The Tyler Junior College Chamber Singers, Concert Choir and Harmony & Understanding are preparing for their annual “Christmas Downtown” concert.
The performance is set for noon Wednesday, Dec. 5, in the sanctuary of Marvin United Methodist Church, located at 300 W. Erwin St., in downtown Tyler.
Admission to the concert is free. Following the performance, lunch will be served in the church’s Pirtle Hall. Cost of the lunch is $5 per person.
The TJC choral department is under the direction of Dr. Eric Posada. Accompaniment will be provided by TJC music professors Charles Praytor and Dr. Gjergji Gaqi, and TJC music student Daniel Armstrong of Flint.
Program selections include many familiar carols, including “African Noel,” “O Come, All Ye Faithful” and “Silent Night,” among other holiday favorites.
“This is one of our favorite performances of the year,” Posada said. “We invite the community to join us as we celebrate the holiday season.”
Chamber Singers are: Janeen Baldwin, Tyler; Jaylon Crump, Midlothian; Hunter Dickens, Bullard; Jeffery Fletcher, Whitehouse; Allie Lake, Tyler; Erin Maharrey, Forney; Rickea Strogen, Midlothian; Austin Taylor, Bullard; and Taylor White, Paris.
Concert Choir members are: Janeen Baldwin, Tyler; Y’vecia Birks, Tyler; Henry Centeno, Aguachica, Colombia; Jaylon Crump, Midlothian; Hunter Dickens, Bullard; Jeffery Fletcher, Whitehouse; Devin Gaut II, Arlington; Raeyana Greenhouse, Tyler; Bridget Gutierrez, Tyler; Sarah Heatley, Tyler; De’Corien Jolly, DeSoto; Daniela Kooyip, Houston; Allie Lake, Tyler; Giovanni Ceja Lua, Muleshoe; Erin Maharrey, Forney; Kree Perkins, Arlington; Brittani Smith, Tyler; Rickea Strogen, Midlothian; Johana Taica, Sogamoso, Colombia; Austin Taylor, Bullard; Payton Truesdale, Chandler; Miranda Watson, Tyler; and Taylor White, Paris.
Harmony & Understanding members: Janeen Baldwin, Tyler; Jaylon Crump, Midlothian; Hunter Dickens, Bullard; Allie Lake, Tyler; Erin Maharrey, Forney; Rickea Strogen, Midlothian; Austin Taylor, Bullard; and Taylor White, Paris.