Members of the Chattanooga Boys Choir and Chattanooga Choral Society for the Preservation of African-American Song will join voices Sunday afternoon, Feb. 9, for their 28th Simmons-O’Neal Memorial Concert in First-Centenary United Methodist Church.
This annual concert honors two revered Chattanooga music educators who were previous directors of the groups.
Edmonia Simmons, a public school music teacher in the former Chattanooga City Schools system, was a founding director of the Choral Society. Everett O’Neal, longtime CBC director, was a public school music teacher and supervisor. The two were close friends and contributed to the development of music and music education throughout Chattanooga.
If you go
› What: Simmons-O’Neal Memorial Concert› Where: First-Centenary United Methodist Church, 419 McCallie Ave.› When: 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9› Admission: Free› For more information: www.chattanoogaboyschoir.org
Among their musical selections, the CBC choristers will perform “Song of Myself” by John Michael Trotta, “The Heavens Declare the Glory of God” by Michael Burkhart, a barbershop arrangement of “Over the Rainbow” and the traditional Sotho song “Mangwani Mpulele.”