Newswise — It's a holiday tradition you don't want to miss! The annual Spelman-Morehouse Christmas Carol concert will, again, kick-off the Christmas season for metro-Atlanta residents. Mark your calendars and join the Spelman College and Morehouse College Glee Clubs for some Christmas cheer. Each show begins at 8 p.m. and is free and open to the public!
Schedule: Kick-off PerformanceFriday, Dec. 5, 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel Morehouse College Campus
Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008Sisters Chapel Spelman College Campus
Final Performance Sunday, Dec. 7, 2008Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel Morehouse College Campus
The combined choirs of about 100 singers will perform a mixture of new selections and traditional favorites. One of the holiday favorites featured each year is "We Are Christmas" performed by the Spelman College Glee Club and written by Kevin Johnson, chair, department of music at Spelman and Sarah Stephens, C'2007. Other favorites that will be performed are: "Gloria" by Mark Hayes, "Carols and Lullabies" by Conrad Susa featuring marimbist Donna Thompson, C'2010, "Behold the Star," "Rockin' for the World," and "See the Little Baby" by Morehouse alumnus Donald Swift '74.
Each year more than 6,500 supporters attend the free concerts. The choral performance has been rebroadcast on local and national television for the past several years airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and WXIA, Atlanta's NBC affiliate. The concert is recognized around the country as one of the foremost Christmas performances.
Spelman CollegeFounded in 1881, Spelman College is a prestigious, highly selective, liberal arts college that prepares women to change the world. Located in Atlanta, Ga., this historically Black college boasts a 79 percent graduation rate, and outstanding alumnae such as Children's Defense Fund Founder Marian Wright Edelman; former U.S. Foreign Service Director General Ruth Davis, authors Tina McElroy Ansa and Pearl Cleage; and actress LaTanya Richardson. More than 83 percent of the full-time faculty members have Ph.D.s or other terminal degrees, and the average faculty to student ratio is 12:1. More than 2,100 students attend Spelman. For more information, visit www.spelman.edu.
Morehouse CollegeRecognized as one of the top feeder schools to the 15 most prominent graduate and professional programs in the nation by The Wall Street Journal, called ³One of the best Southeastern colleges² by The Princeton Review and ranked ³America¹s Hottest College for Men² by Kaplan-Newsweek, Morehouse College is the nation¹s largest, private liberal arts college for men. The College offers 26 majors in three academic divisions: Humanities and Social Sciences, Science and Mathematics, and Business Administration and Economics. Morehouse offers a number of programs and activities to enhance its challenging liberal arts curriculum through the Leadership Center at Morehouse College, Morehouse Research Institute, Andrew Young Center for International Affairs and the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel.
In 2007, Morehouse launched a new Journalism and Sports concentration, which will one day grow into a major course of study.
Prominent alumni include Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Peace Prize winner and civil and human rights non-violent leader; Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. Surgeon General and director of the National Center for Primary Care at the Morehouse School of Medicine; Shelton ³Spike² Lee, filmmaker and president of 40 Acres & A Mule Productions; Samuel L. Jackson, Academy Award-nominated actor; Maynard H. Jackson, founder of Jackson Securities and the first African American mayor of Atlanta; and Nima A. Warfield, the first African American Rhodes Scholar from a HBCU.
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