marvel of This Night” at St. Simon’s on the Sound in Fort Walton Beach, and will perform its concluding concert 7 p.m. Dec. 17 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Shalimar.
WANT TO GO?
WHAT:"The Marvel of This Night," a program of sacred and secular, traditional and contemporary Christmas music.
WHEN: 7 p.m. Dec. 10
WHERE: First Presbyterian Church of Crestview, State Road 85 and Courthouse Terrace
COST: Free, donations accepted
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