The Nodaway Chorale will present a concert of holiday vocal music Sunday, December 15, at 4:00 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, First and Main Streets in Maryville.

The theme of the concert is “The Gift of Song.” Chorale Music Director Jim Rash explains, “We are surrounded by a wide variety of styles of holiday music this time of year. The chorale will offer, as our gift to the audience, an eclectic mixture of choral selections from traditional to sacred to movie songs to jazz along with classical and folk. We’ll also be recognizing the December holidays of Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.” Tentative concert selections include well-known compositions such as “Good King Wenceslas,” “Gloria in Excelsis Deo” by Vivaldi, “The First Noel,” and “I Wish You Christmas” by Rutter.

Sharing the stage with the Nodaway Chorale will be special guest performers the Spectrum Chorus from Maryville High School, directed by Vanessa Parsons. Parsons shares, “Spectrum is pleased to join the Nodaway Chorale again this year. It provides a wonderful opportunity for the singers to perform for a new audience that may not have heard them before. Plus,” she adds, “it’s most important for the students to be able to serve the community by sharing their talents.”

Rash adds, “We’re pleased that Spectrum will be joining us again this year for this concert and especially excited that we will once again perform selections together. The students represent the future of performing arts and our community has always and will continue to strongly support our younger performers.”

The Nodaway Chorale is a non-profit, non-audition, secular mixed voice chorus with 45 singers from several communities in the county.

Admission is free. Tax-deductible donations at the door are encouraged. A reception will follow the concert.

For more information email info@nodawaychorale.org or visit their website nodawaychorale.org or social media pages.