A Montevallo Choral Christmas

By: Emily Connell

On Monday night, December 1^st, the University of Montevallo’s Concert Choir presented the 4^th Annual A Montevallo Choral Christmas at the American Village Colonial Chapel. Special guests included the UM Festival Brass Quintet. The program was directed by Dr. Melinda S. Doyle. Both innovative and traditional arrangements of sacred and secular Christmas music were performed.

University of Montevallo Concert Choir

The choir for this program was made up of about 50 singers and five brass players. “The Concert Choir is our top choir here at Montevallo. It’s our travelling choir. We do many gigs throughout Montevallo not only campus wide but off campus as well,” said Doyle. 

During the performance, the audience was encouraged to sing along with the choir. “Singing congregationally is a lot of fun and being able to have the opportunity to sing with such a great choir and to also sing with such phenomenal brass players is a real treat and that’s not something that happens every day,” said Doyle.

Crowd Singing with Choir

Doyle also said,“It’s always nice to work with American Village because they promote it, they support us, and as it turns out the owner of American Village has a close connection with Montevallo since his son and him and his assistant Mike Jones were all graduates of Montevallo So it’s a connection to make that concert work.”

The Concert Choir has been invited to perform for the prestigious European Choral Series being held in the Czech Republic in the Summer of 2015. To help make this trip possible, tax-deductivle donations are made payable to: UM Foundation. Donations can be mailed to

University of Montevallo

ATTN: Dr. Melinda S. Doyle

Department of Music

Davis Music Hall, Station 6670

Montevallo, AL 35115

Please indicate "2015 EURO CHORAL" on the subject line of your check. 

Thank you so much for your generosity!!   

Festival Brass Quintet