Salem Youth Chorus to present Christmas concerts at 5 locations
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The Salem Youth Chorus will perform a concert titled “A Christmas Pastorale,” featuring sacred Christmas music, at several area churches. The dates and locations are:
UFirst Presbyterian Church, 4 Summit St., Niles, 7:30 p.m. Saturday.
USt. Paul Catholic Church, 935 E. State St., Salem, 2 p.m. next Sunday.
USt. Jude Catholc Church, 180 Seventh St., Columbiana, 7:30 p.m., Dec. 19.
USt. Pius X Catholic Church, 1401 Moncrest Ave. N.W., Warren, 7 p.m. Dec. 20.
USt. Joseph Catholic Church, 2643 Waterloo Road, Mogadore, 4 p.m., Dec. 21.
A free-will offering will be received at the concerts to benefit the chorus.
The Salem Youth Chorus was founded in 2007 by Jon Simsic to give teens the opportunity to sing great sacred choral music as composed by compositional masters. It embarked on its first tour last summer, performing at Bruton Parish Church in Colonial Williamsburg, and also presented Choral Evensong at the Washington National Cathedral.
The Youth Chorus has released two CDs: “Morning Has Broken: Hymns of the British Isles” and a new recording, “Evening Reflections, Choral Evensong for Advent.” Both can be obtained at Salem Community Theater or at the concerts. For more information about the chorus, call (330) 332-9688.