Sunday, December 9, 2007 5 PM concert is second concert in Stained Glass Series of free community performances
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra members and Assistant Music Director Patrick Reynolds travel to Canaan Missionary Baptist Church on Sunday, December 9 for Christmas with Canaan, a free DPO concert with the Canaan Missionary Baptist Church Choir.
The program, which includes several works performed together with the Canaan Missionary Baptist Church Choir, features a varied repertoire by a range of ethnically diverse composers. Reflecting the Christmas season, with the Church Choir and congregation the DPO will perform Oh Come All Ye Faithful, The First Noel, and Hark! The Herald Angels Sing. With the Church Choir only, the DPO will perform My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord by Glenn Burleigh. A reception will follow.
Canaan Missionary Baptist Church is located at 5191 Hoover Avenue (Keith A. Byars Sr. Way), Dayton, OH 45427. Admission is free, but on a first-come, first-served basis. For more information, call (937) 268-6643. Dr. Joseph L. Coleman, Sr., is the church Pastor.
The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra (DPO) 2007-2008 Stained Glass Series is a new series of free community concerts, with the support of Central Chapel AME Church, Canaan Missionary Baptist Church, Tabernacle Baptist Church, and Omega Baptist Church. All Stained Glass Concerts are FREE. No tickets required. Generous seating is available.
Stained Glass Series attendees can purchase tickets at each of the Stained Glass concerts to hear a Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra Concert at the Schuster Center for only $5.00 each. The DPO has reserved a block of seats in the Orchestra section of the Mead Theatre (concert hall) for four Classical Series Concerts in its regular season. Each ticket is also an RTA bus ticket for that night! Tickets are on sale at each Stained Glass Concert, or in the individual church offices.