Culver-Stockton College set to host annual Choral Christmas Concert

CANTON, Mo. — Culver-Stockton College welcomes audiences to campus for its annual Christmas Concert on at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Alexander Campbell Auditorium of the Robert W. Brown Performing Arts Center. 

Performances will include the Collegiate, Concert, and Chamber Choirs, under the direction of Scott Allison, assistant professor of music, with Dylan Marney, associate professor of music, accompanying on the piano. Aren Van Houzen, assistant professor of music, will direct the instrumental music during the concert. 

The program will begin with the Collegiate Choir singing “Veni, Veni Emmanuel” by John Michael Trotta. The group also will perform classics “Psallite” by Praetorius and the rhythmic spiritual “Go Where I Send Thee!” 

The Concert Choir will provide seasonal music by contemporary composers and conclude with the singing of Handel’s famous “Hallelujah” from Messiah. Mary, the Rose of Christmas, will be honored when the Chamber Choir presents “Hosanna.” 

The annual Christmas Concert is free and open to the public. The concert is available for live streaming at https://bit.ly/C-SCChristmasConcert. Guests are invited afterward to the Merillat Recital Hall for a dessert reception and music from the Jazz Ensemble.